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Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Still Sound

By Lauri Lebo

…e impression that this new study has single-handedly overthrown one of the best-documented scientific theories in history. Creationists will no doubt pass out copies of these articles at school board meetings as final proof against evolution, just as the Discovery Institute trumpeted an inflammatory New Scientist cover article (“Darwin was Wrong”) to the Texas School Board during one of its 2009 meetings. Those who attack evolution will be hearten…

Hijab: Culture, Custom, and Chaos

By Amina Wadud

…ngs) is this: libas al-taqwa dhalika al-khayr, “the dress of taqwa that is best” (7:26). We talked about taqwa already, right: God consciousness which results in certain and actions. You cannot have taqwa without the right to exercise choice. You cannot be said to be a conscientious human being without excising agency. You cannot do what is best about dress unless you are doing it by choice. This is NOT just anything goes though, so long as you ch…

Why Science Needs “Neurodiversity,” Autism Included

By Andrew Aghapour

…sentations of autism as a narrow, rare, and uniquely modern dysfunction. Today, most researchers agree that autism is not a monolithic disorder with any single biological or environmental cause. It is an umbrella category that covers a range of behaviors, neurological patterns, and developmental trajectories. It is also old. While autism can’t be linked to any single gene, Silberman demonstrates, most cases are rooted in very old genes that are sh…

Media Fail to Acknowledge That 2024 Hopeful Ron DeSantis is as Catholic as Biden

By Chrissy Stroop

…ent on the basis of bigoted religious beliefs I find frankly deplorable. Today in Florida, Ron DeSantis is successfully imposing Catholic strictures on both reproductive healthcare and transgender healthcare on every medical institution and medical practitioner throughout the state, regardless of their own beliefs and whether they run directly counter to well-established medical best practices. Not to put too fine a point on it, this is exactly wh…

The Great Disappointment: When the World Fails to End on Schedule

By Randall Balmer

…ccount for a “tarrying time.” He set a new date: October 22, 1844—just one day and 168 years off from Camping’s new date. By the time October 23, 1844, dawned, Miller’s followers were disillusioned and soon scattered. Some eventually formed themselves into the Advent Christian Church or the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. But Miller himself died lonely and forgotten in 1849, five years after the “end of the world.” October 22, 1844 is still known in…

Egypt Protests Upset Assumptions About the
Arab World

By Sarah Eltantawi

…ro’s protests are actually a Tunisia-inspired call for regime change. The “Day” of Rage—now entering its third day—proves that the old calculus relied upon by political “realists” grossly underestimates both the anger and will of the Egyptian people, as well as the generalized discontent of Arabs living under dictatorships. Pundits like Steven Walt, who asked to be “color(ed) skeptical” at the notion that Tunisia’s unrest could spread, rely heavil…

On Guns and Religious Liberty, Ben Carson “Not an Authentic Adventist”

By Sarah Posner

…the United States, and 18 million worldwide. Observing the Sabbath on Saturday, not Sunday, and a commitment to health and wellness, including vegetarianism, are prominent features that distinguish Adventism from other Christian denominations. Protecting the Saturday Sabbath observance has driven Adventist involvement in legal challenges under the Free Exercise Clause, such as the one that led to the landmark 1963 Supreme Court decision in Sherber…

Death Couture: Not For Halloween Only

By Stephen Andes

…ns, devotion to La Santa Muerte provides more hope in dealing with the profound social fragmentation and instability caused by drug violence than the spiritual succor offered by the institutional Church. In contrast to the American celebration of Halloween, largely a religious-turned-commercial holiday, Mexico’s Days of Dead are spaces where community solidarity, remembrance, and family continuity take shape. In this context, the image of La Sant…

LDS Church Asserts Trademark of “Mormon”

By Holly Welker

…sed church insists it has a claim on the terms “Mormon,” “LDS” and “Latter-day Saint” that supplants anyone else’s right to the terms, but people just keep using them how they want: Warren Jeffs is known as an FLDS leader; people who quit going to church still call themselves Mormon because it’s an accurate cultural descriptor even if it conveys nothing about their religious practice. The church may not like it, but its names are legitimately used…