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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…

How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture

By Christopher D. Cantwell

…concerns like abortion. Other scholars, meanwhile, have highlighted race’s centrality to American church history, noting that the evangelical involvement in the institution of enslavement as well as the ardent opposition of evangelical institutions to movements for racial justice have made evangelicalism central contributors to America’s racial caste system. Yet with the exception of a single essay by Jemar Tisby—who is, it might be added, the col…

New Pope Accused of Conspiring in Kidnapping

By Nicole Greenfield

…torship—and outrage over the crimes committed during that period—remains a central part of the activist narrative in Argentina, heard widely at demonstrations in support of LGBT and reproductive rights. A common protest chant—“Iglesia. Basura. Vos sos la dicatura!” (Church. Garbage. You are the dictatorship!)—today became—“Bergoglio. Basura. Vos sos la dictadura.” Habemus Papam Franciscum! Check back (or sign up for the newsletter) for a more det…

Note to the New Pope: Half of the World’s Poor are Women

By Marian Ronan

…Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, stepped out on the Vatican loggia at 8:22 Central European Time today to be introduced to the world. In some respects, the election of Cardinal Bergoglio is a very promising sign. As an archbishop from the most populous Catholic continent on Earth, Latin America, the new Pope Francis I symbolizes a shift that has been a very long time coming, from Eurocentrism to the Church of the Global South. Not to mention his r…

Does Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?

By Austin Dacey

…for his conclusion that “[w]hile relations between religion and state are central” to the present struggle in Egypt, “the clash is not basically about secularism.” Voll attends to the composition and demands of the original Tahrir movement, the Tamarod (“Rebellion”) movement to oust Morsi, and the ongoing resistance to military rule. While there are religious dimensions in the protest repertoires of the three rounds of opposition—against authorit…

God Needs No Passport

By Peggy Levitt

…ayed home. When I finished that project, I realized that religion played a central role in making transnational lives possible, and that the religious landscape changed dramatically in the process. This was something that migration scholarship had not really explored. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? God Needs No Passport has three take-home messages. The first is that we need to learn to think outside the nation-state box….

Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream

By Annika Brockschmidt

…e. It’s reminiscent of the concept of a “hero’s death” that the Nazis also promoted. But that’s not the film’s only fascist element. The portrayal of the Spartans is an exact realization of fascist fantasies of masculinity: tough guys, huge muscles, bodies sweaty from battle, hardened in the wild. The fact that they’re almost invincible is due to eugenics: if you’re too weak, you’ll be killed. Incidentally, it’s no coincidence that James Dobson, a…

James Foley Prayed, But He Was Not a Martyr

By Alana Massey

…s is precisely the kind of hope that prayer can inspire that should become central to the understanding of it for those of us who do not engage in prayer. Though the old aphorism that “There are no atheists in foxholes” isn’t just untrue but is also offensive to non-believers, there’s still something to be said for the idea people in need might be more inclined to prayer than others if they have some existing belief. The prayers that were going ba…

Spinning Ft. Hood

By Hussein Rashid

…overwhelming feeling I’m hearing is anger. I mean, the Muslim community of Central Texas has many connections to both Fort Hood and the military. There are many members of the services who are in the community, who are feeling this personally, veterans and active duty personnel. And, you know, there’s relationships, real relationships with that base and with people at that base. And so, you know, the primary feeling I’m hearing is anger, not even…

The Big Lie Misrepresentation in Louisiana “Seal of Confessional” Case

By Jason Hines

…the status of the girl’s conversation with the priest as “confession” is a central question.) A lawsuit filed against the priest and the church several years ago was dismissed by the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the priest was not required to report the abuse since his conversations with the girl all occurred during the sacrament of Confession. The state Supreme Court reversed that decision in May ruling that what did…