Religion Dispatches
…hite, but the majority of those polled were women at 53 percent. While the numbers may seem surprising, in light of conservatives’ historically strong support for states’ rights on this issue perhaps they shouldn’t be. Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates like Texas Congressman Ron Paul and former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer are already talking about leaving marriage to the states. Paul said the bottom line is that government shou…
Read More…rty” leaders, Glenn Beck is one of the most vitriolic, and – with more than 800 hours of on-air time a year – the most visible. His portrayal of Soros today as the “Puppet Master,” as the special was called, evokes anti-Semitic stereotypes from the “devaluer of many currencies” to “advocate for one world government” from “anti-American” to “thinks he’s smarter than the rest of us.” Beck’s words have consequences. They advance a world view that ult…
Read More…y permitted,” said Fairfield Community Schools attorney Tim Shelly. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued the district in federal court on behalf of a New Paris Elementary School first-grader and his mother. The suit alleged the boy was left unsupervised in the hallway when his mother opted him out of the weekly 20-minute Bible class. He later was sent to the school library. The suit said the boy was being deprived of educational inst…
Read MoreClaremont School of Theology caught national attention on June 9 with the announcement of a new inter-religious university. Beginning in the fall, students at this Methodist seminary will study side by side with students from the Academy of Jewish Religion in Los Angeles and the Islamic Center of Southern California. The San Diego Jewish Journal calls it “the world’s first multi-religious graduate school.” Of course, Claremont is not alone. Hartf…
Read More…s currently living in Europe. “They facilitate the continuous looting of African resources by the same forces that enslaved Africans; who still believe that we blacks are monkeys and not human and, therefore, should not benefit from our Allah-given vast natural resources that we have on the African continent.” “This being the case, the Republic of The Gambia will never be a party to the so-called EPA with the European Union as it is designed to co…
Read More…he military is equivalent to the “spiritual rape” of the military: When Americans are suffering economically and millions need jobs, it’s shocking that the Administration is focused on its ultra-liberal militantly homosexualist agenda forcing the highlighting of homosexuals and homosexuality on an unwilling military. This is the equivalent of the spiritual rape of our military to satisfy the most extreme and selfish cadre of President Obama’s kook…
Read More…igion. And despite some notable outliers (cough*Joel Osteen*cough) most American clergymen don’t make much money. In 2010, while the median salary for American rabbis was about $140,000, Catholic priests averaged $25,000 and Protestant ministers $40,000. Should we begrudge them the opportunity to save a little money? To my mind, the more intriguing suit was filed by American Atheists, who want the IRS to require churches and religious organization…
Read More
…. This would be easier to see if the culture in question were in Asia or Africa or among the indigenous people of the Americas. But the strange relationship between the West and the Christian East makes it difficult to see, highlighting how limited and reductive the conversation around decolonization and multiculturalism truly is. Because in the ironically binary world that these discourses create, there’s little room for whatever traditionally Or…
Read More
…ight-wing evangelical” written all over it. You heard it here first, folks. This new PR blitz for Jesus is going to be a flop, and American secularization will continue apace….
Read More
…econstruction, the civil rights movement and the contributions of women, African American and Hispanic people to our country.” So far so good. But here are the next two sentences: Examples of theories that distort historical events and are inconsistent with SBE-approved standards include the denial or minimization of the Holocaust, and the teaching of Critical Race Theory, meaning the theory that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but…
Read More