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Can Atheist Billboards Kill Religion?

By Anthony B. Pinn

…institutions. I don’t see that happening, and I’m not sure it’s even necessary. Non-theists are due for a bit of introspection, for an honest assessment of atheist and humanist missions and objectives: What is the basic concern – the destruction of religion? Or, more specifically, the destruction of the poor patterns of thinking, communication, and practice supported by theistic religion? Does the development of human societies that are reasonable…

No Need to Choose Between Religious and Secular America

By Bruce Ledewitz

…nce. But in my own mind, I am defending a genuine government neutrality toward religion. Are you hoping to just inform readers? Give them pleasure? Piss them off? I wrote this book to change the world, both in the courtroom and in the culture. For years now, Establishment Clause doctrine has been stuck trying to answer the divisive Dworkin/Scalia question. I am trying to help us get beyond the formulation of religion versus secularism to find comm…

‘Always Pray to the Father’: Mormon Leader Calls Desire for Knowledge of Heavenly Mother ‘Arrogant and Unproductive’

By Holly Welker

…ion, and even the role of women. It’s Renlund and the men he speaks for, not those wishing to know more about Heavenly Mother, who are arrogant and unproductive here….

Way Beyond Atheism: God Does Not (Not) Exist

By Paul Wallace

…r way, the word “exist” cannot be used univocally of things and God. These are artificial categories imagined and used by human beings; they are manifestly not divine attributes. In the end, to speak correctly, there are no divine attributes. Which means that God is not distinct from creation, nor is God not-distinct from creation. That is, in God there is no distinction at all, nor is there non-distinction. No affirmation or denial properly appli…

Insecto-Theology: A Wake for Our Planetary Commons

By Jacob J. Erickson

…eatively. Indeed, the anthropologist Anna Tsing imagines that what we need are “arts of living on a damaged planet.” We need wonder and lament and protest. We need wonder to direct our attention, lament to speak grief back to the world, and protest to demand better, more resilient practices. And I want to think further of the theological and spiritual practices that we might create. The philosopher Donna J. Haraway asks us how we might construct o…

How Evangelical-Friendly Are Scientists? A Response

By Jonathan Orbell

…empirical methods on our side while they have vague hopes, and fears, and are arguing in favor of a motion that is hanging on for its existence by mere shreds of emotional and ideological spaghetti, much like the type provided by the flying spaghetti monster, one of the many equally irrational gods which science provides no support for. Krauss, Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Director of the Origins Project a…

2018: Wave Goodbye to Another Year in Religion

By Daniel Schultz

…nism maybe wasn’t so bad after all. If there was any ray of light in this dark year—anything that could give you faith in humanity, if not God—it was the response of the community to the Tree of Life violence, an interfaith prayer service held in Mr. Roger’s church, preceded by a quiet, reflective protest informing the bigot-in-chief that he was not welcome to share Squirrel Hill’s grief. More generally, there was the rise of the Never Again movem…

Women, Religion, and Film: Higher Ground Raises the Stakes

By Sarah Sentilles

…go with their questions, especially if they are women, especially if they are part of institutions run by men, especially if they have subscribed to the notion that it is belief—not works, not acts, not love, not justice—that saves. In Heaven, or Outside with the Dogs Higher Ground makes clear that the logical consequence of structuring faith on belief is that there is very little room for doubt. Doubt is something to be overcome, silenced, ignor…

A Furious Sadness: Conversation with Christian Protester of Nazi-Saluting Trump Supporter

By Daniel Schultz

…rom a Birmingham Jail.” I’ve read it every year for the past five or so [years] around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and I believe so wholeheartedly in his methods of non-violent protest. I honestly couldn’t stand that, for a second, Trump could say he was pro-life—if he even means that or knows what it means—and Christians could think he’s a viable leader for our country. I wanted to be there to show people there are Christians who don’t stand by h…

Capricology: Big Ideas, Lack of Humanity

By Diane Winston

…army, the mistreatment of cylons and their subsequent rebellion, the 18-year war, and the peace and calm before the storm that launched BSG. It seems to me that Caprica is stuck somewhere in between half-melodrama and half-exploration of philosophical themes—and doing an inadequate job in both cases. First seasons, however, can often be rocky (for geek references, see Babylon 5 and Star Trek: The Next Generation). But Zoebot is now a killer (even…