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Politics and religion often go hand-in-hand in America, and the 2004 race is no exception. On the domestic front, recent news raises questions about church involvement in political campaigns, about the use of religious messages to bring out party faithful and the separation of church and state in government-financed welfare and health programs. On the foreign policy front, politicians are struggling to define America's answer to a global terror movement fueled by Islamic fundamentalism. Faculty below can offer insight and context on a variety of religion-related campaign issues.
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| Frank Flinn Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/54.html)
Flinn, a consultant in forensic theology, is an expert on religion and the law, including issues related to the separation of church and state, government funding of faith-based social program and the display of religious symbols in schools, courtrooms and other public places. He also is an expert ... Expertise: separation of church and state, legal rights of religious groups, public display of religious symbols, federal funding of faith-based organizations, religious splinter groups, cults, paramilitary organizations, … Direct contact: (314) 935-8677 / fkflinn@wustl.edu |
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| Ahmet Karamustafa Associate Professor of Religious Studies Program (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/52.html)
Karamustafa is a medievalist/premodernist and works on the intellectual and social history of Islamic societies from the 13th to the 16th centuries. He is an expert on Islam and the theory and methods of all religions. Karamustafa specializes in premodern Islamic thought. His most recent book, God's ... Expertise: Understanding Islam, premodern Islamic thought, world religions, religious studies Direct contact: (314) 935-4446 / akaramus@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| John R. Bowen Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/137.html)
Bowen's research explores broad social transformations now taking place in the world-wide Muslim community, including special emphasis on Muslim life in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. His research focuses on the role of cultural forms (religious practices, aesthetic genres, legal discourse) ... Expertise: religion and ritual, Islam, social theory, kinship and social organization, historical studies, culture and political change, Sumatra, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5680 / jbowen@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| Robert L. Canfield Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts & Sciences (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/142.html)
Canfield, a sociocultural anthropologist, spent nine years in Afghanistan. His research focuses on Islamic movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He supports the U.S. war in Afghanistan, but has been highly critical of the Bush administration regardin the war in Iraq. Canfield, who has studied Islamic ... Expertise: Islamic politics, U.S. anti-terrorism policy, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia, Eastern Islamic World, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5282 / canfrobt@artsci.wustl.edu |
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| A call for unity and tolerance Jack Danforth to discuss his new book, Faith & Politics (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/7933.html) Oct. 5, 2006 -- The Danforth Lecture Series continues on Monday, October 16 with a program featuring John Danforth on "Faith and Politics," the title of his new book. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held at 4 p.m. in Graham Chapel. In his book, the three-term former Republican senator from Missouri and ordained Episcopal priest calls for moderation and tolerance in religious and political life, and a return to the separation of church and state. Decrying the narrow interpretations of religious orthodoxy, he supports an inclusive philosophy that embraces conflicting opinions and beliefs. A booksigning/reception will follow in Holmes Lounge. |
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| Cornel West to visit WUSTL for Black History Month Hear author discuss his new book, 'Democracy Matters' (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6413.html) Jan. 23, 2006 --
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| The New Theology
Chicago Tribune magazine Jan. 22, 2008 -- The Chicago Tribune magazine story on the conflict between Darwin and theology. Ursula Goodenough professor of biology comments on the conflict. |
| A faith-based stop for the president
Chicago Tribune and 1 others Jan. 11, 2008 -- WUSTL American culture studies Professor Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's recent Mideast trip. "President Bush believes in a religion of dramatic revelations — his conversion and 9/11 being the most notable — in which a person's life is transformed or the world is changed," said WUSTL American culture studies professor Wayne Fields. "These moments ... are the sources of the important 'truths' which inform his understanding of life and shape his behavior as well as his rhetoric." |
| Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap
The New York Times and 6 others Jan. 4, 2008 -- In 1984 and again in 1999, the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most eminent scientific organization, produced books on the evidence supporting the theory of evolution and arguing against the introduction of creationism or other religious alternatives in public school science classes. Barbara A. Schaal, a vice president of the academy and an evolutionary biologist at WUSTL, comments on the third volume recently published. |
| Ancient nomads offer insights to modern crises
The New York Times and 1 others Aug. 8, 2007 -- Every summer for the past eight years, WUSTL anthropologist Michael Frachetti has come to the desert steppe that rolls like endless yellow waves across this expansive Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan searching for evidence of a vast, connected nomadic society. His work concerns Bronze Age nomads, and his scholarship is aimed purely at a historical understanding of how a preliterate society functioned more than 3,000 years ago. But his work coincides with a geopolitical reality that has important implications for American foreign policy makers: many of the countries that most trouble the West -- like Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia -- have government institutions that reflect a nomadic past. |
| To set a pullout date or not: That is the question
Minneapolis Star Tribune online March 9, 2007 -- House Democrats propose a measure to require that U.S. troops be withdrawn from Iraq by fall of 2008. Minnesota's delegation, regardless of party affiliation, stays on the fence, in one instance citing that people's opinions are "all over the map." WUSTL political science professor Steven Smith comments on Nancy Pelosi's strategy. |
| Political pros sharpen their knives in press release wars
Associated Press State & Local Wire and 5 others July 26, 2006 -- Article on the increasingly common attack fare in news releases from political operatives desperate to spin news coverage to their advantage. WUSTL political rhetoric expert Wayne Fields, who directs the American Culture Studies program, says these tactics threaten to drain the substance out of political debate. |
| Secularism, the French & Alfred Dreyfus
The New York Sun July 7, 2006 -- Several hundred Parisians gathered at City Hall yesterday to pay tribute to a French army captain, Alfred Dreyfus,who was convicted wrongly of treason in a trial that divided France more than a century ago. Anti-Semitism and assimilation are still controversial subjects in France today. WUSTL anthropology professor John Bowen comments. |
| Democrats hope to divide G.O.P. over stem cells
The New York Times and 1 others April 24, 2006 -- Democrats are pressing their support for embryonic stem cell research in Congressional races around the country, seeking to move back to center stage an issue they believe resonates with voters and to exploit a division between conservatives who oppose the science and other Republicans more open to it. Former U.S. Senator John Danforth, an Episcopal minister, and his brother, William, WUSTL chancellor emeritus, have taken a prominent role in promoting the amendment. |
| Bush pulls out the stops to save ratings
Forbes.com and 57 others March 23, 2006 -- In current and upcoming speeches, the president wants to convince Americans not only that there is reason for optimism about Iraq's future but that the situation now is better than the daily reports of strife make it appear. President Bush is drawing on his plainspoken manner to defend his Iraq strategy. WUSTL political rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on Bush's strattegy. |
| Bush has hits, misses in annual speech
CBS News online and 32 others Jan. 27, 2006 -- WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's annual State of the Union address and looks back on his previous speeches. |
| Roundup of commentary on Saddam Hussein trial by Leila Sadat
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times and 2 others Dec. 8, 2005 -- Roundup of comments by Leila Nadya Sadat, WUSTL law professor and international criminal law expert, about the trial of Saddam Hussein. Defense strategy, the Iraqi war crimes tribunal, and the violence and turmoil surrounding the trial are all discussed. Professor Sadat also helped to train Iraqi jurists. |
| Ideology serves as a wild card on court pick
New York Times and 1 others Nov. 4, 2005 -- Democrats admit that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has the qualifications to serve. They plan to assess Judge Alito on ideological grounds. WUSTL law and political science professor Lee Epstein comments. |
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