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Gambling with God: Ryan Bell’s Atheist Bet

By Linn Marie Tonstad

…sible reaction to doubt is to see whether it can become as all-embracing—a way of life—just like faith. Pascal’s wager suggests that faith has long been part of a marketplace: in effect, Pascal shorted atheism. Bell’s marketplace looks very different. We might invest in Christianity, or in atheism, or in Buddhism. The choice is ours; we decide one way or another. Bell was an adjunct teacher at Azuza Pacific University and Fuller Seminary. His cont…

How To Engage Politics As A Community?

By Daniel Schultz

…ming opinions about public policy and arguing with people on the internet about it. Like the Guatemalan strategy, this approach is premised on individualism: if the debates have a point, it is to change people’s opinions, one by one, so that they will then vote the right way. When I look at things that way, I wonder if maybe prayer and fasting is the way to go. I’m not quite at that point, but yeah. What is the alternative to an individualistic, c…

Red Riding Hood Arouses Man’s Inner (Were)Wolf

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…but with a twist. The red-clad heroine has been matched in a most spirited way to a local woodcutter since childhood; the two dream of running away together, to escape the small town and its wooded environs. But the girl has recently been betrothed to a well-to-do blacksmith in the town, so the lovers decide to leave. On the very day of their departure, the wolf strikes, killing Red’s sister. When the men go hunting for the wolf it strikes again….

New York Times Columnist Peter Steinfels’ Letter To RD; With Author Response

By Mark D. Jordan

…f the St. Andrew Day’s Statement have not quite engaged their critics, The Way Forward? operates at a level far above the usual battling about a handful of biblical passages and the usual volleying of stereotypes and sentimentalities. Yet to read these essays is almost to despair. “For one thing, simply by way of contrast, they bring to mind how rarely it is acknowledged that the current debates about homosexuality involve matters that remain unse…

‘Leaving is Never So Simple as Stepping Over a Line’ — A Conversation with the Author of ‘Rift,’ a New Memoir on Christian Patriarchy

By Audrey Clare Farley

…not only your neckline, but also your every thought. You write, “Dad was always watching, which meant God was always watching.” What effect do you think this voyeuristic conception of God has on girls? I remember from a very early age being sexualized and objectified. My purity was of utmost importance to my father. I was told my value was in being sexually pure until my wedding night. Even kissing was forbidden. I held a lot of shame about my bod…

After Her Remarks Pope JPII Was Never the Same — Controversial, Beloved Sr Theresa Kane’s Effect on the Catholic Church Endures

By Mary E. Hunt

…generations to make change, so we might as well enjoy ourselves along the way. She arrived early and stayed late at parties. She danced. She never stood on ceremony or exploited her position; she was always part of the group. I recall her once ducking out of a conference session a tad early to stake out a table in the hotel bar where she sat into the night with young women encouraging them with her wisdom and care. Theresa Kane and her generation…

Christian Epistle on Islamophobia

By Haroon Moghul

…for your talk at WSU tonight and [for] your perspective on things. In many ways I feel that the American attachment to sensationalism, half truths and fear makes your perspective all the more important. I work with internationals at WSU and lately have made some friends among the Islamic community. I have studied side by side with some of these guys and compared the Bible with the Koran and continue to be amazed with the similiarities that I never…

The Best the Largest Progressive Jewish Org Could Come Up With?

By Jay Michaelson

…d Jewish Funds for Justice, the latter of which had already swallowed up a number of smaller Jewish social justice organizations. I know several people who work at BtA, and I commend them on their ability to keep a secret. I and friends of mine plied several of these folks with drinks, but their lips stayed sealed. (I did find out that the org would have an action-verb in it, as is the fashion these days, but that’s all.) That being said, I’m not…

New Study Touts Success of “Praying Away the Gay”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…lowing this flawed research up into the proof it needs that you can “pray away the gay.” Aside from the obviously flawed methodology and the laughably small sample size, the biggest problem with this study is that all of the “therapy” given to these 98 poor souls was religiously-based—and more specifically evangelical Christian. The power of religious belief to sway one’s behavior cannot be overstated. People have convinced themselves of all sorts…

“One of Us”: Rick Santorum and the Politics of (Very Big) Family

By Kathryn Joyce

…claimed, “We win if we just keep having children, ’cause we’re going to outnumber them!”—a staple argument of the Quiverfull movement. Weeks earlier, Santorum had transformed this rhetoric into policy proposal at a South Carolina Fuddruckers appearance with the Duggars, where he argued that low birth rates and a declining American population (also longstanding concerns among the Quiverfull movement) should be fought by tripling the child tax deduc…