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

By Michael Jerryson

…, 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 work and a failure to encourage academic integ…

My God, David Brooks

By John Modern

…ity of self and precarity of nation from our vision is testament to our civilizing illusions. Perhaps, then, it is a story suitable only for mature audiences. But if you are offering up a theory of how things are, in general, here in the West, well, then come the fuck on! The legacy of colonial violence and slavery; the emergence of vast networks of media, mediation, and surveillance; money, money, money; and the slow but incessant corruption of t…

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

By Joanna Brooks

…hild sexual abuse within its own ranks in the 1990s after several high-profile child sexual abuse cases resulted in multimillion dollar payouts to victims and their families. The Mormon Alliance, a grassroots Mormon organization that monitored abuse within the Church, published a study documenting negligence on the part of local members and leaders in addressing abuse—and even the excommunication of some victims and accusers. In 1995, the Church e…

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

By Peter Laarman

…e use of napalm and Agent Orange to lay waste to the land and its people, killing millions of noncombatants in three countries (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia). King broadens his critique of this war into a sobering look at how a country—ours—that once claimed to stand for revolutionary ideals became the ally of dictators and tyrants and counterrevolutionary forces everywhere. He cites examples of U.S.-sponsored counterinsurgency: Venezuela, Guatemal…

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

By Diane Winston

…ds when less really is less—and more is not an option. I wonder, too, who will be smiling (more or less) when the smoke clears from Gaza. As important as covering who’s winning and why, Americans need reporting on how religious communities here—be they Jewish, Muslim or Christian—respond when religious entanglements become politicized and political entanglements become sacralized. I’d like to read a story about American Jews who love Israel but qu…

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

By Brie Loskota and Peter Gudaitis

…local government disaster response, but also faith-based organizations’ ability to mobilize in a time of need. Congregations and other faith-based organizations often serve as centers of communities. They have deep local knowledge, moral capital and the trust of the people they serve, including difficult to reach minority and immigrant populations, especially vulnerable in disasters. They also have an exhaustive variety of human, material, and sp…

Trump is Helping the Economy… The Apocalypse Economy

By Jonathan Root

…the 2016 election has been a frequent theme. He’s voiced concern that if Hillary Clinton is elected the government will shut down his ministry and all other religious activity. In a recent sermon series, “Leviathan Has Come to America,” he warned viewers that Leviathan has become “king of America,” that the government is coming against the Gospel, and that if the wrong person is elected (Clinton), the Constitution will be destroyed by a newly lib…

Are Atheists Taking 1st Amendment Suits Too Far?

By Gordon Haber

…s, who want the IRS to require churches and religious organizations to fulfill the same obligations as other nonprofit groups. Currently most nonprofits are required to file Form 990, “Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax.” The upshot is that their finances are public record. But religious groups don’t have to bother, which, obviously, can allow for a lot of financial chicanery. The loss in tax revenue from such groups is estimated to be…

New Poll: Repeal DOMA

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s were white, 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 governm…

A Resurgence of “Ex-Gay Therapy” Under Trump/Pence? ABC News Report Offers a Platform to Hate Group Rep. Peter Sprigg

By Sunnivie Brydum

…the camps—as well as self-described pastors and administrators of these facilities. While the 20/20 segment is billed as an exposé, the print piece not only offers a voice to a representative of a group long designated as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, but it fails to mention that fact. And while they note that the Republican Party’s official platform “mirrors” language from FRC materials, they neglect to report that F…