one of the approaches which defends the rationality of religious beliefs is the reformed epistemology. among reformed epistemologists, wolterstorff’s view is subject to less criticism. this article tries to present epistemological foundations of wolterstorff’s view by describing and analyzing the statements which he has offered in his works. wolterstorff’s epistemological foundations are explai...

Women's reproductive rights, reproductive health, and constitutional privacy rights in the United States are addressed in light of the contemporary onslaught of the Christian Right. The misuse of State power by fundamentalist social forces in America is critiqued. The article also briefly reviews the question of State control over women's bodies.

was killed on March 8, 2005, he also signaled his intention to have a dialogue with Vladimir Putin. Islamic fundamentalist terrorists or messianic terrorists like bin Laden and alZarqawi have a different agenda: to eliminate any political system that does not embrace Islam as the “only true religion . . . and [accept] that all other religions and civilizations [are] barbarian, evil, and animal-...

Abstract Central Europe is often seen as the “exceptional case” in sociology of religion with a high degree secularization, traditional religions process decline, and fundamentalist movements small numbers. However, this may not have always been case. This article elaborates analytical advantages to conceive late 19th century Catholicism early 20th National Socialism two distinctive formations ...