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The God of the Holocene Epoch Is Dead: Religion’s Fatal Flaw

By Daniel C. Maguire

…We wrecked it. We are now in the ominous Anthropocene Epoch, and the Sixth Great Extinction has us in its sights. In the greatest act of collective denial in human history, we reject all the bad news, telling ourselves that the “nice god” or the “technology” won’t let that happen. But here are the terrifying prospects: With Arctic sea ice in a death spiral and the Greenland Ice Sheet melting, two-thirds of our coastal cities are threatened. Almost…

Religion Was Not the Reason for the Paris Attacks

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…r the deadbeat, dead-end Kouachi brothers, the notion of being a part of a great jihadi battle may have seemed appealing for many reasons. For such people, real wars are exciting, and the imagined wars of great religious conflict are more than exhilarating. They also offer the promise of opportunity, of playing an ennobling role within that cosmic war. Perhaps most directly, such imagined wars provide a justification for doing something destructiv…

TV’s Favorite Family Dumps Religion

By Bron Taylor

…from church’s door, obviously preferring his version of the church of the great outdoors. He is laughing, presumably at us, the viewers, who have been led to think for a moment that he might, for the sake of his family, return to church. Many modern families have dynamics like this, wherein some continue in their devotion to conventional religious forms, while others are turning from them. Since the 19th century and especially in recent decades,…

Michael Vick Walks on Water: Updated

By Nicole Greenfield

…hance, Dungy saw it as an opportunity for Vick to “become a symbol of some great leadership and Christian forgiveness.” In Philadelphia, Vick has certainly done that, earning not just Christian forgiveness, but public redemption. But he’s achieved something arguably more praiseworthy in the city of Brotherly Love. He’s won the hearts of passionate, “would-boo-their-own-mother,” notoriously unforgiving Philadelphia fans. [Editor’s Note: This versio…

Is Liberalism Islamic?: An Interview with Mustafa Akyol

By Haroon Moghul

…of the individual from larger collectives, does Islam play any role in the great social questions of our time? Should Islam also speak to the intermediary institutions, between state power and individual life, to temper that power and protect that individual? Of course I am not saying that Islam does not have a sense of the community. It certainly does. Moreover, that sense implies a strong basis for civil society, which is of course very importan…

Anger, Privilege, and Invisible Injustice: What Cain and Abel Have to Do With Ferguson

By Eva Mroczek

…d to a lifetime of exile. But when he protests that this punishment is too great to bear, and that he is afraid he will be killed when others find out what he did, God listens. Cain will be protected from harm. If anyone kills him, God says, he shall be avenged sevenfold. Here again, a strange imbalance between deeds and divine response: typical ancient law demanded a life for a life, but the life of the first murderer would demand seven. God plac…

Obama in India: Missed Opportunities

By Anna Bigelow

…each other, saving each other, living the common truth of all the world’s great religions that we are all children of God.” Obama spoke eloquently of the shared losses of India and America and rightly pointed out that the terrorists attack places where people come together But that eloquence was sadly absent as Obama struggled to respond clearly to the students at St. Xavier’s College who asked him pointblank for his views on jihad and for his re…

Your Money or Your Civil Rights? Gays Vote GOP

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e adopting a child together. We can live our life. I am happy. It would be great if we could get married, but …” At this point Signorile interrupted him to say, “Do you know that the Senator that was elected in New Hampshire wants to take away the right of gay people to adopt? Do you want me to bet you the governor you voted for in Maine would support taking away that right? How can you vote for people who would take away your rights?” That’s a we…

Greatest Hits of 2015: Religion Stories Our Readers Couldn’t Resist

By Ellie Faustino

…iew, “atheist clergy are not simply tragic figures, they are harbingers of great things to come.” The “new world of universal transparency” that has been created in the digital information age certainly poses a new set of challenges to religious institutions, and Dennett offers his predictions as to how religions will fare in the future. #9 Fighting Fire with Ire: 3 Lessons from Noam Chomsky’s Takedown of Sam Harris In May, New Atheist Sam Harris…

The Landmark 85-Year-Old Report Absent From Debates Over Missionary’s Death

By Amy Fallas

…orld.” He remarks that that even if Chau were impulsive, “there is, in the great economy of God, room still for wild success.” What LiVecche doesn’t discuss is how, in the great economy of God, there’s also room for devastating failure. What this perspective doesn’t ask of Chau is responsibility and ownership over the consequences of his actions. Very little thought is given to what the North Sentinelese want or how to respect their sovereignty. L…