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The Sacred and the Dead: Operator, Can You Help Me?

By Maren Haynes

…nny familiarity given our distance in physical space and time. I sang in a new church recently where the pastor realized she knew my name from somewhere. “Are you friends with the Hackett family on Facebook?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. That’s how she knew me. Virtually. Through pixels on a screen and shared aquaintances. Like Pound, I sometimes find it effervescently exciting, all this connection. I’m thoroughly guilty both of offering too much…

Christianity-Lite, in 140 Characters or Fewer?

By Pauline Hope Cheong

…meditative music. Interestingly, with this digital Stations presentation, user interactivity is elevated to another level online, with enhanced visual and sensory appeals. Media spectacle here is presented as a Web version of the Stations of the Cross, and believers are urged to click and “pray as you go” online. To be sure, narratives have historically been powerful to satiate human urges for meaning, security, and belonging. Today, the communal…

Hajj Journal: Using the Toilet at the Grand Mosque

By Amina Wadud

…alright, but like the toilet, I don’t know what made it impossible for the user to at least keep the seat dry!? Maybe this was the result of the overall cleaning method, because it was also clear that the rooms were serviced, and I even saw one of the cleaning ladies. Anyway, I chose the one with the least amount of water on the seat and counted on the heat to dry the rest, as it did in no time at all. Still, it was pretty minimal damage and if no…

MIT, Facing Opposition to Extremist Speaker, Might Try Google Next Time

By Murali Balaji

…communities have been particularly targeted by Swamy, and he’s a prolific user of Twitter, underscoring the argument that right-wing septuagenarians and social media don’t mix. While Swamy is a trained economist, and the conference is on the Indian economy, the MIT backlash shows that organizers of such events should probably just use common sense. In the broader scheme of things, Swamy (whose daughter is married to a Muslim) is a fringe politici…

The Problem With Solving The Abortion Problem

By Daniel Schultz

User Ramona at TPMCafe reacts to Wednesday’s health care reform conference call between Pres. Obama and religious leaders: What struck me about this entire event — these thousands of religious leaders conferring with the president about how best to use their community to do good works — is how little we’ve heard from these people, as opposed to those leaders on the Religious Right who use their names and their clout to fight any attempt to rein i…

Twitter of Faith: Microblogging the Divine

By Pauline Hope Cheong

…this case, the “Twitness,” has emerged to shape the blogosphere, creating new faith connections. Twitter asks the simple question: “What are you doing?” Some evangelical Christian groups are harnessing these coincident messaging flows to strengthen their religious communication via synchronized prayer. Consider the Calvin Institute of Worship’s setup of an automated Twitter feed to “pray the hours.” Inspired by the Holy Scripture’s injunctions to…

In OK, a “Christian” And a “Muslim” Decapitation Challenge “Religious” Violence Narrative

By Joseph Laycock

…rin’s situation, including the fact that he was described as a “heavy drug user.” Furthermore, in 1998, Marin’s father was murdered by a man dating his mother. His mother received a 12-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, though her conviction was overturned in 2008. Conversely, police captain Randy Dickerson asserted that Marin’s religious beliefs were “not pertinent,” but this too seems overstated. Marin’s initial call to the police de…

Christian Nationalism Was the Loser of Tuesday’s Debate

By Chrissy Stroop

…this question was only posed directly to the Jewish candidates, as Twitter user @JillSteinberg3 pointed out: “Apparently the question was directed only at the Jews on the stage. So very bizarre. My heart sunk.” It was good to see Sanders and Warren both argue for the U.S.’s traditional foreign policy goal of a two-state solution, which the Trump administration has done so much to undermine, and Sanders’ willingness to state outright that Israeli P…

Patriotism and Piety—Not For Conservatives Only

By Ira Chernus

…d get to work. Of course many liberals already do. And there lies the good news. The United States has a rich heritage of liberal (and even radical) political views being promoted by religious people and congregations. Millions of Americans seek sanctity in their lives, humble themselves before a higher power (however they understand it), and realize that liberal policies will foster a safer, more orderly life for themselves and their community. B…

New Poll Shows Most Americans Don’t Care about Romney’s Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…w wrote, “only Mitt Romney has broad potential appeal.” Only Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul come close to Romney in name recognition, but more than 60% of voters say they would never vote for any of them. The Pew survey also shed new statistical light on a favorite subject of media and Republican handwringing: Romney’s Mormonism. A healthy majority of Americans (68%) say that it would not matter to them if a presidential candidate was M…