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Explaining Christian Zionism to Israelis

By Sarah Posner

…politics, and the Middle East: Christian Zionists support Israel. When in Washington, they will frame this support—frequently described as biblically mandated love—in political and policy terms, such as opposing a nuclear deal with Iran or negotiations with the Palestinians. (Or, more recently, supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to a joint session of Congress.) But at church, on religious television, in books, and at r…

Did Richard Dawkins Hand Creationists Their Next School Strategy?

By Adam Shapiro

…Institute Senior Fellow David DeWolf has just announced his candidacy for Washington State’s Supreme Court. *This post originally stated “Luskin argues not just that atheists have found evolution to be useful, but that evolution in itself is inherently anti-religious.” While Luskin does argue that many Americans have grounds to associate evolution with “anti-religious activities and rhetoric,” he does not state that evolution is inherently anti-r…

Faith or Trauma: Questioning the Motivation of the Fort Hood Shooter

By Louise A. Cainkar

…ed a mosque, and had something in Arabic hanging on his door. A November 6 Washington Post headline reads, “Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said.” This explanatory variant for the attacks leads one to his religion, not his experiences. It is difficult to discern whether Major Hasan’s religious faith has become the object of all this attention because it is assumed that deeply religious people don’t engage in killing, o…

The Convergence of Passover and Easter Can Leaven (or Unleaven) the Interfaith Family’s Holiday

By Samira K. Mehta

…ish interfaith families, such as the Interfaith Family Project in suburban Washington, DC or the Interfaith Family School in Chicago, IL. Within these broad parameters, individual interfaith families obviously make their own decisions, have their own practices and traditions, and are happy (or unhappy) about the compromises that they’ve made. Essentially, there is no model for what “everyone” does in interfaith family life, any more than there is…

Blank Sabbath: Sens. Sponsor Bill to Curb Wage Theft

By Peter Laarman

Yesterday in Washington leaders from Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) made the rounds of Congressional offices, drumming up support for a measure proposed by Senators Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, and Richard Blumenthal that would begin to curb wage theft. The Senate legislation would specifically bar the misclassification of millions of workers as “independent contractors” rather than employees in an attempt to avoid paying payroll taxes. But IWJ al…

Why Didn’t Trump Lie About His Bible?

By John Stoehr

…over for his infidelity to the whole truth. The most recent tally from the Washington Post has him at 18,000 false or misleading statements since taking office. If telling a lie puts Donald Trump in a better light, by his estimation, he will tell it. Conversely, telling the truth rarely puts him in a better light, because he’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad president. Given this incontrovertible fact, I can’t stop thinking about the time…

Op-Ed: “Religion As A Wedge”: The Rick Warren Debacle

By Anthea Butler

…this point. I plan on watching the inauguration, but any theological content will come either from Rev. James Lowery’s benediction or from Aretha Franklin’s singing. As for prayer, if you want to hear some real prayers in Washington DC, go to any Watch Night Service the night before the inauguration. I guarantee you, you’ll hear some folks with real pain and troubles calling out for help, rather than prayers coming from whitewashed tombs….

Can Democrats Question Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith? Yes! Should They? Well…

By Daniel Schultz

…jections is, however, a different matter. This detailed explainer from the Washington Post‘s Emma Brown and Jon Swaine covers the territory thoroughly. Barrett, Pres. Trump’s latest get-out-of-jail-card Supreme Court nominee, is notably a strong, and particular, sort of Catholic. She’s reliably horrible on abortion and women’s rights. She is widely expected to be a vote to strike down Roe v. Wade (or at least any legislation that aims to weaken it…

By the Way: Revolting Evangelicals

By Randall Balmer

…of intimidation over the church,” Alliance attorney Erik Stanley told the Washington Post. “It is the job of the pastors of America to debate the proper role of church in society. It’s not for the government to mandate the role of church in society.” This argument, however, ignores a crucial point: Tax exemption amounts to public subsidy. The protection from taxation—corporate taxes, property taxes, sales taxes—represents, in fact, an extraordina…

Nearly Half of LGBT People Claim No Religion

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…y is no worse a sin than thievery or alcoholism? Honestly, I’m shocked the number of non-religious gays isn’t higher than 48% with all that religious “love” floating around. Of course, much can be said for the progress of LGBT acceptance, especially within those non-evangelical mainline churches. Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, the United Church of Christ, and Unitarians all welcome LGBT people not just in their pews, but in leadership ro…