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Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…and pony show for Republican presidential candidates demonstrates the success of a cottage industry of anti-Muslim fearmongers (politicians, religious groups, ministers, self-styled national security experts, former government officials, retired military officers, pundits, and writers) who have cultivated a wide-ranging conspiracy theory that totalitarian Islamic radicals are bent on infiltrating America, displacing the Constitution, and subvertin…

Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…hesion. Exploding buildings now perform an equivalent symbolic role. The essay, published shortly after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, reflects many then-current (but also prescient) ideas about how we relate to postmodern, post-industrial, post-Cold War secular life; and the symbolic possibilities for grief and community within this new world order. I want to pick up on Muschamp’s insights about “images of a collective experience,” their “…

Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation

By Sarah Posner

…one who thinks the Democratic Party “is controlled by Jezebel and three lesser demons.” These unusual beliefs, says Wilder, wouldn’t be so remarkable except for the NAR’s “growing fascination with infiltrating politics and government.” NAR adherents want to “not just take ‘dominion’ over government, but stealthily climb to the commanding heights of what they term the ‘Seven Mountains’ of society, including the media and the arts and entertainment…

Creationism Makes Its Mark

By Lauri Lebo

…over three years ago, on December 20, 2005, that Judge John E. Jones III issued his ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover that intelligent design was not science, but merely repackaged creationism—and that it had no business in biology class. The hoopla was immediate and enduring. Jones’ decision launched headlines across the globe, not to mention celebrations by the trial’s plaintiffs, their legal team and science experts (who send “Merry Kitzmas” greet…

Will God-Gaming Alter the Bible?

By Rachel Wagner

…e Online: Heroes, the first installment of a projected series of MMORTS (massively multiplayer online real-time strategy) “games” based on the Bible. MMORTS games take place in a world that continues to exist and evolve even while any given player isn’t playing. According to the press release, there is an RPG (role-playing game) component too; players can expect to play as Abraham, and “as the leader of their tribe” they will construct villages a…

War on Christmas, War on Schmistmas, Happy Holiday

By Julie Ingersoll

…d of participating in a “war on Christmas” in favor of “political correctness.” For the record, I am in no “war on Christmas.” I am not a Christian and have no desire to regulate how Christians celebrate this holiday. Nor have I engaged in any effort to limit Christians’ expressions of their religion in relationship to this holiday. Yet, in the name of “religious freedom,” this Christian (and he was not the first) criticized how I celebrate. But t…

8 Great Hanukkah Clips from TV

By Michael J. Altman

…o. Enjoy. Night 1- It wouldn’t be Hanukkah on TV without Adam Sandler’s classic tribute to famous Jews everywhere: Night 2- The story of the Maccabees as told by the Rugrats, complete with pop-up scrolls… Night 3- Elmo learns all about Hanukkah Night 4- The Nanny tries to keep her family together for the first night of Hanukkah: Night 5- Southpark’s Mr. Hankey sings a Hanukkah song: Night 6- The Holiday Armadillo brings Hanukkah to Friends: Nigh…

Rand Paul’s Buddhist Roots Uncovered

By Julie Ingersoll

…Aqua-Buddha college pranks notwithstanding, Rand Paul embraces Buddhist notions of the interconnectedness of everything and the illusion of difference; “nothingness” is The Word. Thanks to my colleague Jon for sharing. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Nothingness www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive…

Jews and Christians for Santorum?

By Sarah Posner

…antorum, mostly because Romney is for your kid’s male teacher wearing a dress and heels to school, and Santorum is for “social sanity.” Here’s the text of the robocall, via the website JewsandChristianstogether.org: Hi, my name is Brian Camenker; I’m a Jew from Massachusetts. And, this is Darcy Brandon; I’m a Christian from California. If you believe as we do that marriage and sexuality should only be between a man and a woman, please help us stop…

In 2012 Bishops Join Fight to Repackage Discrimination as ‘Religious Freedom’

By Sarah Posner

…tholic institutions. But the ad offered no holiday cheer. Instead, it aggressively highlighted the Bishops’ pointed confrontation with the Obama administration: either amend a regulation requiring employer health insurance plans to provide contraception without a co-pay, or stand accused of religious discrimination. The Bishops’ opposition to the Department of Health and Human Services rule—which they describe as mandating “preventive services” (s…