...another to allow its tentacles into the Church itself. To combat that tendency, the Church has struggled to centralize its own internal codes. Most importantly, a Code of Canon Law...
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The politics of religious freedom
The power of pluralist thinking
by Courtney Bender...observed in the United States is brought about by and likewise promotes religious freedom. Both positions have, arguably, contributed as much to our collective imagination of freedom as they have...
Essays
Satire and policing the boundary of free expression
by Peter Ronald deSouza...of a free society, that it so loudly proclaims whenever the issue of the limits of free expression come up in international affairs. This first set of issues, of the...
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A changing papacy?
by Ella Wagner...actions reflect, many people feel, a kindness, openness, and humility that they hope signals a shift for the Catholic Church as a whole. A native of Argentina, Francis is the...
off the cuff
The Vatican Spring?
by Michele Dillon, John L. Esposito, Jeffrey Guhin, Cecelia Lynch, James Martin, SJ, J. Michelle Molina and Sarah Shortall...to the military junta responsible for Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s and 80s, when Bergoglio served as provincial for the Jesuit order in Argentina. Does the election of Francis...
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Habemus Papam: Pope Francis Roundup
by Taline Cox and Sabrina SteinOn March 13, 2013, after five rounds of voting, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was selected as pope, making him the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the first...
Deathless questions and other interviews
The right to truth: An interview with Eduardo Gonzalez
by Nathan Schneider...way, referring to the language and codes utilized by victims to tell their stories. The language of victims, particularly those who come from marginalized groups, is rarely the language of...
Book introductions
The Politics of Islamic Law: An introduction
by Iza Hussin...in the late nineteenth century with colonial codes that defined Islamic law within the confines of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and ritual. These codes later became a basis for Muslim efforts...
Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon
Spirituality: what remains?
by Webb Keane...opposed to religion, which is identified with “exclusive rituals, legislating hierarchies, codes of membership.” Spirituality, by contrast, would presumably be what remains once these impediments have been removed. It is...