"This is really less a matter of programs or legislation than it is of giving respect to the constructive role that faith can play in the lives of individuals, and in the lives of the community," Mr. Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, said in an interview aboard his campaign plane late Monday night.
The antidote to such fears, many say, is the faith that constructive scientific argument often leads to greater knowledge, and the belief that, for a field still in its infancy, patience is a virtue.
He said: "In all of my dealings with the cardinal, he has been a considerate and thoughtful leader of the Catholic church in Scotland, stalwart in his faith but constructive in his approach.
He added: "In all of my dealings with the cardinal he has been a considerate and thoughtful leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, stalwart in his faith but constructive in his approach.
Their book provides the analytical tools and historical perspective for building and reinforcing such a constructive engagement between religion and liberal democracy and for understanding the ongoing dialogue between secular political philosophy and communities of faith.
In Orr's recommendation for bankruptcy, he wrote that creditor meetings were constructive and conducted in good faith, but "there is no realistic prospect of reaching agreements with all affected constituencies in a timely fashion".
If American diplomats are to empower the constructive rather than destructive potential of faith, they must "get religion" -- regardless of whether they are personally religious.
Surely this is a more constructive approach than canceling inter-faith dialogue and vehemently attacking the letter's authors.
A broad group of MPs who did not support him in last year's leadership election joined his shadow cabinet in good faith to try to provide constructive support.
The "top-down" approach to Leibowitz's theology taken so far places extreme limits on what one can say or know about God but does not yield a constructive account of the nature of Jewish faith.
