If you’re following the American race for the White House, you might be excused for mistaking the candidates for itinerant preachers. And I’m not just talking about Mike Huckabee. Even Donald Trump has taken to waving a Bible as he publicly mulls over the profundity of Two Corinthians. This kind of behavior has led to many […]
religious pluralism
Buddha statues and Saddam statues: The problem of toleration
In March 2001 the world watched in horrified disbelief as the Taliban destroyed two towering Buddhist statues which had stood for centuries in the Bamiyan Valley. The Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, responded by declaring that “True faith elicits respect and you have to respect what is sacred to others.” Kofi Annan’s words express widespread sentiments […]
