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A Muslim Reflects on Christian Theologian (and UCLA Coach) John Wooden

By Amir Hussain

…er of the amazing things about him. He was approachable, answering his own phone and mail, meeting with complete nobodies like me. I thanked him for the basketball lessons that I had learned from him, but more importantly for the life lessons. His beloved wife Nellie had passed away in 1985 after 53 years of marriage, and my wife had died suddenly in 1992. Coach gave me a powerful model for dealing with that loss, a reminder that those we loved we…

Too Hot for Shul: Rabbis Seek Healthy Israel Dialogue After Gaza

By Sarah Posner

…ger chilling effect in the American Jewish world, yes; I’ve gotten so many phone calls and voicemails [from people] who have had something happen to them—this summer I do believe it has gone off the rails.” Yet, Kleinbaum said, “I do think my job is to create a Jewish space in which this discussion can take place without saying this person is not a good Jew and another is a good Jew. That, I think, is a reachable goal for my community.” Many rabbi…

Why I Wrote the Freedom Seder And Why It’s Still Necessary 50 Years After Dr. King’s Assassination

By Arthur Waskow

…tian radical A. J. Muste calling Moses the organizer of “Brickmakers Union Number 1” and a pacifist Russian rabbi named Tamaret—wove them all into a new Telling of the tale of freedom. In that Telling, the then ongoing, even now unfinished, struggle of Black America for freedom was interwoven with the ancient story of the Israelites’ struggle to end their slavery under Pharaoh. Where the old Haggadah had what seemed to me a silly argument about ho…

Pentecostal Prayer Gangs: New Film Documents Religion in a Brazilian Prison

By Nick Street

…ader. What was the culture of the prison? At night, there was one guard for 800 prisoners. In the Rio prison system there’s no real government presence; state control in the prisons is just a façade. The prison gangs are the most powerful presence, but the church exerts a strong influence too. There were about 400 inmates in the gang camp inside the prison, and 40 to 50 in the church camp. The rest were neutral people who kept to themselves in the…

Why Virginia Governor’s ‘God is Everywhere’ Statement isn’t a Simple Answer to Those Who Want to Worship Together

By Karen E. Park

…at their mother or father was “raised Catholic but then became Christian.” JFK’s presidency, the second Vatican Council, and the common ground forged over opposition to abortion and marriage equality have, for the most part, made that contrast much less stark. Catholics today conform closely enough to Protestant norms that the differences are less noticeable. Celibate vocations to the priesthood or convent are now rare; Catholic families are no lo…

Gorsuch Confirmed… But Don’t Get Too Bent Out of Shape

By Sunnivie Brydum

…recall that Gorsuch clerked for moderate conservative Justice Kennedy and JFK-appointed Justice Byron White, not Scalia, Rehnquist, or Thomas. I admit that I would much rather see a Justice Garland completing the nation’s high court than Justice Gorsuch. But, given the almost comically disastrous news flooding out of the White House daily, the nomination of an experienced, well-regarded, if right-of-center jurist feels like a less-than-ideal hill…

Kagan, “Jewish Bolshevism,” and the Legacy of a Nomination

By Gordon D. Newby

…hite Protestant: Indeed, of the last seven justices nominated by Democrats JFK, LBJ, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, one was black, Marshall; one was Puerto Rican, Sonia Sotomayor. The other five were Jews: Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan. If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the US population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats. Is this the Democrats’ idea…

By the Way: Mitt Romney’s Coming Out

By Randall Balmer

…,” he would say testily. “I don’t speak for my church.” Even his so-called JFK speech, in which he sought to allay voters’ fears about his religion, was a disappointment. Romney mentioned Mormonism only once. And, because he was pandering after the support of the religious right, Kennedy’s two central arguments—unequivocal affirmation of the separation of church and state and the promise not to use taxpayer funds for religious schools—were unavail…

No Christmas in the Village of Philly

By Anthea Butler

…ere is room for every religious holiday in this town of immigrants. Besides, I am already taking dibs on how long baby Jesus is going to last in the Nativity Scene at JFK plaza. Bounty out for anyone who takes the statue out on a tour of Philly’s finest bars… with Twitpics!…

RD10Q: Faith and the Presidency: A Cautionary Tale

By Randall Balmer

…degree, by Graham himself. When I was doing research for this book at the JFK Library in Boston, I came across a letter, dated August 10, 1960, from Graham to Senator Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for president. It was, as you’d expect, a very cordial letter, and the gist of it was a promise from Graham to Kennedy that, despite persistent rumors to the contrary, Graham had no intention of raising the so-called “religious issue” during the fall…