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Why Christians Should Not Host Their Own Passover Seders

By Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy

…r year. It is possible to study the celebration of Passover as a Christian spiritual group if it is done with respect and knowledge. My own church hosts a Mediterranean potluck with hummus, pitas, falafel, and we read the Passover story from the Bible, look at haggadot of all types and discuss the elements—but do not actually go through the ritual of the seder. We leave speculation of which prophecies Jesus fulfilled for a different time and focus…

UPDATE: An Abrupt End to Quebec Separatist Plan to Ban “Ostentatious Signs” of Religion

By Jeremy Stolow

…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…

What Does Heidegger’s Anti-Semitism Mean for Jewish Philosophy?

By Aubrey L. Glazer

…ulate a vibrant Jewish thinking beyond the binary of theism and atheism. A number of thinkers have reached the conclusion that the aniconic ramification of the monotheistic creed is the undoing and demythologization of theism whence it follows that the final iconoclastic achievement of monotheism would call for destroying the idol of the very God personified as the deity that must be worshipped without being idolized. Levinas had this in mind when…

Who Are Michigan Catholic Bishops to Judge?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…Roman Catholic and no few other religious leaders can continue to squander spiritual, intellectual, and material resources on matters that in no way touch the lives of the 13,185 people experiencing homelessness in Michigan today. So, while I’m certainly happy every time the United States moves forward as a nation where there is truly “justice for all,” as a more or less practicing Christian, I find relatively little satisfaction in calling out th…

Conservatives Accuse Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of Misconduct

By Elizabeth Drescher

…are bent on crafting a public image of Jefferts Schori as “lawless” in her spiritual leadership of the Episcopal Church, he is more inclined to see the actions of the AAF as “a reflection of the general cultural and political climate of the United States.” Trustees listed on the AAF’s name change filing—a trio of attorneys, a genteel innkeeper, a conservative journalist, and the former chair of the ACC chapter in Washington—are vestiges of what th…

Gay Pride Weekend Draws Mormon Allies and Equality Supporters

By Joanna Brooks

…ation not only honored our LGBT brothers and sisters, but also honored the spirit of Mormonism at its very best.” Tresa Edmunds, a straight LDS ally and mother, made a 3-hour drive into the city to march with her sign: “Gay kids grow up Mormon, I’m here to keep them safe.” As in Seattle, San Francisco marchers reported tearful parade-route meetings with gay Mormons estranged from the community. In Chicago, a contingent of 15 LDS marchers, organize…

Will Righteous Mormons Still Get their Own Planets?

By Holly Welker

…meaning that we were all conceived in the preexistence through some act of spiritual procreation. However guarded its wording, the essay does at least acknowledge LDS belief in a Heavenly Mother: “Latter-day Saints have also been moved by the knowledge that their divine parentage includes a Heavenly Mother as well as a Heavenly Father.” The doctrine that male and female human beings may become gods has been absolutely foundational to LDS belief—it…

Ex-Mormons Shouldn’t Proselytize Mormons… Really?

By Holly Welker

…words to the topics s/he thinks Ms. Miet should have covered instead. The FairMormon writer notes that “Believers go through a mourning process for their ‘spiritually dead’ loved ones in much the same manner that one grieves the physical death of a relative”—because someone who stops believing in the teachings of the LDS church is therefore “spirituality dead”? The scare quotes don’t undermine the condescension of the phrase. What does it mean? Is…

On Whistleblowing, MLK, Jr., and the Politics of Resistance in the Digital Age

By Kevin Healey

…stood sermon that the Reverend Jeremiah Wright made shortly after September 11, 2001, where he drew from Psalm 137 to denounce the cycle of violence that would soon be perpetuated by the Bush administration’s belligerent response. It is not a message that plays well in commercial media, yet it is a necessary argument since, as Cage argued, the violent opposition to established power leads us not toward liberation but merely allows us to “change pr…

The Creepy Surveillance of Elf on a Shelf

By Kelly J. Baker

…agic plausible. Writing on Santa, Nathan Schneider argues that the holiday spirit is mostly based on the irrelevance of proof. Evidence does not matter because Santa. Adults all know that Santa does not exist, yet lying to children about him is cultural expectation. Try explaining to someone, anyone really, that you want to opt of St. Nick for your kids. To put it mildly, it does not go over well. (I might have been accused of child abuse.) There…