Do any religions or religious leaders in the United States show signs that their faith might turn evil?
A. I think there are some very real dangers with the religious right. There are a lot of warning signs. I think Jerry Falwell exhibits all five of them, for example, and I’ll say that publicly. Since I’ll be in the shadow of Cornerstone Church (in San Antonio), I think Brother (Rev. John) Hagee skates awfully close to the edge on some of these. He’s got the Armageddon scenario. And, the sort of certainty with which he understands all events borders on absolutism.” Q. How did you decide to specialize in Islamic studies? A. My father’s father was Jewish and a large part of my family was Jewish. I’m a Baptist minister and my immediate family is Christian, but I grew up with a very keen interest in comparative religion and an appreciation for Judaism that it’s not only OK, but good. From an early age, I began wrestling with questions of how can you be a person of faith with integrity, but also aware of religious diversity and that my experience certainly doesn’t exhaust all of the possibil
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