Bruce Bawer

Bruce Bawer's follow-up to While Europe Slept takes on many of the same ideas concerning the clash of Islamic and Western values, yet in a much larger sense. I'm a big fan of this man's work, and the way he speaks out plainly and unabashedly about the real teachings of Islam is inspiring. Many times the book made me so frustrated at the PC-inspired establishments of various countries and their incredibly cowardly position that free speech should be reformed so as not to insult Muslims that I actually had to put the book down for a few minutes. A must-read for anyone not afraid of the truth about the most important international issue today.… (mais)

The time is past when denominational names and other traditional labels provided an accurate reflection of Christian America's religious beliefs and practices. The meaningful distinction today is not between Protestant and Catholic, or Baptist and Episcopalian, but rather between "legalistic" and "nonlegalistic" religion, between the Church of Law and the Church of Love. On one side is the fundamentalist right, which draws a sharp distinction between "saved" and "unsaved" and worships a God of wrath and judgment; on the other are more mainstream Christians who view all humankind as children of a loving God who calls them to break down barriers of hate, prejudice, and distrust.… (mais)