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I Teach At Eastern University, Which Is Highly Committed To Doing Work Among The Poor And The Oppressed Peoples Of The World. We Have A Special Commitment To The City.

It Seems To Me That When We Listen To The Muslim Mystics As They Talk About Jesus And Their Love For Jesus, I Must Say, It’s A Lot Closer To New Testament Christianity Than A Lot Of The Christians That I Hear. In Other Words If We Are Looking For Common Ground, Can We Find It In Mystical Spirituality, Even If We Cannot Theologically Agree, Can We Pray Together In Such A Way That We Connect With A God That Transcends Our Theological Differences?

There Is No Doubt That Religion Had Already Waned Under The Onslaught Of The Enlightenment, But It Was Freud Who Provided The Radically New Understanding Of Human Nature That Made Any Religious Explanation Of The Whats And Whys Of Our Personhood Seem Naive.

My Theology Is Such That The God Who Loves Israel And Will Not Forsake Israel - Which Is Why I Want To See Israel Have A Secure Nation With Secure Borders - Also Loves The Palestinians.

In The Past, The Republican Party Has Depended On Unified Support At Election Time From Evangelical Christians. But Times Are Changing!