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Christianity-Lite, in 140 Characters or Fewer?

…meditative music. Interestingly, with this digital Stations presentation, user interactivity is elevated to another level online, with enhanced visual and sensory appeals. Media spectacle here is presented as a Web version of the Stations of the Cross, and believers are urged to click and “pray as you go” online. To be sure, narratives have historically been powerful to satiate human urges for meaning, security, and belonging. Today, the communal…

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An Art of Flesh and Blood: Remembering Disability Activist Rev. Rick Curry

…each other. A young man with a severe case of cerebral palsy—a wheelchair user who relied on a personal attendant—in the next room overheard us and threw himself out of his chair, dragging himself over to us so he could join the conversation. I saw a man who couldn’t walk without crutches suddenly get up and run to the front of a bar when he realized it was his time to sing karaoke (a miracle?), and I watched people from all over the country and…

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Who Is “Sam Bacile?”

…sn’t even begin to describe the 13-minute trailer on YouTube. The film was promoted by anti-Muslim zealot Terry Jones. The WSJ reported yesterday: The film’s 52-year-old writer, director and producer, Sam Bacile, said that he wanted to showcase his view of Islam as a hateful religion. “Islam is a cancer,” he said in a telephone interview from his home. “The movie is a political movie. It’s not a religious movie.” Mr. Bacile said he raised $5 milli…

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Catholic Bishops Fund Anti-Choice ‘Clinics’ Set to Receive Trump Title X Funding

…million was diverted from the U.S. Agency for International Development to promote the NFP agenda of the Family of the America Foundation. More recently, Boston Archbishop Sean O’Malley, chair of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, voiced support for federal measures that would divert funding from Planned Parenthood to organizations like Obria, “so women can obtain their health care from providers that do not promote abortion.” Of course…

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Syria Receives Sudanese Weapons on Ukrainian Aircraft via Qatar and Turkey

…missile’s performance. “The kills are proof that the FN-6 is reliable and user-friendly, because rebel fighters are generally not well trained in operating missile systems,” the newspaper, Global Times, quoted a Chinese aviation analyst as saying. The successful attacks on Syria’s helicopters by Chinese missiles brought “publicity” that “will raise the image of Chinese defense products on the international arms trade market,” the newspaper wrote….

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When a Pride March Means Owning the Shame of Racial and Economic Injustice

…orts from coast to coast. The recent contretemps around the opening of the new REBAR in the old G Lounge space in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood is (again) quite typical. Evidently aware that G had finally, after many years, become a rare welcoming downtown space for people of color, the new management made a point of making REBAR distinctly unwelcoming to African American patrons. With Pride month upon us, I want to call out what should be recog…

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Hajj Journal: Using the Toilet at the Grand Mosque

…alright, but like the toilet, I don’t know what made it impossible for the user to at least keep the seat dry!? Maybe this was the result of the overall cleaning method, because it was also clear that the rooms were serviced, and I even saw one of the cleaning ladies. Anyway, I chose the one with the least amount of water on the seat and counted on the heat to dry the rest, as it did in no time at all. Still, it was pretty minimal damage and if no…

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RDBook: A City Too Busy To Hate

…hy and geospatial information systems for the Department of Environmental Studies. Photo: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia by flickr user jasonrowland. Used under a Creative Commons license….

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MIT, Facing Opposition to Extremist Speaker, Might Try Google Next Time

…communities have been particularly targeted by Swamy, and he’s a prolific user of Twitter, underscoring the argument that right-wing septuagenarians and social media don’t mix. While Swamy is a trained economist, and the conference is on the Indian economy, the MIT backlash shows that organizers of such events should probably just use common sense. In the broader scheme of things, Swamy (whose daughter is married to a Muslim) is a fringe politici…

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The Avengers, Rogue Roombas, and Robot Accountability

…ur cat or your toes. You have toes (I assume). So, anyway, I agree—the bad news is that we’re totally not ready for Ultron. The good news is that we may be ready for Roombas. But the middling news is that even that may not be all that easy. MHS: Because Roombas aren’t people? HL: Well, yes, and because it might still be hard to figure out who to sue to compensate you for your rogue Roomba. Or your rogue oven that burns your smarthouse down while y…

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