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Why Bill Maher Gets a “C” in My Introduction to Religion Class…

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…world. The reality of the matter is that what we see in religious studies classes across the United States is the great variety of manners in which religions happen in and through their rituals and practices, through their symbolic and communal exchanges, and, yes, in light of and sometimes in spite of their in-the-head beliefs. Two of the more usefully analytic definitions of religion that I offer my students, which is not to say they are the “r…

South Park Meets the Sacraments at Class for New Catholics

By Zachary Leja

…of shopping, computers and TV. But even Father Shea uses tech in his RCIA class. Damien thinks the use of the videos might be the older Jesuit trying to cater to the younger college audience—a good guess, given Father Shea’s assessment of millennial culture. One of the clips Father Shea plays during class is an animated video on baptism. The poorly drawn cartoon characters wobble around the screen, acting out how the sacrament would have looked c…

Overnight Sensation ‘The Rich Men North of Richmond’ isn’t Just a Window into a Forgotten America — It’s an Invitation into a Worldview

By Bradley Onishi

…rton and Bruce Springsteen have sung about the plight of the White working class and given voice to their struggles. Of course, the category of “working class” has been used throughout American history to describe White people. In reality, the American working class is racially diverse, and includes many BIPOC people. The 2021 American Community Survey shows: “Black, Hispanic, and other workers of color make up 45 percent of the working class, whi…

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Blames Gays For ISIS; ‘Christian Nationalist’ Sworn In As Guatemala’s President; Vatican Resists Civil Unions in Italy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…heir gender on official ID. Bishop Aurelio Pesoa, head of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, held a press conference just before Christmas, in which he denounced the legislation as an example of “gender ideology.” “That bill is inspired by a gender ideology that has been pushed by an international lobby and aims to subvert one of the foundations of our human lifestyle by denying the fundamental truth of masculine and feminine genders. Living as ma…

Are Evangelicals Suffering From Buyer’s Remorse with Obama?

By Bill Berkowitz

…tion’: ‘As many of you know, because we focus on continually improving our business that Xe is in the process of a comprehensive restructuring,’ he wrote. ‘It is with pride in our many accomplishments and confidence in Xe’s future that I announce my resignation as the company’s chief executive officer.’” The company’s re-branding efforts extended to its subsidiaries as well. According to SourceWatch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Jihadis?

By Haroon Moghul

…for an ummah, a ‘super-tribe,’ a union of peoples based not on bloodline, class, or gender, but fidelity to a common and universal worldview. Islam might not be an ethnicity in the way Judaism is articulated today, but Islam creates all the same a powerful sense of peoplehood, rooted in this historical achievement. People resort to lazy memes, like ‘religion divides people.’ Sure, but it also unites people. Whereas the Arabs were once torn apart…

When Churches Do Business

By Sarah Posner

…reasons like you can’t make a synagogue hire an Episcopalian minister. But businesses are not exempt. Here, the question is whether churches, when they’re doing not-churchy things like selling real estate, are acting like a church or a business. Moreover, merely selling property to a buyer who might use it for same-sex weddings seems far too attentuated to appear to be an endorsement or participation in said weddings. You could say it’s more atten…

TN Conservatives: Government Butt Out… Government Butt In

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…inst doing business with Metro government. “If I am a sole proprietor of a business, who I hire is not the government’s business,” he said. “How would I know if someone is gay unless they made an issue of it?” Rev. Davis is basically asking for a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gays and lesbians in the workplace, and we’ve seen how this kind of government policy has worked with the military. There are plenty of problems with this. First, as some…

Contrary to Popular Narrative the Supreme Court’s ‘303’ Decision Gutting Civil Rights Laws is not About an Individual Standing Up For Her Beliefs

By Andrew L. Seidel

…last millennium. It exists to legally separate individual people from the businesses they operate. The corporation shields people and their assets (home and personal bank accounts and kids’ college funds) from business liabilities, creditors, and obligations. Forming a corporate entity, such as an LLC, comes with immense benefits. But also some strings, especially once it opens itself up as a place of public accommodation. Businesses must follow…

White People Dying Younger Because of…Moral Turpitude? Give Us a Break

By Peter Laarman

…f the AIDS pandemic. Fortunately, at least for those within the chattering classes, life expectancy–and good health expectancy–continue to rise among well-educated white people. Most c-class commentators, including the New York Times editorial board, are taking a sharp breath over this despairing news but are not rushing to conclusions about what must be done. Not so the fearless fusilladiers at First Things: boss editor R.R. Reno plunged right in…