Should the Pledge of Allegiance contain the phrase "under God"? Should faith based social service organizations receive government funds? If ever religion was a private matter, between individuals and their God, that time is surely not now, when questions of religion and public policy intersect at every turn.

For perspective on this issue, Titan turned to Ben Hubbard, professor emeritus of comparative religion at Cal State Fullerton. Hubbard specializes in the areas of Jewish studies, biblical studies, interfaith dialogue, methodology in comparative religion, religion and the media and world religions. He is revising an earlier publication, "An Educator's Classroom Guide to America's Religions," co-authored with James Santucci and John Hatfield, to be completed in 2006.

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