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The ‘White Lie’ Connecting Trump’s Pardon of Arsonists, Immigration Fiasco, and Charlottesville

By Jonathan Russell

…ntrenched racist ideological moves and the function of Whiteness have been central to Trump’s campaign and presidency. Ta-Nehisi Coates called him “the first White President” which distinguished him as the first president whose ascendency was not passively predicated upon his White inheritance by way of an “elegant detachment,” as it was for others in the past, but rather was achieved through making “the awful inheritance explicit.” In other words…

UPDATED: Religion Has Been Framed; Covering the Aga Khan’s Visit

By Hussein Rashid

…r number of non-Isma’ili Shi’ah does not make them the main branch. If the central belief of Shi’ism is the belief of Imamah, then the only group with a present, living Imam are the Isma’ilis, making them the main group. The point is that there are many ways to claim superiority, but the reality is most Muslims have lived with various other communities of interpretation. The rhetoric of conflict now permeates our discourse on religion. Once religi…

The Big Lie Misrepresentation in Louisiana “Seal of Confessional” Case

By Jason Hines

…the status of the girl’s conversation with the priest as “confession” is a central question.) A lawsuit filed against the priest and the church several years ago was dismissed by the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the priest was not required to report the abuse since his conversations with the girl all occurred during the sacrament of Confession. The state Supreme Court reversed that decision in May ruling that what did…

Spinning Ft. Hood

By Hussein Rashid

…overwhelming feeling I’m hearing is anger. I mean, the Muslim community of Central Texas has many connections to both Fort Hood and the military. There are many members of the services who are in the community, who are feeling this personally, veterans and active duty personnel. And, you know, there’s relationships, real relationships with that base and with people at that base. And so, you know, the primary feeling I’m hearing is anger, not even…

James Foley Prayed, But He Was Not a Martyr

By Alana Massey

…s is precisely the kind of hope that prayer can inspire that should become central to the understanding of it for those of us who do not engage in prayer. Though the old aphorism that “There are no atheists in foxholes” isn’t just untrue but is also offensive to non-believers, there’s still something to be said for the idea people in need might be more inclined to prayer than others if they have some existing belief. The prayers that were going ba…

Laugh at Tucker Carlson’s Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream

By Annika Brockschmidt

…from view, is what looks like a gigantic Covid test. This trailer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new documentary The End of Men has drawn a good deal of mockery online—especially when it became clear that the device covering the genitals isn’t a glowing Covid test, but that the naked man standing on a pile of stones is in fact bathing his testicles in UV light—a process, that according to macho fitness influencers, is supposed to increase the…

God Needs No Passport

By Peggy Levitt

…e, my work has convinced me that we can’t understand what it means to help newcomers become Americans without looking at how immigrants maintain ties to their homelands at the same time. While migrants and non-migrants are separated by physical distance, they often continue to inhabit the same social space. The fate of those who move and those who stay behind are inextricably linked. In my first book, The Transnational Villagers, I wrote about the…

Does Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?

By Austin Dacey

…for his conclusion that “[w]hile relations between religion and state are central” to the present struggle in Egypt, “the clash is not basically about secularism.” Voll attends to the composition and demands of the original Tahrir movement, the Tamarod (“Rebellion”) movement to oust Morsi, and the ongoing resistance to military rule. While there are religious dimensions in the protest repertoires of the three rounds of opposition—against authorit…

More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s

By John Wigger

…aimed at a broader audience. It’s a story full of human drama. Many of the central characters—Jim and Tammy Bakker, Richard Dortch, David Taggart, John Wesley Fletcher, and of course Jessica Hahn—seem almost too improbable for a novel. Are you hoping to just inform readers? Entertain them? Piss them off? All of the above! The story ranges from sincere faith to fraud, secret affairs, and the allure of television cameras. I interviewed dozens of peo…

Abuse of Power is at the Heart of Catholic Church Scandal

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…in the US, edging ever closer to the inner circle of the current Pope, the central problem is coming into sharper focus. I suggested in a previous post that the abuse at issue here is the abuse of power, not sexual abuse per se. I hope it is clear that, in saying this, I am not unaware of the enormous damage that is done to young children when they are sexualized before their time. But I am concerned that the Left, to the degree that it participat…