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Are Evangelical Films Destined to Leave Secular Audiences Behind?

By Daniel Silliman

…. There were those who talked about how the film is a great evangelizing opportunity. One woman reported buying more than 20 tickets for her extended family and another said she planned to return to her theater to pass out tracts. Others griped that they didn’t hear the name “Jesus” mentioned very much in the movie. More than a few expressed disappointment, but then seemed to feel the need to defend their Christian identity, affirming that while t…

The Faith that Faith Produced

By Haroon Moghul

…in, because sin wasn’t sin? And then—what if He didn’t care what I did, because He wasn’t? If there was no God, my caustic monster could be driven into a corner, and then pummeled bloodied and helpless. My frustration, late night breakdowns, and everyday desolation would leave me be. And so I did it. I did what even the pagan Arabs around Muhammad, (peace be upon him), refused to do: I rejected God altogether. And on ceasing to be a Muslim, it occ…

Corporations Have Consciences and Contraceptives Are Cheap: Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

By Sarah Posner

…an exemption from covering ella, Plan B, and IUDs, claiming that they may cause an abortion. Scalia declared these methods “not terribly expensive.” But Verilla pointed out that the IUD, one of the most effective methods of birth control, is also one of the most expensive. (They can cost as much as $1,000.) As expected, the Court did not question in any depth the companies’ claim that these methods are abortifacients. But in response to a hypothet…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…ed: they couldn’t facilitate bribery. We would have to buy new, full-price tickets to Iran. On the phone with JetBlue’s customer service line that night, my righteous fury dissipated quickly. Could JetBlue really be to blame for bad weather, or a mechanical problem, or whatever system error had made our flight impossible? Don’t I benefit regularly from this massive travel infrastructure that, like Lady Justice, doles its punishments out blindly? I…

An American Muslim Abroad, Or, Things I Saw in Dubai

By Haroon Moghul

…s like me, you’d need a credit card. But, of course, you have to know your audience. This oversize sample inadvertently gives away the credit card number of some eight-five million men, most of whom live in Egypt. ⬆ Earlier on this day, I saw a South Asian gentleman crossing an eight-lane highway while drinking a cup of tea out of a white ceramic mug. He took his time, pausing between lanes to let cars whiz by (at roughly 70 miles per hour) and…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…le accompaniment of 50,000, as if the faithful at church. The devotion was audible, as tickets were distributed to friends of the Cuban government and not through a public sale. Here the religious nature of the Cuban sporting event is acknowledged only to be dismissed as inauthentic. The patriotic, quasi-religious crooning is suspicious because of its apparent production by the Cuban government, which distributed tickets to friends. Morosi recogni…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…Men would say, ‘I’d like to attend the priesthood session with my wife, because the church says that families are so important,’” only to be told that they would have to enter alone. A few conversations were more elaborate. Danielle Mooney of Boston pressed Peterson for clarification on several of his answers. When Peterson acknowledged that attendees did not have to hold the priesthood to attend the priesthood session, she replied, “Well, I’m not…

Gambian President Threatens to Kill Asylum Seekers

By Peter Montgomery

…geles during the organization’s 2014 Voice Awards…And here, on this stage, Prince Manvendra presented a portrait of fighting for self-empowerment while armed with empathy and humor. “I am still enjoying the monopoly position as the world’s only openly gay royal. I hope I find a competitor soon,” Manvendra said to much laughter. Other royals, he added, have “confided in me. But they are still feeling shy about coming out of the closet. So I remain…

Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival

By Bill Berkowitz

…aq-related legal problems. Blackwater was founded by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, the son of Edgar Prince, a wealthy Michigan auto-parts supplier. The elder Prince is described by Jeremy Scahill, in his bestselling book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, as a “radical right-wing Christian mega-millionaire” who was a strong financial backer of President George W. Bush, as well as a donor to a host of conservative Chr…

Blame Series Bonus: Why We Want That Dish For Free, an Uncut Interview with Bertram Malle

By Andrew Aghapour

…. At least, for now, we have received some kind of compensation. This is important because we often experience feelings of unfairness. We have put in our part—we went to the airport, we paid for our ticket, we spent our time, we stood in line—and then the flight was cancelled. So there’s a discrepancy between the inputs and the outputs, there’s a sense of injustice and unfairness—that’s why compensation is so important. That’s also why dissatisfie…