Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : U.S. politics

Jan. 16 issue

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  Writer turns U.S. history upside down

  Author and attorney David Bercot is the thorough type. When he grew curious about theology, he set out to read all the works of Christians who lived in the first centuries after Christ’s death. He wound up writing Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up.

  That emphasis on primary sources led him to write several other books and eventually to become an Anabaptist.

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• New bargain with a dictator

  Uzbekistan blipped on the radar for U.S. citizens in October when Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told an interviewer on the Christian Broadcasting Network it was an “insignificant” nation.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• Anabaptist leaders advocate for poor in debt debate

  WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police arrested 11 faith leaders, including a Church of the Breth­ren leader, during a Capitol sit-in calling Congress to protect programs for poor and working people during negotiations on the nation’s debt ceiling and federal spending.

April 18, 2011 issue

• Christian nation? It depends

  In conversations about whether America was founded as a Christian nation — or is a Christian nation today — a historian and a pastor agree Anabaptists have a key role to play.

Jan. 24, 2011 issue

• Rep. Giffords keenly interested in Mennonites

  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot Jan. 8 in Tuscon, Ariz., has a keen interest in Mennonites, particularly Old Colony Mennonites in Mexico.

Nov. 15, 2010 issue

• Kansas MB elected to U.S. Senate

  Jerry Moran, a member of North Oak Community Church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation in Hays, Kan., easily won election to the U.S. Senate Nov. 2.

Nov. 1, 2010 issue

• Kingdom of God, pressure of politics

  The midterm election campaign featured another step in the rise of a political movement that blends conservative Christianity and American nationalism.

Oct. 18, 2010 issue

• Kansan leads race for Senate

  Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, could become the first Mennonite elected to the U.S. Senate. Moran belongs to North Oak Community Church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation in Hays, Kan.

• Church affiliation an issue for candidate in Missouri

  HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A Missouri congressional candidate’s Mennonite connections led her campaign to deny she’s a pacifist.

June 7, 2010 issue

• Where’s a model of civility?

  The U.S. government has become so polarized that politicians seem incapable of finding their way to constructive decisions.

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