Hearts, Minds, Mortars
In a 2,600 word New York Times report by David Rohde on the American “Hunt… for Hearts and Minds” in Afghanistan, the role of religion gets one mention: “As watching Afghan women wailed and recited prayers, Continue Reading →
Tag: Iraq
Enlightening Iraq
We suppose it should come as no surprise that The Salt Lake Tribune, using a Combined News Service report, should give bigger play to the latest bit of Paul Bremer‘s diplomatic theology in Continue Reading →
Take ‘Em To The River
The Baptists in Iraq are getting antsy about the U.S. invasion, but not because the crusade isn’t going according to plan. Rather, these Baptists, members of one of the world’s Continue Reading →
Take 'Em To The River
The Baptists in Iraq are getting antsy about the U.S. invasion, but not because the crusade isn’t going according to plan. Rather, these Baptists, members of one of the world’s Continue Reading →
Take 'Em To The River
The Baptists in Iraq are getting antsy about the U.S. invasion, but not because the crusade isn’t going according to plan. Rather, these Baptists, members of one of the world’s Continue Reading →
The “R” Word
There’s a valuable comparison to be found by slogging through this week’s New Yorker lead story (print only), by the normally-astute Jon Lee Anderson, on “the Shiite leader who says he can run Continue Reading →
The "R" Word
There’s a valuable comparison to be found by slogging through this week’s New Yorker lead story (print only), by the normally-astute Jon Lee Anderson, on “the Shiite leader who says he can run Continue Reading →
Christ Without Saddam
Saddam’s not the only thing gone missing from Iraq; according to the British Daily Telegraph, booze and gambling are disappearing as well. The work of Christian missionaries from the west? Hardly. Damien Continue Reading →
Let God Sort ’Em Out
Newsweek‘s Joshua Hammer offers an unintended glimpse into the role of religion — American, that is — in the Iraq war. Riding along with the U.S. Army’s Bravo Company on a Halloween Continue Reading →