THE WORD OF THE LORD: RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE AND POLITICS.

The article discusses how religious scriptures has shaped the politics in Iran and U.S. as of July 2018. Topics discussed include role of biblical scripture in the Southern justification for continued enslavement of black people in the U.S.; relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, that governed by a theocratic form of government; and tradition of international papal visits in Iran.