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Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative

By Eric C. Miller

…italism disqualified him from conservatism because markets were inherently mobile and unstable with cruel regard for goods or practices that were no longer useful or profitable. So what were the—pardon the mouthful—conservationist conservatives conserving? Although the answer varies a bit depending on the traditionalist advocate, there are a few key common themes in their work: Judeo-Christian civilization, the nuclear family structure, social hie…

Is Religion Wrecking Our Air?

By Jay Wexler

…, respiratory ailments, and cancer. Major sources of air pollution include mobile sources like cars and trucks and stationary sources like factories and power plants. Relatively minor sources range from cigarettes and hairspray to volcanoes and cow farts. When it comes to our air, the biggest hazard posed by religion is that religious people really like burning stuff. Whether they are burning incense or firecrackers or logs or paper or pieces of c…

Indonesian Volcano Update: Yes, it’s a Religion Story…

By Mark Woodward

…. Word of people in need spread on Facebook and by text messages on mobile phones. People collected money or “in kind” contributions, bought what was needed, packed it into any vehicle they had or could borrow and headed off into the countryside. Most of these aid shipments included bottled water, rice, personal hygiene items and of “nasi bungkus” — packaged prepared meals including rice, vegetables and some combination of meat or fish eggs and to…

Religion Scholars Convene, Have Nowhere to Sit

By Ivan Strenski

…itive market place must be a top priority for job-seekers and the upwardly mobile. And, yes, I also accept that the days when the ‘old bulls’ dominated the agendas are well, and blessedly, past. But, for whatever reason, the combination of convention centers and policies preferring junior faculty has conspired to produce a bad result. The obvious grumblings about impersonal convention centers needn’t be rehearsed. Instead, I want to drill down a l…

Turn Off, Slow Down, Drop In: The Digital Generation Reinvents the Sabbath

By Elizabeth Drescher

…es by geography, physical limitations, or other circumstances. Sun Dial: A Mobile Call to Prayer application available for the iPhone assists Muslims around the world in participating in daily prayer by tracking “the sun’s gentle movement through the sky.” According to the designers of the app, the image-focused technology is a particularly important spiritual aid for Muslims practicing in the United States, most of whom don’t speak Arabic and for…

Beyond the Miniskirt-Wearing Nun: What Catholic Reform Looks Like

By Colleen McDannell

…so thought that it was about time that religious historians take seriously mobile, middle-class life in the suburbs, especially in the western United States. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? In spite of efforts to downplay the significance of the Second Vatican Council, for many American Catholics it provided the theological justifications to demand sophisticated religious education, to engage ritually in the sacraments, to…

Satanic “Black Mass” at Harvard Excites Conservatives

By Joseph Laycock

…n a Satanic high priest, toured the country in a “witchmobile.” This was a mobile “museum” of artifacts allegedly used in witchcraft. The witchmobile allowed Warnke’s audiences to experience a sense of propinquity with extraordinary evil. For Christian claims-makers, The Satanic Temple’s educational re-enactment of a black mass is even more useful than Warnke’s witchmobile: It provides physical evidence of the reality of demonic evil and, in turn,…

Why Christian Fundamentalism Is Still a Big Deal in U.S. Politics, And How It Got That Way

By Eric C. Miller

…and they’ve worked hard to present themselves as anti-fundamentalist in a number of ways. They appeal to individual experiences of spirituality over rigid doctrinal statements. They use words like “seekers” rather than talking about lost or damned souls. They also tend to avoid rigid political platforms. If you walk through the multiple parking lots at Willow Creek, you can spot bumper stickers that span the political spectrum, and megachurch pas…

“The Camp Is a Ceremony”: A Report From Standing Rock

By Marion Grau

…favor, keeping us from having our necks bent out of shape from staring at mobile screens. Instead, we are talking to other people, making connections, building networks, hearing stories, affirming and strengthening each other. The Black Snake poisons us all, paralyzes us with its eyes while we continue destroying our common livelihood. A Site of Pilgrimage Already While a poster onsite says “no pilgrims,” it refers only to the Puritan settlers of…

Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’

By Shaul Magid

…s no special envoy to fight racism or Islamophobia). Why would an upwardly-mobile talented writer of fiction from the belly of American suburbia with a PhD in Yiddish literature from Harvard write a book about how everyone, everywhere, sooner or later hates Jews, banishes or kills them, and then memorializes them? And how is it that such a book becomes an instant bestseller? What is perhaps most striking about Horn’s book isn’t the book itself (mo…