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What Does Heidegger’s Anti-Semitism Mean for Jewish Philosophy?

By Aubrey L. Glazer

…r than America? There are some important American thinkers engaged in this book, although you are correct that the core of the book deals with European thinkers, who wrote in German and French. On the most elemental level, my philosophical training was primarily in what used to be called continental philosophy, and especially in hermeneutics and phenomenology. I was also interested in American thought, especially the pragmatism of James, Peirce an…

“It’s the Mormon Moment”

By Joanna Brooks

…, thanks for noticing!) In her column, Dowd observes that at its core, The Book of Mormon musical is a message “not against Mormonism but literalism.” Indeed, the literalism of contemporary Mormon belief is the tender spot The Book of Mormon musical strikes. The majority of active and observant Mormons maintain a degree of literal belief in their religion’s teachings that most non-LDS people would find astonishing. To understand the predominance o…

In the Papal Pocket: Benedict XVI and the Press

By Mary E. Hunt

…mplicit reference to the ban on the ordination of women and women’s second-class citizenship in Catholicism was publicized around the world. The Pope did not comment directly at the time, but the fallout from the Vatican was harsh and unyielding toward Theresa Kane, the Sisters of Mercy, and Catholic women in general. Virtually nothing has changed in thirty years. Catholic women are not ordained, hence not involved in most church decision-making….

Scott Walker Loves Jesus. That’s Nice

By Peter Laarman

…er Herbert Kohler—pushed through a greatly weakened contract for the small number of Local 833 members still employed in Wisconsin. I say all this to make the point that American business and its “business-friendly” sock puppets like Gov. Scott Walker will stop at nothing—nothing—to roll back worker rights and worker security. So it is simply wrong to view the current Wisconsin putsch with the eyes of “on the one hand… and on the other hand.” It’s…

RD News Round-Up—Nov. 4, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…and the co-author of “Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream.” Douthat believes that “Conservatives are going to have to head into a long series of ideological fights within the party.” And the Party should recognize “that social conservatism, broadly understood, should be the bedrock of conservatism in America.” “Broadly speaking,” said Douthat, “the challenge for the Republican Party is not to jett…

Growing Up Gay in 666: Fred Phelps in Retrospect

By Scott Blaine Swenson

…ify hate and violence. And while the coincidence of being born under the “Sign of the Beast” in Topeka 666 is still a little unnerving, there are differing opinions about the number’s translation. Some theologians suggest the number should really be 616, in which case, all eyes on Peoria, Illinois….

No More Condescension: What We Can Do Now

By Peter Laarman

…tells us that analysts probably underestimated the number of white working-class voters over age 45 by ten million. Think about that for a moment: ten million members of a traditional Democratic constituency who apparently became invisible or even nonexistent to the chattering classes. What I’m going to say about this may be taken ill by many RD readers, but it is fully consistent with what I have written in these pages previously. For more than t…

Publisher Withdraws History of Hinduism, Amid Protest

By Laurie Patton

…eliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.” The relationship between the two laws is instructive. In the 1920’s, in the midst of communal outrage in Lahore against a pamphlet satirizing the private life of the Prophet Muhammed, action was brought against its author under Section 153A, stated above. The judge overseeing the case ruled that the author was not guilt…

The Collapse of the American Jewish Center

By Sarah Posner

…between them.” Without a solution that ends the occupation and the second-class status of Israel’s Arab citizens, it will be increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to be a liberal Zionist. This tension is slowly but increasingly finding its way into the public discourse via prominent public intellectuals, including journalist Peter Beinart, who led the way with his 2012 book The Crisis of Zionism, warning of drift away from and even hostility…

Taking (Public School) Teachers to Church, and the Mosque, and the Temple…

By Lisa Webster

…ores lived religion in much the same way the teachers might do it in their classrooms: by inviting people into the classroom to speak about their faiths, and by visiting local sites that are important to faith communities—all the while focused on keeping to an academic, “outsider” (and not devotional, “insider”) perspective. To those of who report on religion and its role in society and culture, it seems clear that a solid education should include…