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Darwin: A Muslim Perspective

By Hussein Rashid

…dering the wide variety of thought we see in other faith traditions, whose numbers are significantly smaller. The UNDP’s Arab Human Development Report highlights the serious lack of science education in the Arab world. If there is no basic science education, can we realistically speak of an engagement with scientific theories? The Turk Harun Yahya seems to funded at least in part by America’s Intelligent Design supporters, indicating, more than a…

Physicians, “Conscience,” and the Denial of Options

By Wendy Cadge

…y personally object to a medical treatment. Nearly 29% of patients—close to 100 million Americans—may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they must refer patients to other providers in such situations. These numbers should give us pause. Combined with the new medical conscience rule they make it even more important that Americans are proactive about their health care. Patients and family members should select physicians carefully and con…

The ‘Have More Children and Disciple Them Like Crazy’ Culture War Strategy is Neither New Nor Responsible

By Cindy Wang Brandt

…ds toeing the line? Christian families are taught to repeat two steps. Step 1: Obey God no matter what. In more sophisticated language this is taught as the doctrine of the Sovereignty of God, which is prevalent on the website of the Gospel Coalition on whose board Kevin DeYoung sits (along with 8 other men). Step 2: Continue fearing the secular world. This, of course, is the driving force behind the culture wars. The culture wars did not arise ou…

Israel Will be a 2016 Evangelical Litmus Test

By Sarah Posner

…of course, so familiar that it could have been written in 2000, or 1992, or 1988. It contains the usual warnings that politics alone can’t solve America’s problems (“America needs the help of Divine Providence,” “we need a new Great Awakening”). “Life” and “marriage” are listed as the #1 and #2 issues. “Israel and Radical Islam” come in at #5 (after religious liberty and national security), but one could see them being moved up a notch or two if v…

Making Space For All on Aronofsky’s Ark

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…n pop culture for a movie that is biblical without being religious, I say he succeeds. But of course it’s this weekend’s box-office numbers that will have the last word….

The Year in Mormons: Top 7 Stories of 2012

By Joanna Brooks

…hunch, not a scientific observation: we’re still waiting for the Pew Forum numbers on this one. But can you really talk Mormons in 2012 without saying the names Jimmer Fredette, Manti Te’o, and Jabari Parker? Te’o, a linebacker from Laie, Hawaii, finished his senior season at Notre Dame as the most decorated defensive player in collegiate football history. Shooting guard Fredette finished his senior season at Brigham Young University as the leadin…

By the Way: The Rove of the Religious Right, A Eulogy

By Randall Balmer

…ly on the electoral potential of America’s evangelicals, who until the late 1970s were not politically organized. Many, in fact, were not politically active; large numbers were not even registered to vote. But Weyrich saw an opportunity, and by his own account he spent years trying to mobilize evangelicals politically. I met Weyrich only once, at an improbable gathering of religious right types in Washington DC, late in 1990 (improbable because I…

The Islamophobia Election: How “Muslim” Became a Racial Identity

By Michael Schulson

…that racialized component? If we look at the statistics and we look at the numbers, we have more mass shootings in this country than terrorist attacks. The majority of people committing these terrorist attacks are not Muslims. There need to be policies that take into account behavior and political motivation rather than religion or religious identity. Mass shootings are overwhelmingly committed by white men, yet we don’t say, “Well, we need to mon…

Ignoring the Pope on Climate Change is Not Like Using Contraception

By Kevin M. Lowe

…tudies have repeatedly shown that Catholics use contraception in identical numbers to non-Catholics, and generally in good conscience. As Republican attempts to privatize the climate crisis already suggest, conservative Catholics may continue to reject Laudato si just as the vast majority of Catholics have long since rejected Humanae vitae, as Patti Miller noted here on RD. Yet the two issues are not in fact equivalent. For an explanation, we can…

Irish Vote Reflects Diminished Moral Authority of Catholic Church

By Peter Montgomery

Irish voters turned out in huge numbers on Friday and cast their votes 62 to 38 percent in favor of amending the country’s constitution to allow same-sex couples to marry, making the overwhelmingly Catholic country the first in the world to legalize marriage for same-sex couples through a national referendum. Trevor Gundy, writing for the Religion News Service just before the vote, had examined the decline of the Church’s power in Ireland. “Many…