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Haiti and the Push for Theological Questions

By Paula M. Cooey

…eated, given that God is, after all, both benevolent and all powerful. The central figure Candide, a naïf of the first order, challenges theodicy with the ironclad logic of a child as he proceeds through an adolescent life riddled by personal disaster. Given human suffering (particularly from natural disaster, and particularly the suffering of those who are not on the face of it evil), how can this possibly be the best of all worlds? And if this i…

Religious Freedom Advocates Warn of “Theocratic Zones of Control”

By Patricia Miller

…ear that “religious freedom” is here to stay as an animating issue for the Republican Party. And with Religious Freedom Day approaching this Saturday, January 16, advocates are warning of a continued expansion of “religious freedom” exemptions that threaten reproductive and LGBT rights—as well as the rights of employees of faith-based institutions. In a new report on the religious freedom strategy of the religious right, Frederick Clarkson of Poli…

Constitutional Attorney Changes into Drag During Talk on Cancelation of West Texas A&M Drag Show

By Chrissy Stroop

…, noting that Shakespeare can’t be performed without crossdressing as it’s central to the plots of many of his comedies. As he made these points, Seidel changed into drag himself, concluding his talk in a long black skirt, pantyhose, robin egg blue heels, and a rainbow feather boa, which he continued to wear throughout the Q&A. Seidel changes into drag (clip=3 minutes): Speaking with RD about the event, Seidel noted that “Texas is evolving into a…

Untethering Conscience From Religion: An Interview with Louisa Thomas

By Jeremy Kessler

…ew there was a richer, more complicated story that needed to be told. The central figure in Conscience is Norman Thomas, my great-grandfather. He is known to posterity—very slightly—as a man who ran for president six times on the socialist ticket between 1928 and 1948, and who inspired a lot of people. But it’s also about his three brothers, Evan Thomas, the conscientious objector my father wrote about, and Ralph and Arthur, who were soldiers. Th…

Where Do “Sacred” Values Live in the Brain?

By Arri Eisen

…this area of neuroeducation. The findings in Berns’ paper are consistent a central principle I’ve learned in teaching the Science & the Nature of Evidence class, in which we discuss students’ beliefs intensively—and just in general in over two decades of teaching: teachers don’t change students’ beliefs. What good teaching does is effectively integrate what’s being taught into students’ preexisting belief structures. Good teaching both appeals to…

World Congress of Families Meets, Seeks a New Dark Ages

By Gillian Kane

…access without parental consent (youth rights versus parental rights was a central theme of many conference presentations). The PP’s promise to replace a required public school class—which includes instruction on respect for human rights and sexual diversity, among other topics—with one that would exclude “contents that could be used for ideological indoctrination,” drew high praise from participants. What emerged after three days was a clear tens…

Girls’ Lena Dunham Does Adam and Eve

By Gwynne Watkins

…l. Like her show, Girls, this version of Genesis frames the story around a central female character, an unlikeable but relatable protagonist who’s just trying to figure it all out. When was the last time you saw a Hollywood blockbuster like that? No, a major motion picture would almost certainly come down to Adam and the snake, perhaps with Eve stuck in the middle, love-triangle style. No doubt the nudity from the SNL parody would also be abandone…

Orthodox Jews Begin to Reckon with Sexual Abuse

By Paul Berger

…us Concerns The Orthodox community’s reliance upon beth dins is one of the central stumbling blocks to combating sexual abuse. Typically comprised of three rabbis, they rule on family and business disputes such as divorce, inheritance, and contractual disagreements. Small Jewish communities usually have a single beth din while larger communities, like those found in New York and New Jersey, may have many. These include beth dins that specialize in…

Prop 8 Ruling a True Test of Liberty (Religious or Otherwise)

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e Fourteenth Amendment by impinging on fundamental liberties.” This is the central issue in Lawrence v. Texas. In that case, Kennedy found that in Bowers v. Hardwick , the case that had previously upheld sodomy laws, that the court had erred in its interpretation of the 14th amendment. To say that the issue in Bowers was simply the right to engage in certain sexual conduct demeans the claim the individual put forward, just as it would demean a mar…

On the Ethics of the Tibetan Self-Immolations

By José Cabezón

…the life of the tigress and her two cubs by giving up his own life is the central theme of many contemporary religious writings; it is widely known. When one reaches the highest level of Mahāyāna practice—that of “the being of great scope”—one is able to give up everything one possesses for the welfare of sentient beings. For example, if it is necessary, one is able to spend many hundreds of millions of years in hell just for the sake of a single…