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Netanyahu’s Speech, Lane’s Trip, and the Impossibility of Boycotts

By Sarah Posner

…ico also reported that Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, had a “spirited” meeting with seven pro-Israel House Democrats. The AP reports that Rep. Steve Israel, the Democrat who arranged the Dermer meeting, said that “one thing we all agreed on emphatically is that Israel should never be used as a political football.” Although Vice President Joe Biden has not committed to attending the speech, this seems like pressure, not a full-on boyc…

A Theology of Anger: Forgiveness For White Supremacy Derails Action and Alienates Young Black Activists

By Joshua L. Lazard

…any millennial black activists, one’s blackness is not divorced from one’s spirituality. And ultimately, for many, spirituality comes second. For many, it was not that the family of Dylann Roof’s victims actually forgave, it was how immediately they did so. The conversation expanded beyond the Charleston murders to the long history of forgiveness in the black American experience as a response to crimes against humanity. Forgiveness, to the black a…

Should Barbie Get Her Feet Washed at Church?

By Mary E. Hunt

…uld have her feet washed I would probably say yes. But I would urge her to skip the ceremony, stay home, and take a nice hot bath on her own. Or, she might want to join some of her friends in a mutual foot washing if she wants to live out the true meaning of the symbolism. I would caution her, no matter her body type, to avoid places where her person is reduced to her anatomy and her spirituality is defined and circumscribed by someone else. Barbi…

Call Yourself Evangelical, Isaiah 11, or Orville Redenbacher, But Don’t Organize Under it

By Daniel Schultz

…an the substance of the matter being discussed. Instead, the professionals skip the label and point out the error itself: “You’re attacking me, rather than my position,” or “You seem to be confusing causation with correlation,” and so on. That keeps the focus where it should be, and so the philosophers say, allows for more productive discussion. My point, at long last, being that we don’t have time to argue about whether somebody’s really a Christ…

Time’s Up For Politely Anti-LGBTQ Christianity: The Truth About “We Want to Be Known By What We’re For, Not What We’re Against”

By George Mekhail

…ning to demonstrate at the Pride parade added to this mythology. Opting to skip the Pride protest, as one of the largest, most influential Churches in the region, was in fact an affront to mainstream evangelical Christianity. Back then, it wasn’t just Westboro Baptist that protested Pride; churches often showed up in force, solidifying Christianity’s legacy as chief oppressor of the LGBTQ community. So much for “being known by what we are for, not…

10 Years Later: An American Muslim Looks Back at Iraq

By Haroon Moghul

…e freight elevator. Some folks were buying furniture from me, and while we waited, we started talking. Five years ago, if I remember right, she came to this country. I could not imagine what it would feel like for an Iraqi to find refuge in America, and I wasn’t about to unleash those feelings with a silly, ill-timed question. The introvert finds refuge in his words. But the emotions he cannot speak he sends out to far more people than would hear…

UPDATE: Sam Brownback as Religious Freedom Ambassador? His Distinguished Predecessor Hopes for the Best

By Peter Laarman

…to my assessment of Gov. Brownback: It was thought by many that #45 might skip appointing an ambassador at large for religious freedom, especially as Rex Tillerson is apparently trying to cut down on such special portfolios at the Dept. of State. Plus Trump’s only recorded “thought” regarding international religious freedom has been his pandering notion that good Christians everywhere are having a hard time of it, mainly due to the dark forces of…

Updated: My Work on Confederate Monuments Leaves This Christian Ethicist Distrustful of Calls for Reconciliation and Healing

By Ryan Andrew Newson

…ne should care about reconciliation—but reconciliation of this sort. And everyone should reject calls to come together that seek to skip every single one of these steps….

Recent Debates Highlight Democrats’ Antisemitism Blind Spot—But It’s Not What You Think

By Nylah Burton

…re that the majority of the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls chose to skip the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, citing deep disappointment in the treatment of Palestinians. However, as Kamala Harris’ photo-op with California AIPAC leaders (taken after committing to not attending the conference) suggests, this may be more about the preservation of optics for the sake of a high-stakes campaign. https://twitter.c…

SCOTUS’ Bladensburg Cross Ruling Is a Church-State Mess

By Andrew L. Seidel

…cation of legal principle and intelligent reason to the case, one needs to skip to the sixty-seventh page, to Ginsburg’s dissent with Sotomayor. “Decades ago, this Court recognized that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution demands governmental neutrality among religious faiths, and between religion and nonreligion,” she wrote. “Precisely because the cross symbolizes these sectarian beliefs, it is a common marker for…