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From Engravings to Ultrasounds: The Politics of Imaging the Womb

By Elizabeth Yale

…following the publication of Hunter’s book, anatomical knowledge of pregnancy may have increased, but respect for women’s knowledge of their own bodies—knowledge held in the hands, rather than the eyes—declined. A 19th century obstetrician who praised Hunter’s anatomical talent wrote that, as a man-midwife, he trusted too much in “the powers of nature”—that is, in the power of the female body to accomplish the work of delivering a baby without me…

Billy Graham Is Probably Not the Author of His Own “Final Chapter”

By Elesha Coffman

…he foregrounded God’s “great love, mercy, and grace.” The relative importance of the two concepts is reversed in the new book. Of course it is possible that Graham changed his mind. All available evidence outside the new book and accompanying statements by Franklin Graham suggests, though, that Graham grew less certain about damnation in the years after 1983. A YouTube video critical of Graham includes footage of a 1997 conversation between the e…

“I Will Leave BSA if Discriminatory Policy Does Not Change.”

By Joanna Brooks

…nt Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina. My school emphasized acceptance of others’ differences as a matter of creating a more productive place to learn and someday work. I had friends of all races and sexual orientations. My school has won many honors because of these policies and the performance of its students. They pride themselves on diversity and excellence. I can’t see any reason an organization such as the Boy Scouts wouldn’t want th…

Dear Public Employee: Think the Government is “Hostile to Religion”? Get Another Job.

By Hollis Phelps

…s worth emphasizing, on the side of the law—have already questioned in advance. As well it should be, since there’s really nothing to “protect” because “religious freedom” is not really at issue, here. “Religious freedom” in relation to same-sex marriage has been covered at length here at RD, but I would like to stress the point that being required by an employer to perform essential duties that may infringe upon one’s individual religious beliefs…

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Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead

By Annika Brockschmidt

…democratic behavior, and more. Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews, was not convinced, though his predecessor and president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria Charlotte Knobloch, holds a slightly different view. While Knobloch, who is a Holocaust survivor, didn’t accept Aiwanger‘s apology, she understands why Aiwanger remains in office and she expressed sympathy for Markus Söder. His decision was “politically…

“Not a Christian Book”: The Perils of the Amazon Book Review

By Charlotte Gordon

…adition, and the founding of Mecca. I spent years researching this story, including careful study of the Koran, as well as Jewish and Christian commentary. I admit I felt a small flush of virtuous achievement once I had finished. But, as we know, pride goeth before a fall and so I suppose I should not have been surprised to hear that someone does not like precisely what I worked on the hardest: my contribution to interfaith understanding. However,…

Who Gets to Decide if Noah is Biblical?

By Annette Yoshiko Reed

…“The new #Noah movie: just how biblical is it?” Meanwhile, James Tabor of UNC Charlotte, observes on HuffPo that “none of these Christian critics explain why this ancient story, written by Jews, and part of the Hebrew Bible, should fall under Christian purview or guardianship in terms of its interpretation,” and opines that “these two Jewish guys, Aronofsky and his former Harvard roommate and writing partner, Ari Handel… have ended up in my view p…

By the Way: James Dobson Departs the Scene

By Randall Balmer

…ns, recognize that making abortion illegal will not materially affect the incidence of abortion. Finally, this younger generation of evangelicals understands that global warming is real, not some left-wing conspiracy as leaders of the religious right would have them believe. On this issue of care for the environment, more than any other, Dobson and other old-line leaders of the religious right lost credibility with younger evangelicals. Besides, h…

Jesus Said Punch Up, Not Down: Why William Barber’s Attack on the Religious Right May Not Be What It Seems

By Daniel Schultz

…ianism, and so far, the best safeguard against all of it is the crisis of incompetence at the top levels of our government. Use whatever patriotic or religious framework you like, it’s not going to do any good until the one party (the Republicans) recognizes that the other has a legitimate interest in the workings of government. Values only work if they’re shared, and they cannot be shared if one side thinks the other doesn’t deserve political rep…

God Bless You, Barbara Herz

By Sarah Posner

…Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state.” Under saner circumstances, this would be an almost perfunctory rephrasing of the U.S. commitment to Israel in a way that does not fly in the face of longstanding U.S. policy. Instead, it’s perhaps predictably being used by opponents to mobilize political backlash of Biblical proportions—as some might believe befits an issue that in Israeli and American political circles (and among both Republic…