Beyond good and evil, whither liberal sacrificial love?

Public Culture

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-100

  Povinelli, Elizabeth A ^a  

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EID: 70249115150     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: 15278018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2008-022     Document Type: Article

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2. Much of this information is emerging only because of judicial pressure. See, e.g., Michael Abramowitz, "Service Logs of White House Visitors Are Public Records, Judge Rules," Washington Post, December 18, 2007.
3. Critics are worried by the influence of fundamentalist Christian groups like Military Ministry, a national organization and a subsidiary of the controversial fundamentalist Christian organization Campus Crusade for Christ. Military Ministry's national Web site states that it targets basic training installations and has converted thousands of soldiers to evangelical Christianity. See Jason Leopold, "Military Evangelism Deeper, Wider Than First Thought," truthout, December 21, 2007, www.truthout.org/article/military-evangelism-deeper-wider-than-first-thought. They are also worried by hiring practices in the Department of Justice during the reigns of John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales. A top adviser to Gonzales, Monica Goodling, is quoted as having judged prosecutors on the basis of whether they were "sufficiently conservative on the core issues of 'god, guns + gays.'"
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