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An Interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin on the Feminist and Abolitionist Founder Who Has Slipped into a Memory Hole

…nd veto power over—the project. The memorial has to prove to be independently financially viable, with sufficient reserves for future upkeep. Downey has a long way to go. “We have hundreds of donors, some who are sending us just $5 here or there. Every little bit helps, every donation secures a piece of American history that we risk losing,” she explains. “We need perhaps $3 million depending on the scale, which depends on the sites available. If…

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Can Expelled Teach Us a Thing or Two?

…since the Scopes Trial in Tennessee (Expelled shifts the dance location only slightly into the halls of academe). And this is where the failure of science education has occurred. Second, Expelled argues to bring intelligent design and, by implication, other ways of thinking into the classroom. I agree, but not in the way the movie and its proponents argue. When they push to ‘teach intelligent design (or creationism or other alternatives to scienc…

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On Harith, and Matters of Inheritance

…nherit belongs only to her; while what he might inherit belongs to the family. For this we surely need another entry, because we have to look at nafaqa today, especially with the modern-day Hajar, the woman who takes care of it all. But some wonder, if the shares are explicated with such details, can there be any room for other applications? I make these conclusions from the verse: 1) both males and females have a share of inheritance. 2) In addit…

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We Would Be Wise to Pay Attention to Trump’s Apocalyptic QAnon Posting Spree

…ring in the thousands, and then public executions and the works. That last bit is really the key: the Day of the Rope, from the White supremacist guidebook/novel The Turner Diaries, reimagined for a Christofascist eschatological vision. That call for violence permeates the current campaign, from its opening rally in Waco last year onwards. And that image is not a one off. Trump shared others from the same account, on the same theme:   That second…

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The Woody Allen Problem: How Do We Read Pacifist Theologian (and Sexual Abuser) John Howard Yoder?

…live on. For those who have known this other side—his behavior, particularly toward women—that is really painful.” Such emotional trauma isn’t limited to the particular accusers in question, either. Writing of Allen in Bustle, Caroline Pate explains: “Seeing someone who’s been publicly accused as an abuser showered with accolades is not only hard for the victim, but it’s also hard to watch for other victims of rape and abuse who are reminded how…

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RDGenerations: Religion in the Academy

…e more likely to shut down and refuse to engage in discussion than to proselytize—but that’s probably worse than getting the conflicts out on the table. So, how do I handle conflicts like those you described? My main strategy is to ensure that I always have at least two arguments in play, so that I can steer the discussion toward comparing them. If a student proposes an apocalyptic reading of prophecy, we can focus on how this contrasts with a lib…

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Giving Up God—Not Just a Spiritual Stunt

…ty until I demonstrate otherwise. What’s amazing is how people have privately really poured their hearts out to me telling me they’re in the closet as an atheist, adding that what I’m doing is helping them in their journey. How has this decision affected your family? I’m going through a divorce, but that’s unrelated to this issue. I’ve talked to my two daughters (10 and 13) about this and I’ve reassured them that I haven’t turned my back on God. I…

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Stop the Coup 2025 Founder on the Dangers of the Heritage Foundation’s Authoritarian Playbook

…not gonna participate. But I think that there’s enough people who are really engaged and who really care. One of the things in the narratives out there is that people feel despair because they feel like there’s nothing you can do. But in fact, there’s tremendous things you can do. We know how to fight library bans. We know how to fight school board takeovers. We understand the playbook now. What’s so important about Project 2025 in some ways is t…

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Pop-Eye: Blind Faith and the Invisible Font

…given by the literary critics, scientists, and theologians obscure the deeply-felt engagement with the issues. They become the highly convoluted and disembodied queries of the linguistically inclined. Scholars, and those with careers in writing, might like to put those words in the mouths of the devout, but they are not common questions of the religious-minded. Or, more accurately, of the religious-embodied. Fish and Eagleton, as well as Dawkins a…

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RD10Q: Spiritual Survival for LGBT Christians

…ces us to consider our beliefs and why we believe them. We can’t complacently or blithely give our assent to beliefs like heterosexual Christians can. We have to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. In doing so, we build a stronger faith and learn how to live authentically as the people God created us to be. Is there anything you had to leave out? Content-wise, I didn’t leave anything out. What got left out, honestly, is a large aud…

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