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	<title>Commentary &#38; Opinions :: Faith and Politics at Goshen College</title>
	<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions</link>
	<description>A civil discussion on the intersection of faith and politics</description>
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		<title>Medill News Service series of stories features Goshen College</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Guiles, a reporter for Medill Reports, spent part of the summer and fall traveling across the country to Christian college campuses to talk to students, professors and staff about issues of faith and politics. Her work, which was funded by a grant from the Lilly Foundation, included interviews with Goshen College students and faculty.
Medill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=75</link>
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		<title>John Howard Yoder&#8217;s views on voting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today on the God&#8217;s Politics blog, an online project of Sojourners, Duane Shank posted an entry entitled, &#8220;What Would Yoder Do?&#8221;, about the famous Mennonite theologian and ethicist John Howard Yoder&#8217;s views on faith and politics.
Yoder, who died in 1997, graduated from Goshen College in 1947. He is best known for his book, &#8220;The Politics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=73</link>
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		<title>Finding my own views</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kate Walker, class of 2011 communication major from Bluffton, Ohio
At my high school in rural Ohio I was part of a small group of students who were thought of as rebellious and unpatriotic, and given names like “hippy” and “tree-hugger.” I was a Democrat.
I don’t mean to say that I especially minded these labels. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=72</link>
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		<title>Learning from basketball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By John J. Fisher, professor emeritus of English
On the heels of the current election, another series of competitive encounters is getting under way: basketball. There are parallels.
For instance: (1) weekly win-lose records of mounting emotional intensity, (2) organized local/national-level competitions, (3) degrees of integration between stars and team players, (4) a final contest between winners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=71</link>
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		<title>Faith and Politics…on Nov. 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Anne Meyer Byler, reference and instruction librarian
On November 5, I hope to be remembering that I am (still) among God’s many adopted children on this earth, people with many different skin colors, countries of origins and deeply held beliefs. As a Christian, I believe I am here to be open to God transforming me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=70</link>
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		<title>Curbing the inner barbarians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Judy Weaver ’81, development and grant writer
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, there is a character who doesn’t know he is a descendant of Attila the Hun. He can’t figure out why herds of marauders in fuzzy hats occasionally charge through his consciousness. That is sort of how I feel when people start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=69</link>
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		<title>Resource: &#8220;Voting with our Faith in Mind&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a resource (PDF document) that Mennonite Church USA has distributed to congregations. It is a handout for distribution, put together by Rachel Nafziger Hartzler, Pastor of Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church. It is based on this article, by Leo Hartshorn.
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		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=68</link>
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		<title>The political sideshow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Sherer, director of Information Technology Services
Presidential campaigns carry with them a collection of temptations for Christians (and non-believers) we seldom acknowledge. Both candidates and their running mates profess to be Christian, and yet who among them or their staff could claim to have never distorted their opponents record, never taken a quote out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=67</link>
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		<title>Faith as political identity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frank E. Johnson, special assistant to the president
In thinking about the post-election climate, I somehow gravitated to John D. Roth’s 2005 essay “Called to One Peace:  Christian Faith and One Witness in a Divided Culture.” (Sorry John, but I read your piece after I had cast my ballot early . . . maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=65</link>
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		<title>Being salt of the earth most important</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Carl S. Helrich, professor of physics
When I was in the sixth grade, Dwight Eisenhower became president, defeating Estes Kefauver. After the election one of my friends said, “We all must be for Eisenhower now.” I have remembered his comment because of the wisdom he displayed. Regardless of whether we have a President McCain or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goshen.edu/election2008/opinions/?p=64</link>
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