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A growing chorus has urged political peacemaking. But how many are really listening?
The number of scholars, civic and religious leaders pleading for respectful pluralism has expanded in recent years. It’s not ...
Video: The surprising hope this gay atheist sees in the Church of Jesus Christ
Faith in America is "a load bearing wall in our democracy," says Jonathan Rauch in this Deseret News "Yellow Couch" video interview.
Perspective: The U.K. strikes a praiseworthy compromise
The ruling allows a way for a pluralistic society in which some citizens believe sex cannot be changed and others believe ...
The new believers
Andrew Teal, meanwhile, encourages the faithful to reach out and listen to those who have discarded religion, pointing out ...
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A Jewish atheist calls out evangelicals for undermining democracy — and Christianity
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Trump's 'Mafia' style government has critical flaws — and can be taken down: analyst
The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump's governing style can be described as patrimonialism, a form of autocratic governance where power flows from a leader who owns ...
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Analysis details the 100-year-old sociological term that defines Trump’s leadership style — and Putin’s
contributing writer Jonathan Rauch wrote at the Atlantic on Monday. The term, patrimonialism, traces back to German ...
Restoring Friendly Relations Between Freedom and Religion
Rare among critics of Christian conservatives, my friend Jonathan Rauch (who recently joined Carl Cannon on the ...
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Anand Giridharadas: America is living through a hostile takeover by billionaires and bullies
The Morning Joe panel -- including Anand Giridharadas, Mara Gay, Joe Klein and Jonathan Rauch discuss the deadline passing for federal workers to respond to an email from Elon Musk about what work ...