Culture Wars

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A Kulturkampf primer

Michael Cook | 03 July 2012 |

tags: Catholic Church, culture wars, history, Kulturkampf

The best-known culture war was fought in 19th Century Germany, pitting Prussia's Iron Chancellor against the Catholic Church. The Iron Chancellor lost.

Leaving a space for religion in the public square

Margaret Somerville | 18 May 2010 |

tags: culture wars, religion, secularism

Public debate will be much poorer if arguments of religious people are shut away in a closet. 

Being civilised in the culture war

Thomas C. Reeves | 14 April 2010 |

tags: civility, culture wars

Name-calling is a woeful substitute for civilized discourse.

Shooting the messenger

Denyse O'Leary | 08 September 2009 |

tags: culture wars, free speech, media, Muslim

Should government be allowed to gag the media when reporting offends special interest groups?

Demise of religion exaggerated

David Vincent | 26 August 2009 |

tags: China, Christianity, culture wars, religion

Journalist David Vincent comments on a new book demonstrating the fallacy of the media's view that religion is in terminal decline.

Decline of traditional media

Denyse O'Leary | 20 August 2009 |

tags: culture wars, internet, public opinion, social networking

Should the threat to traditional media from the internet really be a cause for concern?

Culture wars and the political future of the US

Jennifer A. Marshall | 18 August 2009 |

tags: Barack Obama, culture wars, family values, health care reform

The culture wars have not ended with the election of Obama, they will continue to shape American politics.