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Religion and politics:

• Bush: I'm God's delivery boy | Bush's messianic militarism was on full display on March 11, when he addressed, via satellite, the National Association of Evangelicals Convention in Colorado Springs (Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive)
  
  
• The softer side of Ashcroft | Jeffrey Rosen, the author of "John Ashcroft's Permanent Campaign" (April Atlantic), argues that it is not social conservatism but a quest for popular approval that drives John Ashcroft's public life (The Atlantic Monthly)
  
  
• When theory met practice | Aristide's "liberation theology" became Haiti's problem (Robert A. Sirico, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  

African church/state dilemmas:

• Christians in protest against Kadhis courts | Traffic came to a standstill in the Nairobi Central Business District yesterday as Christians made a historic public demonstration against Kadhis' courts (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Church urges Zim talks | Church leaders in Zimbabwe have renewed their attempts to initiate negotiations between the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (News24, South Africa)
  
  
• Row over Zuma's Jesus comment continues | Deputy president Jacob Zuma said the ANC would "rule South Africa until Jesus comes back" (SAPA, South Africa)
  
  
• ANC defends 'Jesus' remark | ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said: "These parties have deliberately misrepresented Zuma's use of a common colloquialism to stir up emotions among those voters who belong to the Christian faith" (SAPA, South Africa)
  
  

'Under God':

• Under God or not under God | What effect do you think the inclusion of "under God" has on the children who are saying the Pledge of Allegiance, and would you expect its removal to adversely change children's ideas about God? Religious leaders respond (Daily Pilot, Newport Beach, Ca.)
  
  
• Custody case colors Pledge battle | Michael Newdow denounces the "ethically, morally and legally bankrupt" family courts that have restricted his visits with the girl to two weekends a month (USA Today)
  
  

Education:

• ACLU seeks probe into prayer at school | A middle school principal has been told it was inappropriate to have teachers give students a prayer asking God to help vanquish their "enemies" — the standardized tests they were about to take (Associated Press)
  
  
• Should students be taught alternatives to Darwinism? | Religious leaders respond (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Jurors clear teacher over Muslim girl's assault claim | An "outstanding" teacher was unanimously cleared by a jury of a religiously motivated assault on a Muslim pupil (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Sex-ed issues stir up passions | Parents, schools, legislators question who should teach what (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Educators tackle evangelical passion | David Neal didn't expect to get his nose broken when he tried to opt out of attending a production of "Godspell" (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
  
  

Higher education:

• A heretic in academe | A Christian professor makes the mistake of attesting to his faith on campus (Dorothy Rabinowitz, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  
• Baylor's latest dust-up could use an informed debate | Every decade or so Baylor University endures a media storm about Southern Baptists, sex and freedom of the press (Terry Mattingly, Scripps Howard News Service)
  
  
• College ministries take message to South Padre | Amid the debauchery sweeping this island resort this week, one group of students is hoping to give fellow spring breakers a different vision of paradise (Houston Chronicle)
  
  

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