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Orthodox Church’s Authoritarian Anti-LGBTQ Statement Poses Serious Threat to Academic Freedom

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

…ideologues online who call for the excommunication and even “the purge” of American Orthodox scholars. For years the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University (not affiliated with the OCA) has been one of the most engaged institutions in the academic study of Orthodox Christianity. And for years the Center has been maligned by conservative and far-right Orthodox, who often use the term “Fordhamite,” seemingly as a riff on the slur so…

Palin Talks Israel in Anticipation of 2012

By Shalom Goldman

…ionist policies. Still, there’s a good chance that aid to Israel, like the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will manage to be exempt from their ire. The billions of dollars spent every month on the two wars (and over 270 American military bases around the world) are somehow not a sign of “big government” for the Tea Party faithful. Late last month, in a trenchant article for The Nation, Princeton lecturer Melissa Harris-Perry sought to expla…

Back to School at The First Public School In the Country To Require a World Religions Course

By Joseph Laycock

…cal allusions that saturate American political rhetoric, survey data shows Americans know almost nothing about religion. Religion scholars (including Diane Moore, Stephen Prothero, and myself) have suggested that change must begin in the schools. The establishment clause does not forbid teaching about religion from a non-devotional perspective and, in theory, students are already required to learn about world religions as part of world history. Bu…

“Liberal Nazis”: The Republican Crusade Against NPR

By Paul Harvey

…tains overlooking the San Luis Valley, historically considered a spiritual center by Native peoples who first inhabited the area. But ethereal spirituality, as the piece makes clear, is a challenge when you’re trying to make it through the bitter winters and swarms of spring mosquitoes in that remote corner of southwestern Colorado. Even those who practice meditation routinely have been known to throw chairs at town meetings, in a scene familiar t…

Bishops vs. Nuns: Who Spoke for God in 2010?

By Eugene McMullan

…lies Around the time of the bishops’ conference, the National Coalition of American Nuns (NCAN), which represents some 500 women religious, issued “Oppose Bullying, Not Marriage Equality,” a statement that blasts the bishops for their pastoral insensitivity: On behalf of GLBT Catholics, their families and friends, and thoughtful Catholics across the United States, the National Coalition of American Nuns is appalled at the lack of sensitivity of th…

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Legacy of Eugenics and Racism Can’t Be Ignored

By John P. Slattery

…thoughts: In the Eucharist, fullness is already achieved; it is the living center of the universe, the overflowing core of love and of inexhaustible life. Joined to the incarnate Son, present in the Eucharist, the whole cosmos gives thanks to God. Indeed the Eucharist is itself an act of cosmic love [as John Paul II wrote]: “Yes, cosmic! Because even when it is celebrated on the humble altar of a country church, the Eucharist is always in some way…

What Does Anti-Christian Even Mean?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e poor. According to Salon: The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession. The top-earning 20 percent of Americans — those making more than $100,000 each year — received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly…

Romania’s “Witch Tax”: Magic Meets Bureaucracy

By Joseph Laycock

…ntry. She also has a blog featuring testimonials for her craft. A National Center of Witchcraft? Witches adapted to a free market quickly. Emerging businesses sought their aide, creating a growing clientele for witchcraft. In 1997, there was an attempt to form a “witches’ union,” in part to counter the claims of dozens of upstart witches that they were descendants of Mama Omida. In 1999, there was even a plan to build a thirty-five room “national…

Indonesian Volcano Update: Yes, it’s a Religion Story…

By Mark Woodward

…y to remain. There is a memorial to him in the soccer stadium pressed into service as a refugee center. This is not ironic as is stated in the story. It is a memorial to a much-admired religious leader who, many believe, sacrificed his own life to save others. The film also shows his ash-encrusted body and does not mention the fact that he was in prayer when he was overcome. Nor did the story mention that the only building to have survived in the…

The Muslim Loyalty Oath

By Hussein Rashid

…ernational Amman Message, for example, was issued in 2007, and the Islamic Center at NYU is a center based on the message. The Islamic Society of North America issued a similar statement in 2005. The difference between these endeavors and the Ahmadi community’s statement is that that these other messages are far-reaching, including as they do wide sections of the Muslim community. They neither assume a collective guilt, nor do they demean other Mu…