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Election Update: Oklahoma Bans Shari’ah Law

By Haroon Moghul

…ther alarmists; now, apparently, we can add the people of Oklahoma to that list. What is happening to our America? Why are we so afraid of an abstract Islam, far beyond the ability of extremists and radicals to harm us? Travel to other places in the world, like the Persian Gulf, Turkey, China, India, Brazil, and so on and so forth, and people are hungry with ambition, eager to embrace the economic opportunities that our country’s desire for global…

Let Gay People Rehab Marriage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s God intended, of course. In the Christian Post, Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, writes: God created the institution of marriage—defined on his terms—as the central institution of human society. Marriage was given to us by our Creator as the central institution for sexual relatedness, procreation, and the nurture of children. But, even beyond these goods, God gave us marriage as an instituti…

New Report Raises Questions about Pope Francis’ Response to Sex Abuse Scandal

By Sarah Posner

…lics as a whole attach less importance to other possible priorities on the list. But among Catholics who say they attend Mass at least once a week, roughly equal numbers cite “standing up for traditional moral values” (65%) and “addressing the sex abuse scandal” (63%) as top priorities for the new pope. By contrast, among Catholics overall 49% say that standing up for traditional moral values should be “a top priority” for Pope Francis. Roughly fo…

Atheist Monument: Proof of Unintelligent Design

By Gordon Haber

…o sense founded on the Christian religion.” On the back of the pillar is a list of “Punishments for Breaking the Ten Commandments,” such as Deuteronomy 13:10: “Other gods: Thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he hath thought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy god.” The intention, obviously, is to demonstrate that atheists, as opposed to Bible-thumpers, are ethical souls, and that America is not a Christian nation. Atheists have…

Affordable Care Act Needs “Fix,” Clergy Say

By Daniel Schultz

…e plans themselves. Among the supporters of the Pryor-Coons effort are the Southern Baptist Convention, the United Methodist Church, the Episcopal Church, and the Presbyterian Church. The legislation also enjoys the backing of the Church Alliance, a coalition of religious organizations represented by the firm K&L Gates. I can confirm the problem, from both professional and (doleful) personal experience. One Board of Pensions member for the Presbyt…

A Queer Atheist In the Heart of Mormon Country

By Chris Stedman

…important work. Among them is Joanna Brooks, who served as the Mormon panelist at the conference. She has been an advocate for LGBTQ equality and acceptance among Mormons and more broadly (in fact, she was featured earlier this year in The Advocate’s list of “10 Pro-LGBTQ Religious Women You Should Know”), and I am glad for her work. We may not agree on certain issues, including whether or not there is a God, but she has my support. Her activism,…

America Does Not Have a Religious Identity

By Dennis J Goldford

…” My early explorations have led me to believe that Tea Party constitutionalism, for all its reverence for the Constitution, is actually the preferred constitutional theory of the Anti-Federalist opponents of the Constitution rather than the Federalist supporters. I am still in the process of deciding how I want and need to pursue this argument….

What is Interfaith Cooperation For?

By Eboo Patel

…icts, and American military campaigns abroad as some examples that fit her list of priorities. She writes, “Appeals to ‘interfaith’ often prioritize projects for recognition of such identities over attention to systemic forms of material and social inequality” and “interfaith programs always provide means to other ends.” All in all, it is a well-articulated view of what might be called a progressive social justice understanding of interfaith work….

Amid Uncertainty, Eight Things We Know for Sure About the Boston Bombings

By Ivan Strenski

…we face in our relations with the mass media. What can we learn? Here’s my list of eight iron-clad certainties about how the media will cover events in which religion may play a role. Same Old Experts The media will trot out its “experts,” but none of them from the academic discipline devoted to studying religion in all its forms: religious studies. Psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and other wonky types will hold forth at lengt…

Pope Francis and the American Sisters

By Mary E. Hunt

…n the friendly but still largely cosmetic changes he has instituted. Gradualists will disagree with me, but I think it is time for Catholics to grow up and realize that royalty does not become us. The Church is a service organization whose primary stakeholders are people who are poor. Their needs, and not the whims of pampered prelates, are the priority. Nothing less is acceptable. Raise the bar for heaven’s sake. Second, on things that enthusiast…