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$50 Billion Fundamentalist Free Fall

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…redictable and more timely. The idea was just too risky. The Bush proposal hinged on his limitless confidence in the stock market’s ability to rise. The fundamental rule of capital—that higher risks generate higher returns as well as higher losses—was replaced by a blind faith in the US economy’s ability to grow without limit. It traded on the reckless language of infinity, and of faith. As I have emphasized in a number of columns over the past fo…

Growing Up Cult: A Memoir of Life with Sri Chinmoy

By Brittany Shoot

…y meetings seem necessary and legitimate among his core followers? Establishing his base in the midst of New York City, Sri Chinmoy always was driven with the ambition to become a world leader. In the early 1970s, one of his disciples who worked at the United Nations started a meditation club named after the guru. With that credential, Sri Chinmoy promoted himself around the world as the official spiritual leader and “Peace Ambassador” of the Unit…

‘Religious Freedom’ Rally Sets Stage for 1st Amendment Collision

By Sarah Posner

…stretch of Howard County south of the city, which is less urban and more white. But while Maryland is a heavily Democratic state (as is Cummings’ district), the Maryland Catholic Conference, the national Stand Up for Religious Freedom coalition, and the local anti-choice group Defend Life, had spread the word about the rally, attendees said. Hagen, a Third Order Lay Missionary of Charity (Mother Teresa’s order), told me she chose Cummings’ consti…

With Election Takeaways Like ‘Too Transgender’ or ‘the US is Shifting Right,’ Dems are Determined to Learn the Wrong Lesson

By Chrissy Stroop

…hools, or implement policies that further impoverish struggling Americans while enriching millionaires and billionaires. Sadly and predictably, the legacy media are already proving willing to push the idea of a Republican mandate, despite the data showing that the GOP agenda doesn’t reflect most voters’ actual values and desires. Secondly, the Democratic leadership really is out of touch with the realities faced by ordinary Americans. Yes, there i…

The Quixotic Task of Debunking David Barton

By Paul Harvey

…nowhere more effectively than in Getting Jefferson Right, but the pseudo-philosophical worldview behind them, complete with Big Words such as “Poststructuralism or (gasp) “Academic Collectivism,” is the intellectual red meat that his sizable audiences show up to hear. And for that reason, when all the trees in his forest fall, his detractors yell “timber!,” and scholars analyze the reason for their crash to the ground, no one in his audience will…

Prisoners In the Hands of an Angry God: A Conversation About Religion and Reform

By Andrew Aghapour and Stephanie Gaskill

…f “Religious Beliefs and Public Support for Prisoner Reentry,” the study behind this Newsweek article? Stephanie Gaskill: As with other survey-based research into religion, the methodology determines the findings. Researchers usually isolate a particular religious variable that they think relates to a specific political viewpoint, and then they conclude that those two things are connected. Asking people whether people believe in a punitive or forg…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nce violence… that (is) supported by members of our communities and leadership. This is about changing attitudes and we need the space to do this work on our own.” The theologically conservative Idowu-Fearon’s appointment as secretary general in 2015 had drawn criticism over some of his previous anti-gay comments, but he said at the time that he had never supported the criminalization of homosexuality. In related news, a report from the Oasis Foun…

What do the January 6 Commission, Covid Deaths and Gun Massacres All Have in Common? God’s Chosen

By John Stoehr

…oc, to change the rules of democracy to give them prejudicial advantage. Behind this effort is an understanding that goes all the way back to the Puritans—that this country was given by God to his chosen, which is to say, to white people. To many white Americans, the election of a Black president was, quite literally, a robbery. The Second Amendment can therefore be understood as a remedy to the crime, as a means of restoring a religious covenant,…

Now That ‘Serial’ is Over: 2014’s Best Podcasts about Religion

By Andrew Aghapour

…“podcast about the unknown.” Creator Jeff Emtman created the show to face his fears. This is reflected in his willingness to embed jarring stories within rich and chaotic sonic landscapes. Most episodes are short and sweet. Get started with “The Grandmother and the Vine of the Dead,” which was Slate’s pick for the 25th best podcast episode of all time. After that check out “A Goddamn Missionary,” an empathetic vignette of a Bipolar Disorder suffe…

Is Twitter Doing Enough to Remove Extremist Content? An Ex-Employee Weighs In

By Sofi Hersher

…t CWC requests. You can imagine the potential difficulty of maneuvering within this system when dealing with a country like Syria (where ISIS is strongest), whose leadership and legal system is unstable at best. For what its worth, according to Twitter’s semi-annual Transparency Report, Syria has never submitted a removal request under the Country Withheld Content policy. Iraq submitted its first this year. This being said, individual users can re…