This is absolute non-sense. You create an office to “helps equip our foreign and civil service officers with the skills necessary to engage faith-communities effectively and respectfully,” and at the same time you head that office with a guy that is glad that American civil religion is dying. I suppose the goal is to engage those who claim to be religious to direct their thoughts, prayers and deeds more “stateward.” Kerry tried to wax eloquent about Casey as he introduced him. “Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate Shaun as a deeply thoughtful person who cares about the place of faith in our public life,” he said. Casey is a professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. However, it’s his statements about how religious convictions affect the political sphere that are misleading. Read more: freedomoutpost/2013/08/state-dept-establishes-office-of-faith-based-community-initiatives-director-shaun-casey-says-i-am-glad-american-civil-religion-is-dying/#ixzz2bQbbAZHF Read more at freedomoutpost/2013/08/state-dept-establishes-office-of-faith-based-community-initiatives-director-shaun-casey-says-i-am-glad-american-civil-religion-is-dying/#wyB6f5cjTrODjk2m.99
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:42:23 +0000
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