Are Michael Moore’s Films Inspired by His Catholicism?
Catholicism is well known as a determined foe of communism, yet most Americans are unaware that Catholicism has also been highly critical of capitalism.
Read MoreCatholicism is well known as a determined foe of communism, yet most Americans are unaware that Catholicism has also been highly critical of capitalism.
Read MoreFinally, something Christians, Jews, and Muslims can agree on: Apocalypse. But as the theological end-time visions of the three Abrahamic faiths converge, it is not the wrath of heaven that threatens life on Earth, but all-too-human fundamentalism and fearmongering.
Read MoreResults of a new poll show that in matters of religion the right and left are in different universes. Why, then, are progressives so insistent on finding common ground?
Read MoreDespite resorting to demonization and dated paradigms, Max Blumenthal’s muckraking first book traces the fascinating history of the religious right and its web of gothic and aggressive conspiracy theories—making a convincing case that the Republican Party has been “shattered” by a right-wing religious movement.
Read MoreTwo of the Obama administration’s picks to staff the Department of Labor are coming up for confirmation this week. M. Patricia Smith and Lorelei Boylan face opposition by right-wing business forces, who don’t appreciate the kind of advocacy they represent.
Read MoreIt’s important for journalists to be able to parse the distinctions among those who call themselves Christian, tedious as it may be.
Read MoreWhen public intellectuals spar about religion, stalemate is often the result; atheists ignore liberal elements within religious traditions, and liberals don’t do justice to difficult truth-claims, like the divinity of Jesus. Critic James Wood has had it with both camps—but does his “third way” make sense?
Read MoreIt was a hot summer for the Family, the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power—three politicians with ties to their C Street headquarters were caught in sex scandals. Jeff Sharlet, author of the definitive book on the secretive group, talks with us about the flickering media spotlight, and the future of the Family.
Read MoreThe president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary thinks so. But here’s why he’s wrong. And why his own statement is more profane than he thinks.
Read MoreIn the official “Year for Priests,” dedicated by Pope Benedict, a priest in Florida has upped the ante on clerical malfeasance, allegedly fathering a child with a stripper, and threatening the woman with violence. What will it take for the Catholic Church to begin to take responsibility for priests gone wild?
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