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

By Sarah Posner

…exempt from the regulation, the Obama administration granted religious non-profits an accommodation that shifts the onus of providing coverage to the insurer—without any adverse impact on the employees. The justices questioned Clement about whether such an arrangement would satisfy his clients, but he was non-committal. (Religious non-profits have also brought RFRA claims against the accommodation.) The argument wasn’t over, though, without a kosh…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…ologized: 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 blin…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…icity and degradation. According to this model, the American Dream is so appropriately irresistible and ubiquitous that it animates the deepest longings of taxi drivers in Cuba, who don’t need to offer us elaborations about such desires because they had us at “I love America.” To appreciate the ways religion and baseball have often been imbricated in U.S. representations of Cuba, consider the film Major League. The comedy was released in 1998 but…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…so complete that special arrangements must be made to enforce it. In the April 2007 priesthood session, a musical number was provided by a men’s chorus. The chorus was selected and trained by Brigham Young University professor Rosalind Hall, who also chose the music for the choir—but Hall was not allowed to attend the performance; instead, she was replaced by a male colleague, Ronald Staheli, for that one event. In fact, Hall was not even allowed…

Gingrich’s Faith Leaders “Not Aware” they’d been Enlisted in Campaign

By Sarah Posner

…Representative Alan Grayson for his U.S. House seat. Kelly lost in the GOP primary to Daniel Webster, who now represents Florida’s 8th Congressional district. Kelly is the owner of 3-D Background Screening, an employment background screening service in Ocala. According to the Associated Press, Kelly told reporters on Sunday that “the candidate held a midweek conference call with an estimated 1,000 evangelical pastors around the state” last week. L…

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

By Andrew Aghapour

…t doesn’t really matter who exactly provides some justice. The institution probably just prefers to funnel it through one channel, namely customer service, because then they can have stricter rules, what is given, how much is given, under what circumstances, and so on. There are larger social problems than missed flights, like racist policing or the legacy of segregated housing. Major events and systemic problems are very difficult for us to under…

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’ & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites ‘Bogus’ Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e journals is also listed on the leading index of “potential, possible, or probably predatory scholarly open-access publishers,” a sign of those journals’ lack of credibility. Sullins defended his choice of venue for publication in an email, pointing out that it’s free and available for anyone to read, unlike other journals; he also said his paper was reviewed by four people, who prompted considerable revisions before publication. Like the infamou…

Paranormal Vodka, Exorcists and a Demonic Doll: Welcome to Paracon, Based on the Work of the Demon-Hunters Who Inspired the ‘Conjuring’ Series

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…vies and other forms of diabolical entertainment by claiming they help people to accept the reality of the devil. At any rate, the Warrens would probably be proud of their Paracon—especially the ticket sales….

Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram

By Matt Hamilton

…thers, drawn into taking a side. And among the community, all the sexual repression didn’t let cooler heads prevail. After a year with the Jesuits, I bid my superiors goodbye and moved in with my boyfriend, a cupcake baker. No sour taste there. I replaced the church with journalism—two arenas which share many traits. A journalist, like a priest, is often thrown into extraordinary situations—fires, shootings, political campaigns and interviews with…

Pop-Culture Angels Are More Than Just Embarrassing Kitsch

By Ed Simon

…ith a nine year run from 1994 to 2003, viewers tuned in to the CBS show (appropriately every Sunday) to watch the angel Monica, performed with the requisite degree of Celtic spirituality by Irish actress Roma Downey, intercede in the lives of troubled women and men. In this mission she was joined by her supervisor Tess, played by the Black gospel singer Della Reese. Touched by an Angel played on stereotypes, of both the Irish and African Americans…