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…other side of the psalm: this isn’t just the story of the wicked going unchallenged, but about a good man trying not to allow his anger, resentment and jealousy of the wicked get the better of him. That’s more than the civility and civic virtue Brooks encourages; it’s fighting for one’s soul in the face of what appears to be evil being rewarded. That’s a pretty good message for those terrified of the rise of America’s Problem Child. But there’s mo…
…ationism battles. Over the past several years, recommendations that supplemental materials be introduced in public school science classrooms have been part of anti-evolution bills in states across the country as a way to sneak creationist literature into the curriculum. Because they are not subject to the same formal adoption process as official textbooks, supplemental materials used in local school districts could rely on some seriously dubious s…
By Randall Balmer, Anthea Butler, Evan Derkacz, Jeff Sharlet, and Diane Winston
…man.” It’s instructive to read that speech with the knowledge of how subsequent presidents have spoken about our political foes and our capacity, as individuals and as a nation, to affect change. What if we heard that speech today? Anthea Butler: Jeff, thinking about your closing statement that it’s not about what fundamentalists say they want, but what they have already achieved; that’s precisely what this is all about. The means of achieving it…
…urd claims about global politics. More than the 1988 campaign (or the subsequent partnership of his lieutenant in this campaign, Ralph Reed, in the criminal schemes of Jack Abramoff) this case dramatizes the moral bankruptcy of alliances between the NCR and neoconservative power brokers. 1) The top of my list revealed: What could top such a list? Since we’re on the subject of disasters today, we might have noted how, amid the response to Hurricane…
…Mexica Movement opposes the recent papal decision to honor the founder of California’s Mission system with sainthood. If the Pope really does follow through on making Junípero Serra Ferrer, OFM a saint this September (I am still hoping he changes his mind), then he will have finally succeeded where so many of Serra’s devotees have failed. Ever since Serra was beatified under Pope John Paul II in 1988, discussions of his possible sainthood served…
…nce the arrival of the Spanish over five hundred years ago. From Mexico to California, shrines in her honor have surfaced in neighborhoods and lawns. But as millions mourn her death, a question that I have heard repeatedly from my Anglo friends is, “Who was Jenni Rivera?” Jenni Rivera sold over fifteen million albums worldwide, rising to fame in the male-dominated world of banda—a traditional, drum-and-brass, mexican-folk-meets-polka music style t…
…university inquiry. Islamic Studies used to happen under the rubric of “Orientalist Studies” which was mainly philological and text-based, and was carefully sealed off from wider currents of cultural criticism. But in the 1980s, scholars began to take Islamic Studies out of this narrow field and merge it more with Religious Studies, connected to wider intellectual trends like feminism, interfaith dialogue, and progressive political analysis. In t…
…is situation, thus focusing on teaching rather than research. But the consequences of this approach were three-fold: first, that Jewish Studies scholars will be less integrated into the departments where they teach (since their interests will extend outside the academy); second, that the field would, and even should, be populated by those who have interests beyond their research as part of their vocation; third, that these scholars be Jews. The fi…
A new religious freedom battle has been brewing in California, but you probably haven’t heard of it yet. The Golden State’s Christian colleges and universities are up in arms over SB 1146, a Senate bill they argue would effectively end academic religious freedom altogether. Drowning under a wave of press releases, lobbying efforts, and social media campaigns is the intention behind Senator Ricardo Lara’s bill, which was to close a “loophole” that…
…to protest prison conditions and rules. Their five core demands center on California’s aggressive solitary confinement practices. Over 80,000 people are held in solitary confinement in US prisons on any given day—12,000 of them in California. California’s prisoners in solitary confinement spend 23 hours a day in Security Housing Units (SHUs)—small windowless concrete cells—with one hour in an exercise pen. Fluorescent lights in SHUs never shut of…
