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St. Paul’s Cathedral Leadership Gutted as Occupy London Controversy Grows

By Theo Hobson

…dn’t work. An intensely tricky situation was brewing: the cathedral had to look sympathetic to the aims of the protest, while fervently praying that it would not disrupt cathedral business for much longer. The tense situation exploded last Thursday when the cathedral decided to initiate legal proceedings to evict the protesters. Fraser resigned from his post in protest at the risk of “violence in the name of the Church”—and so became the hero of t…

U. of Colorado Appoints “Scholar of Conservative Thought”

By Paul Harvey

…litical science and environmental studies. The appointment clearly has the look of bringing in someone with well-defined op-ed positions, and Hayward has no shortage of those, as evidenced by the archive of his posts in conserva-blog Power Line. Based on his books alone, which are mostly a compendium of op-ed positions, attacks on twentieth-century progressivism and its presidential exponents (an argument perfected recently by Glenn Beck’s screeds…

‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Has a ‘Real Religion’ Problem

By Connor Martini

…out the aid of Andy Cohen’s cultural megaphone. Unfortunately, it does not look like that’s happening (with the notable exception of The New Yorker’s recent coverage). Just look to the pithy weekly episode recaps written by Jezebel’s Shannon Melero for a glimpse into another judgmental culture which enforces impossible standards. Each week Melero gives the cast members a “Holiness Ranking,” measured in haloed emojis, derived from how closely a cas…

Robbing Peter to Give Charity to Paul: The Dirty Secret Behind American ‘Giving’

By Peter Laarman

…ul measure of anything. If we really want to measure generosity, let’s not look at private charity. Let’s look instead at comparative levels of public support for policies that might actually make a substantive difference: higher minimum incomes, obviously, but also education and health equity so that children’s chances in life no longer depend on their ZIP codes, universal child care support for working families, and the progressive taxation need…

What’s Wrong With Atheist Lent?

By Vlad Chituc

…n a third of Catholics actually believe in God, but the traditions and practices keep them together. I think this is more or less the future of both religion and atheism in America. I don’t think the future of atheism will look much like a Richard Dawkins book signing, but neither will Christianity look much like a bible study. Like secular Jews practicing Shabbat and atheists practicing Lent, we’ll meet at the crossroads of our cultures….

Wearing White is Not Enough: A Conversation with Cherisse Scott of SisterReach

By Anita Little

…nd something that God wants for all people. We want people to take another look at some old-school biblical stories, possibly add a woman’s lens to those stories and think about them from a liberating point of view. We’re looking forward to being a part of those conversations. In this new Trump era where anti-choice evangelicalism has reached these terrifying new heights, what are the next steps for your organization? How will you be mobilizing, h…

Layoffs on the Religious Right

By Bill Berkowitz

…America’s adult population), voted for Obama by 62% to 36%, about the same numbers as for Kerry in 2004. (For a breakdown of which issues motivated evangelicals, as well as the survey’s methodology, see How People of Faith Voted in the 2008 Presidential Race.) ++++++++++ Faith in Public Life, Sojourners, and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good Release Post-Election Poll On Friday, November 14, a new post-election poll—“Religion in the 2008 E…

The Belly of the Beast: NYC’s Shiny New Transit Hub Is All Wrong for the 9/11 Site

By Carolyn Bratnober

…ying day all the unsuspecting people in those towers were attacked—and the number of New York’s finest who lost their lives helping people to safety. This is a city that values sticking up for one another. We don’t look back on 9/11 with fond nostalgia for our financial monoliths; we remember the pain, the courage in the face of it, and how everyone came together. If a retired cop or fireman who was injured on 9/11 has to use a back-alley freight…

In Order to Move Forward We Must Believe the Unbelievable: Some Choose Death Over Democracy

By John Stoehr

…something. The best explanation is the plainest. This is who they are. To look for other answers, as Jodi Doering said, is to look for “magic answers.” They’re choosing their fates. Dying isn’t even the hard part. (Lung cancer is OK.) The hard part is conceding to the truth. We have to rearrange our expectations. During the election, it was believed that voters would move toward Biden the more that Covid-19 and its economic fallout moved into the…

Confessions of a Former Gun-Worshipper

By Joanna Brooks

…ling tales of misspent shotgun cartridges traded by friends of Johnny Cash look-alike uncles at family funerals. Grandfathers who special-ordered assault rifles to keep in their homes in the Los Angeles suburbs—just because they could, and just because someone might think that they shouldn’t. And, once in a long while, guns meant a drive into the manzanita-thicketed Southern California foothills with Dad to aim into the dusty hillsides. Guns were…