Religion Dispatches
…ristian, Muslim and Jewish people rely on religious faith and resources to help re-think moral guidelines and implement what is just and fair for new immigrants. Can we exclude, deport or incarcerate people because of skin color? On the basis of religious beliefs? For being poor? Religion gives people moral guidelines and the opportunity to reflect, and upon reflection, most religious people answer no to these questions. Some of them go further an…
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…ify her husband. So it’s not surprising that Merkle would write a book and help create a corresponding documentary that seems to be more of an opinion piece on Christian womanhood or a video you’d watch in a women’s Bible study than a film documenting an anti-feminist movement. In fact, the language on the film’s website clearly points to a didactic motive rather than an observation of society: “This documentary follows author Rebekah Merkle as sh…
Read More…Organization recently reported that the economic crisis will increase the number of children who die before their first birthday by 200,000–400,000 annually. People of faith and conscience must call on the most powerful governments in the world to help shape a global economy that provides sufficient and sustainable livelihoods for all. A few months ago economists thought the poorest developing nations might be shielded from the harsh consequences…
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…w others get close to God.” Credo sixteen extols the virtue of patriotism. Number nineteen advises humility and nobility, while twenty-two announces that no woman should fear a Knight, but, rather, should feel protected by him. Twenty-nine reiterates that every Knight should be “firmly and truthfully in the just cause of God.” Numbers thirty-four through thirty-eight prohibit drugs, kidnapping, and mandate drug testing. Forty-three requires member…
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…sted that the bill was crafted to avoid ruffling the feathers of the large numbers of practicing Christians currently working in Quebec’s public sector—a less than insignificant number of which do happen to wear (typically small) crucifixes—and thus the visual code aimed its sights more narrowly on undesirable religious minorities, while at the same time allowing the government to proclaim the even-handedness of its approach. But whatever the act…
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…tober 1, 2008 posting on its website, Liberty Counsel asked supporters “to help us spread the word about the ongoing legal case that directly impacts the life of six-year old child Isabella and the future of this Nation,” adding that, if Vermont courts ruled against Miller, “then, on the issues of marriage and family, our country will no longer be the United States of America but instead will be the United States according to Massachusetts, Califo…
Read More…trategies. Last night, evangelical publisher Steve Strang hosted a call to help Jackson raise money for his campaign. Strang’s invitation to ministry leaders made it clear that the target is Obama; on the call, Strang said, “We need to defeat same-sex marriage by defeating President Obama.” Strang described the campaign this way: The strategy is to target these seven states, to embolden African American and Hispanic pastors who believe in the word…
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…and loads of dough, but his life lacks meaning until he uses his money to help others help themselves. Dirty Sexy Money (DSM) takes place in an alternate universe but its message is strikingly similar. The members of the Darling family are rich, powerful, svelte, and sleek, but they’re also shallow, corrupt, and self-indulgent. They’re just like the rest of us—but more so. Borrowing from other lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous evening soaps (thin…
Read More…-based programs have, over the years, proven to harm people who seek their help. Even more damning is that the top defenders of such programs are “professional ex-gays” whose livelihoods depend on them sticking to the program at all costs. One of those “professional ex-gays,” Richard Cohen, was inexplicably called on to be the “other side” of this issue on CNN in the past few days. The segment begins with anchor Kyra Phillips posing the question…
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…ere at best, trickery at worst. Acknowledging the good the NOI has done in helping single Black women and incarcerated Black men doesn’t matter because acknowledging the legitimacy of an antisemite, even regarding things that have nothing whatsoever to do with Jews, puts one in his camp. Antisemitism is no longer a descriptor of behavior, but a tool of exclusion. This controversy, in short, is an example of how antisemitism has become weaponized….
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