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Death in the Desert: Riding With the Samaritans

By Lauri Lebo

…onites, and Quakers. The first sanctuary was here in Tucson in 1985 at the Southside Presbyterian Church by the Rev. John Fife, who hung signs outside the church: “This is a Sanctuary for the Oppressed of Central America,” and “Immigration: do not profane the Sanctuary of God.” The church gave shelter to thousands fleeing the Central American death squads. In 1986, Fife was one of eight activists convicted on alien-smuggling charges and served fiv…

Forgiveness

By Amina Wadud

…ve on the truth and reconciliation committee after the end of apartheid in South Africa. Eventually, she was asked to act as personal psychologist for a man known as “the butcher of apartheid.” In her book, she examined how the phenomenon of forgiveness worked. Now I have to confess, before I heard her speak and then subsequently read the book, I had a long discussion with a Jewish participant. We were not comfortable with our perception that the…

Tajwid: To Read with Love… and Competence

By Amina Wadud

…ral background, they are from all over: Arab, Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian. I at least saw one other African-American woman once. Keep in mind that I am arriving only to time to join the already-formed prayer lines, which means I tend to see more of the women from the back deal. These assessments might be also inaccurate. As I said, I plan to go for iftar on Sunday and get some eye contact. Now that the speaker volume has been adjusted…

Will the Religious Side with Workers?

By Peter Laarman

…shut down unionized workplaces and ship the work to the non-union American South or to the Global South, took their predictable devastating toll on private-sector unionism. Surging public sector unionism during this same period saved the American labor movement from complete collapse. But now these public sector unions are also under the gun in a big way. So my question persists: Where were the vast majority of American religious leaders during th…

Romney Campaign to Surrender Evangelicals in 2012

By Joanna Brooks

…kely to have significant strategy impacts not only in Iowa but also in the South. For now, the Romney campaign seems focused on making endorsements—now numbering 100 or more—in key 2010 races, including successful GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley in South Carolina. This strategy shift reflects a refinement of the Romney 2008 campaign’s tactic of downplaying the candidate’s faith entirely as well as a renewed focus (taking a page from his fr…

Evangelical Pastor Tests First Amendment Waters

By Randall Balmer

…f governing in any way resembles his dysfunctional Web site, the people of South Dakota would have been in for a helluva ride with Howie as their governor. Here’s some unsolicited advice for H. Wayne Williams. As an American citizen, you’re free to walk with your Master, your Lord, and endorse anyone you choose. But the Johnson Amendment, upheld by the courts over the decades, stipulates that you cannot make any such endorsement on behalf of a tax…

The Social Cost of Atheism

By Lauri Lebo

…their family. When broken down in by region in the U.S., those who live in Southern states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee (and North Dakota) reported the highest fear of social stigma. States such as California, Washington, New York, and New England states reported the least. (Unfortunately, the article is not available online.) I can’t say I’m really all that surprised at the results. If anyone needs ane…

New Age Tragedy in Sedona: Non-Indians in the Sweat Lodge

By Johnny P. Flynn

…the use of the sweat as a healing ritual—and they shared the ceremony with Indians and non-Indian supporters from around the country. Like the dried head of a dandelion, the sweat lodge drifted here and there and landed far from where it started. Ceremony, Ritual, But Not Yet a Religion Both the sweat lodge and the Native American Church peyote ceremony started as healing rituals for one or a few participants, people suffering from some kind of sp…

Transforming America’s Israel Lobby

By Dan Fleshler

…rimes during the recent Israel-Hamas conflict. Richard Goldstone, a former South African judge appointed to lead the Gaza investigation by the UN’s Human Rights Council, told the Voice of America last month that he also plans to hold public hearings in which witnesses to the conflict tell their stories. The investigation is likely to put the spotlight on Israel’s growing isolation in the international community, due in part to war crimes accusatio…

By the Way: Religious Right Losing its Grip?

By Randall Balmer

…tem-cell research. John M. D’Arcy, the Roman Catholic bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, declared his intention to stay away from the commencement proceedings, and the Cardinal Newman Society, based in Manassas, Virginia, has collected petitions asking that the president of Notre Dame rescind the invitation to Obama. Such protests from hard-right Catholics are predictable. What might be tad surprising, however, is that Notre Dame has no int…