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Why the World Needs Religious Studies

By Nathan Schneider

…nt for learning about, and working on, all kinds of other things. An added bonus, especially given the present business climate, is that religious studies raises questions of ethics: the foundations, the content, and the commensurability of various ethical systems. It’s an invitation to a meaningful life, and an examined life, and an ethical one. That, truth be told, is why I’m bothering to write this essay in the first place—I actually think havi…

More Sex Icon than Feminist

By Kathryn Joyce

…ctor, the Mmm factor, the stable, loving family factor. It is a calculated bonus that adherents can now speak loftily of making history, but for different reasons, drawing deep from the well of their identities, and not for the first time, both McCain and the right needed a sexual icon. Taking stock of McCain’s marital history and reputation for both unkindness to his wives and restlessness in fidelity, Wypijewski sees his pick of Palin as followi…

Drop that Candy Bar, Pagan!

By Peter Montgomery

…r homophobe Mark Driscoll that has spawned survivors’ blogs. In an article promoted by the church’s Resurgence ministry, Pastor Justin Holcomb says Halloween’s pagan origins have basically been subsumed into harmless fun and can be an opportunity for good family fellowship. But don’t take things too far: “There is a big difference between kids dressing up in cute costumes for candy and Mardi-Gras-like Halloween parties, offensive costumes, and uni…

Charlie Pierce Wins the Contraception Coverage Debate

By Sarah Posner

…ire thing; Pierce eviscerates the burgeoning conventional wisdom that Catholics are uniformly as outraged as the Bishops, and that this trumped-up claim of infringement of religious freedom will cost Obama his reelection campaign. And he delves into Catholic theology while he’s at it. Bonus observation: in the most recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, conducted February 1-4, respondents were asked, “How much does it matter to you that a candidate…

Queer Nuns: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are “Serious Parody,” Forcing Us to Redefine Nuns

By Melissa Wilcox

…et the new book or books are still just whispering at the back of my head. Bonus: Is there anything else you’d like our readers to know about your book? If you’re considering teaching all or part of the book, you might be interested to know that the Sisters have houses (non-residential chapters) in many large cities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. They are often happy to visit classrooms, and they will come in habit to discuss their ow…

Iran, Israel, and Republican Presidential Campaigns: Myth versus Reality

By Sarah Posner

…h journalist Sarah Wildman about the role of myth vs. reality in Republican presidential candidates’ rhetoric about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Middle East policy. Plus: just how influential is Sheldon Adelson on Israeli public opinion and bonus trivia about Newt Gingrich. In this clip, we discuss how young Israelis who have little or no memory of Israel pre-Second Intifada, view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the negative consequences for…

All Candy, No Jesus: Halloween in America

By Mary Valle

…ies: All Souls’ Day on November 1, and All Saints’ Day on November 2. As a bonus, October 31 marks the kickoff of the Reformation, when Luther posted his theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg, in large part to protest the Church’s sale of indulgences. Halloween is a little troublesome to me as well—mostly because it’s just gotten so commercial. I like it as more of a handcrafted, neighborhoody children’s frolic, rather than an excu…

Manischewitz Bought By Romney’s Old Crew

By Gordon Haber

…eryone else involved should be polishing their resumes, while the rest of us hearken to the death knell of a venerable American brand. Bonus: Sammy Davis Junior for Manischewitz….

Tiger’s Confession: Maybe Marriage Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

By Anthea Butler

…contract no matter what their sex or sexual orientation. (Love might be a bonus, seriously.) Marriage is held up as the panacea for every social ill, as long as it is between one man and one woman. This idealized marriage relationship becomes the reason why homosexuality is frowned upon, same-sex marriage is banned, and singleness is looked upon as a curse to be cured with Match.com or Eharmony. It is striking that many of the news commentaries l…

Exit Polls on Religion

By Sarah Posner

…they were white born again Christian or evangelical. The exit poll has Romney winning among white Protestants, who make up 41% of voters, 75-25%, among white Catholics (11%), 64-33%, but Obama is winning 89% of non-whites (33% of the electorate). Bonus point of interest in the Virginia exit poll: Obama is winning among voters who attend religious services weekly (44% of voters), 51-49%, among those who attend occasionally (36%), 53-47%, and among…