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Letters to the Editor - June 5
Williams’ legacy affects our modern times To the editor: I very much appreciated Allan Powell’s column (March 25) on the great Colonial American Roger Williams. He remains primarily a figure for historians to study, though his legacy...Tags: Christianity, Justice and Rights, Judges, Anglicanism, Civil Rights
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Letters to the Editor - June 6
Insurance companies care for profits, not health To the editor: Many big insurance companies have stopped giving insurance policies to all children so they can make an end run around the Affordable Health Care Act’s requirement that they cannot...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Insurance, Civil Rights, Government Health Care
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Farms, North Lawndale, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Humboldt Park, Scranton
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Allan Powell: Roger Williams, a lone visionary
One can only hope that John M. Barry’s scholarly and compelling book, “Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul,” will become a literary success. It is fair to say that Williams’ contribution to American culture is...Tags: Christianity, Religious Events, Anglicanism, Human Interest, Rituals
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First Amendment - Part Two Where did this doctrine of religious liberty come from?
Pastor - Berachah Baptist Church Somerset"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press." This doctrine of religious freedom was not really some new doctrine but an overlooked...Tags: Christianity, Justice and Rights, Cults and Sects, Civil Rights, Freedom of Religion
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Mildred Johnson: Jan. 27, 2012
Mildred Williams Johnson, 92, widow of Roger Williams and Cecil Johnson, died Friday, Jan. 27. Mildred was supervisor for Tococo, deputy Jessamine County court clerk, Jessamine County court clerk, and member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. ...Tags: Rodney Williams, Human Interest
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Surprising support for separating church and state
Guest columnistIt’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often-misunderstood principle of church-state separation. A whopping 67 percent of the American people agree that the First Amendment “requires a clear separation of church and state,”...Tags: Justice and Rights, Islam, Civil Rights, Freedom of Religion, Civil Unrest
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Haynes: Norway's 'crusader for Christendom' is no Christian
Within hours of last week’s mass murder in Norway, headlines around the world proclaimed the accused killer, Anders Behring Breivik, a “Christian terrorist.”
The “Christian” label apparently came from initial statements by...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Christianity, Christian Orthodoxy, Culture, Rhode Island
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Haynes: Surprising support for separating church and state
It’s been a good month for the much-maligned, often misunderstood principle of church-state separation.
A whopping 67 percent of the American people agree that the First Amendment “requires a clear separation of church and state,”...Tags: Justice and Rights, Islam, Civil Rights, Freedom of Religion, Civil Unrest
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Religious dissent nothing new
I belong to a book discussion group. The book choice for this month is the historical nonfiction, “American Jezebel” by Eve LaPlante. Since history is not my favorite genre, it was rather tedious, but I learned, or should I say remembered, a lot of the...Tags: Rhode Island, Anne Hutchinson, Church and State Relations, Constitutional Issues, Politics
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Edwin Gaustad dies at 87; scholar of American religion
Edwin Gaustad, a retired UC Riverside history and religious studies professor who was a preeminent scholar on the separation of church and state, and who did groundbreaking work mapping the nation's religious landscape, has died. He was 87.
Gaustad...Tags: Rhode Island, World War II (1939-1945), Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Brown University
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Indian Stories Passed Down Orally
Courant Staff WriterFor thousands of years before the Europeans arrived, people told stories in Hartford. "For people who lack writing, memory becomes all important," wrote historian Howard S. Russell in 1980. "The ancestry of the family on both sides for several...Tags: Children, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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May 25, 2012
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Feb 1, 2012
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Jul 22, 2011
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Jul 29, 2011
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Aug 5, 2011
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Feb 16, 2011
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Apr 5, 2011
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Aug 4, 2002
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