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Atheists and Christians Compete to Give More

By Lauri Lebo

…. (Jam. 1:27)” While I have not joined a team, the contest motivated me to sign up for Kiva. My modest donation of $25 went to a Cambodian woman to fund a portion of the $1,000 worth of equipment she needs to start her bakery. Once her loan is repaid, I will be able to recycle my $25 to help fund another project for another individual. And on it goes. I’m sure the recipients of these micro-loans don’t really care all that much about lenders’ motiv…

2012 GOP Candidate Would Reinstate DADT

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…young man showed up at one of our services recently and, as part of his assignment, interviewed me on the policies and polity of the UCC after service. Since he was asking a lot of questions, I decided to ask him one. This was before Congress finally overturned the 17-year-old policy during their lame duck session last December. The religious right claims the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell would jeopardize the religious freedom of chaplains who…

Romania’s “Witch Tax”: Magic Meets Bureaucracy

By Joseph Laycock

…appear to be syncretic, combining Christian and pre-Christian symbols. The sign of the cross is ubiquitous in witch rituals and some blessings require candles purchased from a church. However, the summer solstice is considered an important day for working magic and some rituals require the sacrifice of a chicken to faeries and other spirits. These elements suggest that witchcraft was in Romania long before the arrival of Christianity. In 1947, Kin…

What Do We Mean By ‘Judeo-Christian’?

By Shalom Goldman

…whose establishment or “rebirth” he and many fellow evangelicals saw as a sign of God’s hand moving in history. Evangelicals and Jews Become Partners Today, it’s commonplace for the Christian Right to invoke the idea of “Judeo-Christian values,” and for America to once again become “one nation under God.” Overlooking the pesky fact that that phrase was only added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, they insist that both the Christian and Jewish…

Gay Marriage Measure Dies in Maryland

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…nd stood up and told their stories, got involved and built grassroots support to extend the freedom to marry to all loving and committed couples.” It’s frustrating to see the legislation die while there is a governor willing to sign it, of course, but the struggle in Maryland also shows that religious arguments—and big money threats to delegates’ job security—can still convince lawmakers to continue to treat some of their fellow citizens as second…

Was a Teacher Disciplined for Refusing to Apologize for Teaching Science?

By Lauri Lebo

…s.” After the parents met with the school board, Hensley was told she must sign a letter of apology, which she refused, arguing that the presented letter contained factual errors. She was later reassigned to teaching a remedial language arts class. Hensley filed a lawsuit against the district saying that her First and 14th Amendment rights had been violated. According to Hensley’s complaint, the parents demanded she publicly admit she demonstrated…

A Tea Party Leader Hates Christians

By Sarah Posner

…ethodist Building (known to locals as “the God box”) on Capitol Hill had a sign supporting the DREAM Act. (h/t Religion News Service). “After all,” Phillips adds, “what can you say about a church that considers Hillary Clinton to be a member in good standing?” Phillips goes on to call the church “the religious arm of socialism” because it supports “illegal immigration” and “socialist health care;” in sum, “a socialist wish list.” After the Senate…

Yo, Gays, Stop Bogarting that Rainbow!

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…anged its sports teams’ name from “Rainbow Warriors” to “Warriors” and redesigned its logo to eliminate a rainbow from it. Now, according to One News Now, one group on the religious right is demanding that gays and lesbians give up their grip on the rainbow. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the San Diego-based Ruth Institute [a project of the National Organization for Marriage] rightly argues that the rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with man, and…

Hajj Journal:
This Cultural Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…the airport, for my own travel or to pick up family and friends. The road signs had a little airplane logo to designate the way to the airport. I never got lost going, but always got lost trying to get back home. I used to say, there needs to be a sign with a little picture of my house to direct me. I knew how to get to the mountain but I forgot to make markers for getting back! Anyway, while wandering around until I found the road with that gate…

2010: What Did We Believe In?

By Gary Laderman

…to be reckoned with and has myriad forms of expression, commitment, moral codes, and values—just like global Christianity. In the U.S., Muslims are increasingly part of the social landscape, with mosques, community centers, and public figures (including the first Muslim Miss America and the easy reelection of one of the two Muslim members of Congress) who contribute to the fabulous religious mosaic that characterizes the best of American values….