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Tax Cuts for the Super Rich Aren’t Biblical

…c system to pay back into the system to keep it running smoothly. We could talk about all of that, but it’s in fact beside the point. Jesus and Paul are absolutely clear on this point: being a good citizen is not an option dependent on whether or not you like what the governing authorities are doing with “your money.” It’s an obligation based on keeping covenant with God, who works through the government, among other avenues. Notice too that Jesus…

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Surprise: Local Press Does Good Job Covering Anti-Islam Campaigning…

…about the history of Islam in America, not professionals like academics to talk about it. It is akin to having me talk about open heart surgery as a professional. It is dishonest and dangerous. Then there was the Christiane Amanpour special asking whether “Americans should fear Islam,” which my friend Dr. Eboo Patel criticized in his regular “On Faith” column. The structure of these shows helps generate the fear they claim to be addressing. The be…

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Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church: When Adults are Victims

…s to comment for this story) offered to drive Birge to a nearby Wendy’s to talk, but instead he drove to a dark part of town, where he parked, lowered Birge’s seat and climbed on top of her. “I said you’re hurting me, you’re embarrassing me, I don’t want to do this. And then he got on top of me and that’s when I stopped fighting.” In the corner of her eye, Birge saw a plastic bag in the backseat, and feared Hernandez was going to kill her. The rap…

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The Real Context Of The “Taliban Dan” Ad

…ship of wives to husbands is submission—only that that was not what he was talking about in the segment. Nor does he argue that the other views in the ad attributed to him are not his. In his talk, he explains how he picks other Bible verses for particular situations. He explains that he writes a journal in which he asks God at what events he should speak and what offices he should run for. “I write them down because I want God to let me know, sho…

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Inventing Jesus: An Interview with Bart Ehrman

…re not many references from pagan authors or from Jewish authors, but I do talk about those references that do exist and whether or not they are valuable.  Most of the sources that we have are Christian sources, which means they have to be taken with a handful of salt because they’re biased toward their subject matter. And most of them are decades after Jesus’ life. But, what I show is that if you have a properly historical approach to, for exampl…

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Walk the Walk: Honoring Common Ground on Abortion

…onveners—as Camosy and I did here—have a unique responsibility to walk our talk. More than the conference speakers. More than the participants in the audience. It is we, after all, who extended promises of trust-building guidelines and a spirit of inclusion to cautious voices on all sides, asking them to take the risks necessary to talk and to listen. When we don’t live up to that same spirit, all we manage to do is affirm every cynical instinct,…

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Juan Williams Gets Fired

…lot of one-sided information. It is a larger issue about our inability to talk about religion. Because of ignorance, President Obama insults Sikhs, and we repeatedly prevent Jews from praying. If we want to be serious about religion, let’s be serious. To be clear, Williams was fired for being insubordinate. Welcome to the world of corporations that have standard hiring and firing practices. His speech was not censored, nor is this a discussion ab…

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Aasif Mandvi on Islamophobia, Acting, and the Long Shadow of Jon Stewart

…nts past each other, Aasif Mandvi took time out of a very busy schedule to talk about Halal in the Family and much more. Namely: He teases us with glimpses into his upcoming HBO show, The Brink; his time with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, and some valuable insights on the fine line between free speech and hate speech. I read your book, No Land’s Man, [Note: You should too. It’s wonderful.], and I’ve watched Halal in the Family. What’s sparked you…

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A New Book For Those Who Cling to a “Post-Racial” Christianity

…f Race, is that it initially elicits what folks seem to hope for when they talk about race—to either overcome division and point towards a “post-racial” future, or they hear the resonances of race’s deathly consequences in our lives. The last point I would add is that as we talk of race we are often pressed into a corner to describe the way we have been marginalized in society, as though that is the entirety of our identity. The processes of racis…

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(Ex-)Ex-Gay Activist Alan Chambers On His Prop 8 Epiphany and the Downfall of Christianity and Evangelicalism

…e thing in there that isn’t, it would be that. That’s also something we’ve talked a lot about in interviews and we have apologized and continue to. When we sit down with people and are interviewed, we’re not afraid to talk about that. What I missed from the book was more self-reflection on some of the very real damage that ex-gay ministries such as Exodus inflicted on the LGBT community. You talk in the book about not being able to tell “success s…

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