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Fox Makes Mockery Of Promise To Rein In Beck’s Anti-Semitism

By Sarah Posner

…r,” 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 ultimately places Jews like Soros in the crosshairs, not unlike what we saw with Father Coughlin in the 1930s or the John Birch Society in the 1950s. Byron Williams, a Beck acolyte…

Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again

By Phyllis Zagano

…garding the historical reality of women ordained as deacons is by Cipriano Vagaggini, published in Orentialia Christiana Periodica. Reportedly Pope Paul VI asked Vagaggini, in the early 1970s, about women deacons. The Catholic Church was restoring the diaconate as a permanent vocation for men, and the pope asked the logical question: could women be ordained to this sacred order as well? Vagaggini gave the long form—15,000 words—of the short answer…

Policing Academic Freedom: A Book, a Controversy, and the Ominous Aftermath

By Michael Jerryson

…wamis, the Hindu communities I was a part of, trips to India, and my own reflective readings.” Shukla explains that “while there always have been and now are a growing number of scholars who are committed to presenting emic understandings of Hinduism, we find each year that the ‘in crowd’ created by Doniger at the AAR has yet to shift in terms of power and influence.” In light of this information, she reprimands the AAR for their support of the wo…

My God, David Brooks

By John Modern

…to despise you, David Brooks! I choose to post snarky asides about you on various social media sites, David Brooks! I choose to write this flippantly negative essay about David Brooks, David Brooks! But then it hits me. The feigned frustration, the performance of class resentment and apocalyptic asides, my sneering sense of intellectual pride—these states of possibility are precisely what David Brooks is celebrating about our secular age. This is…

Boy Scout “Perversion Files” Raise Questions about Abuse in Mormon Contexts

By Joanna Brooks

…ims and accusers. In 1995, the Church established stronger guidelines and new protocols for reporting abuse, including a 1-800 number for local clergy. …

The Radical Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Left’s Challenge Today

By Peter Laarman

…ms to be more or less okay with dropping $6.4 trillion—and killing at least 800,000 people—in an ineffective and counterproductive “war on terror.” When will we understand that defunding the police and defunding the Pentagon reflect one and the same struggle?) Finally, given how the practice of radical nonviolence implies a willingness to sacrifice, how much are you personally willing to sacrifice for the achievement of the long-awaited radical re…

Covering Religion in The New Year: The Atheist Bus And More

By Diane Winston

…say about rich men, camels and the eyes of needles. We’ve also had an ambivalent attitude toward those in need, never sure whether they’re blessed or cursed, saints or sinners. How churches square biblical teachings, American values and new economic realities will say a lot about the present changes and emergent trends. I’d start by looking into what’s being preached and what’s being practiced. Where are resources directed and who is deemed worth…

Prosperity Gospel Is Not the Only Problem with Joel Osteen’s Harvey Response

By Brie Loskota and Peter Gudaitis

…on high ground, but largely cut off from required points of access due to floodwaters. The area has utility problems, backed-up sewers, and limited access to food delivery or medical care. Whether genuinely moved or Twitter-shamed into action, Lakewood Church put up a page on its website lateMonday to collect donations and seek volunteers for Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical international relief organization that is a member of…

Trump is Helping the Economy… The Apocalypse Economy

By Jonathan Root

…me park empire. Clearly, someone is sending Bakker some cash—or at least advancing him a loan. These seem to be flush days for the apocalyptic preaching business. The reason? Donald Trump and the whole electoral carnival of 2016. The presidential election has proven to be excellent fodder for Bakker and his guests, most of whom are Trump supporters. One guest told Bakker that he’s known since April 2011 that Trump was going to the President of the…

Are Atheists Taking 1st Amendment Suits Too Far?

By Gordon Haber

…y. The IRS guideline, however, was that clergy can only claim “fair market value” of the home, and the rental value of the house in question was $60,000 a year. The IRS wanted Warren to cough up the taxes on the difference. Instead, he sued. Before the judge could rule, Congress passed the Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act, changing the fair market value assessment from a guideline into a law. Warren got his exemption, but Congress believ…