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Seeing the Future: Can Religion Evolve and Survive in a Changing World?

By Peter Savastano

…d Edgar Morin have pointed out. As a result of this complexity the human capacity for spirituality can no longer be met now or in the future by a one-size-fits-all approach to religion. The Jesuit paleontologist and theologian, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) knew this and, in his numerous works on religion, described the process as “complexification” (see especially The Future of Man). When I ask Nones why they identify themselves as spiri…

Religion vs. Science: America’s Perilous Fight

By Edward J. Larson

…ic schools, this division plays out in biology classes around the country. Parents, students, teachers, and taxpayers informed by the dominant scientific view of origins expect that biology courses stress evolution. Many of those committed to a biblical view want some place for creation in the science classroom. In the United States, three basic concerns underlie most religious objections to Darwinism. In a narrow sense, any theory of evolution ch…

The Rage Behind Outrage

By Becky Garrison

…d. Certainly the religious right has an agenda but I put more blame on the Republican party, which really didn’t have a personal agenda. But they made this calculation to cynically use the religious right in order to maintain power. As [gay Congressman] Barney Frank (D-MA) says in the film, in the seventies, Democrats and Republicans were about equal on gay rights. What you saw over the ’70s and into the ’90s was that the Republicans, who had no p…

Gaza Play Sparks Mixed Reaction Among Jews

By Benjamin Weiner

…s who have chosen to court controversy by appropriating the appropriation, participating in staged readings of Churchill’s play in Jewish settings. The Jewish Community Center in DC held one such event last week. Playwright Tony Kushner, a champion of “Seven Jewish Children,” will moderate a reading with scholar Alisa Solomon at the New York Theater Workshop, to be attended by representatives of the Israeli and Palestinian communities. The Jewish…

Along Came a Spider: What the Pope Doesn’t See

By Anthea Butler

…e and shuffle of the bishops and hierarchy to send its miscreants to other parishes to inflict pain and suffering, while ignoring the fact that little or no true discipline is meted out by the church, is appalling. While Pope Benedict calls for a “Year for Priests” to commence on July 19 of this year, the day devoted to prayer for the sanctification of priests, anything but sanctification is happening. May I suggest the hierarchy of the Catholic C…

Exclusive: Religious Leaders for Immigration Equality for Gay and Lesbian Couples

By Sarah Posner

…legislation is reintroduced, probably in April. Ralls said the group anticipates that Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will introduce it in the House and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate. Nadler told me last year he considered the current state of the law “cruelty.“ The letter reads, in part: Of the many great injustices in this broken immigration system, family separation is one of the most egregious. Family is the bedrock of any society and is…

‘My Name is Legion’: Sources and Forces of White Supremacy in the U.S.

By R. Drew Smith

…ependent racist radio and television shows airing weekly to millions of sympathizers. With the dramatic expansion over the last two decades of internet coverage and of cable and satellite media outlets, electronic access to hate group and white supremacist group content has skyrocketed—even as the numbers of those groups have themselves noticeably increased. For example, the number of known hate groups is reported to have increased from roughly 60…

The Religious Right and the Tea Party on “Education Choice”

By Julie Ingersoll

This week controversial Maine tea party governor Paul LePage signed a law making Maine the 41st state to establish a charter school program. The state of Maine has debated charter schools for years but this year the controversial tea party supported governor and the increased hostility toward public employees unions (especially, in this case, the teachers’ union) gave the pro-charter forces the boost they needed. The New York Times recently repor…

Teach Your Children Well: Challenging Religion-Based Sexism

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…p Project (WLP), a South L.A.-based high school gender justice program, my partner Diane Arellano and I train our students to lead in-class workshops on the everyday impact of misogynistic language, stereotypes, and media imagery. Students develop critical consciousness about their shared struggle vis-à-vis the stereotype of the sacrificial good black/Latina “woman of faith.” On several occasions our students have been chastised by girls who argue…

The Black Church: Institution or Abstraction?

By Anthony B. Pinn

…. To make one minister, regardless of how important and active, with the expansive, thick, and at times contradictory formulations of Christianity within African American communities does damage to the complex and layered nature of African American Christian expression. It is not the best way to correct for the flattening tendencies marking media coverage (including commentary from pastors and scholars) associated with Rev. Wright and Senator Obam…