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Orthodox Jews Begin to Reckon with Sexual Abuse

By Paul Berger

…Salomon, a Long Island psychiatrist, who has just finished working on an as-yet-unpublished book about sexual abuse in the Orthodox world. “Different religions use different justifications for not reporting,” he says. “But it comes down to the theory that religious issues should be handled within the religious community, even though the powers that be within the community do not have the power to investigate and to prosecute.” For many years, Orth…

American Christianity Is Changing Fast: Five Stories to Watch in 2016

By Richard Flory

…attention, from religious observers as well as religious leaders, is the so-called “Rise of the Religious Nones.” The number of dropouts/defectors from church involvement has risen significantly over the last several years, such that about 23 percent of the American population now claims no religious affiliation. They leave for many reasons, ranging from a general disillusionment with large-scale institutions in general to the politicization of re…

Haiti and the Push for Theological Questions

By Paula M. Cooey

…ent for close to a century. Prior to the revolt French-ruled Saint-Domingue-now-Haiti was stripped of its natural resources by French occupation. Subsequent to the embargoes, in the early twentieth century, Haiti suffered invasion and occupation by this country at the expense of development on its own terms. All of these conditions—French plundering, colonial and European embargo, and US occupation—produced long-lasting and incomparable poverty an…

Life Imitates Satire Imitates Life: Rep. King Revives Manchurian Candidate

By The Editors

…mitates Satire Imitates Life. In this clip, from the Manchurian Candidate a Joseph McCarthy stand-in uses his own investigative tool to determine how many crypto-commies there really are… Rep. Peter King (R-NY), minus 45 years from Religion Dispatches on Vimeo….

In a Powerful Statement Black Presidents and Deans Say: No More Stolen Black Lives!

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…isconduct, to include clarity about “excessive force.” ○ A moratorium on no-knock warrants for drug-related arrests. ○ An end to “broken-windows” policing. ○ The implementation of swift and strong fines against persons who make emergency calls to police departments based upon false allegations against Black citizens. ○ State and local level public policy initiatives that ensure police review boards comprise citizens representing its diverse neighb…

Ideology is More Than Skin Deep: Why I Can’t Get Along To Go Along

By Daniel Schultz

…the Governing Agenda isn’t who participated in its construction or the less-than-enthusiastic response it has received. It’s that it does nothing—nothing—to change the power structures in our political system. Without any appreciable sacrifice on the part of those who present it, this deal has nothing to offer those whose interests do not already align with it. By supermajorities, Americans favor legalized abortion with some restrictions and workp…

New Poll Reveals That Anti-Trans Rhetoric isn’t Just Affecting Republicans and White Evangelicals

By Chrissy Stroop

…clear that the widespread use of false, inflammatory, and dehumanizing anti-trans rhetoric by right-wing activists and politicians generates a feedback loop that enables the proliferation and escalation of anti-trans legislation. And we’re now learning that the deluge of disinformation and hateful propaganda is also having a negative impact on trans acceptance in the general public—even among progressive demographics. That, at least, is my grim ta…

Newsweek’s Strange Faces of the Christian Right List

By Sarah Posner

…a member of the Christian right. Rogers, who has worked for the pro-church-state-separation group the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty, and now has an affiliation with the Brookings Institution, is one of the country’s best authorities on church-state separation law, and an advocate for enforcement of the Establishment Clause. Not only would Rogers herself be surprised to be on the list, I’d imagine, but so would the Christian right i…

The American Media’s Longterm Ambivalence About the Papacy

By Peter Manseau

…American shores, but Luce framed his Catholic cover subjects within a week-to-week serial of significant individuals of whom lesser mortals should take note. When one of his cover-cardinals, Eugenio Pacelli, eventually became Pope Pius XII, Time could claim status not merely as Catholic observer, but Catholic kingmaker as well. Readers hoping to gain insight into what it actually might mean to live as an American Catholic who was not a member of…

Bush Has Helped the Scarecrow of American Religion

By Hussein Rashid

…ng the environment. More American Jews are coming out to say that being pro-Jewish doesn’t automatically being pro-Israel, nor is all criticism of Israel anti-Semitic. Although the actions of Osama bin Laden were catalytic in organizing the silent majority to speak out against atrocities done in the name of Islam, it is actually President Bush who made it OK for us to speak out, but giving voice to our concerns. As religious progressive voices are…