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Violent, Genocidal Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric Moving to US?

By David Sheen

…civilian casualty.” Kirshner then proclaimed that the Israeli army is “the most moral army in the history of civilization.” It goes without saying that apart from being cruel, such logic is, as many others have noted, identical to the justification used by Osama Bin Laden for the morality of killing civilians on 9/11. That is, Americans (or Israelis) elected a government that acted unjustly or criminally, therefore Americans (or Israelis) as a who…

Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again

By Phyllis Zagano

…ed as a précis of the longer essay. So we translated that, too. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? Women were ordained as deacons and can be so ordained again. Is there anything you had to leave out? Actually, no. We worked very hard on the translation and our publishers were very generous with their plans for it. The shorter essay appeared in Worship, the journal for scholars of liturgy published at St. John’s in Collegevill…

Norway Massacre Suspect Anders Behring Breivik, Hitler, & the Jerusalem Post Editorial

By Sarah Posner

…ion in Norway and elsewhere. While there is absolutely no justification for the sort of heinous act perpetrated this weekend in Norway, discontent with multiculturalism’s failure must not be delegitimatized or mistakenly portrayed as an opinion held by only the most extremist elements of the Right. *Large chunks of the manifesto are wholesale copied from the books, articles, or websites or other writings of conservative writers, including, apparen…

Conservative Christians Oppose New ‘Inter-Religious’ University

By Philip Clayton

…duate Theological Union in Berkeley; its website calls it “the largest and most diverse partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States, pursuing interreligious collaboration in teaching, research, ministry, and service.” Why would this relatively benign-sounding news frighten conservatives so deeply? Yet resistance from the Christian Right has already been swift and strong. Even prior to the June 9th announcement, conservative…

Gay Marriage to End “Culture Wars”?

By Bill Berkowitz

…efinitely have their work cut our for them in California. According to the most recent Field Poll, Proposition 8 is opposed by 51 percent of likely voters with 42 percent in favor. “Starting out behind is usually an ominous sign for a proposition,” Mark DiCamillo, director of the nonpartisan Field Poll, said. “Over 90 percent of propositions that start out behind get taken down.” The new poll—conducted July 8 through July 14, based on surveys with…

Air Kissing the Mezuzah: Religion and Science Collide in Fight Against Virus

By Shalom Goldman

…n of toilets) there is a mezuzah, the Jewish ritual object. A widespread custom among religiously observant Jews is to “kiss the mezuzah” (by touching it with your hand and then kissing your hand) as one enters and leaves a room. A research team of Asaf Harofe found that all hospital mezuzahs tested had picked up dangerous bacteria that could be easily transmitted to patients and visitors alike. Informed of these findings, Chief Rabbi Amar stated…

Lifestyles of the Rich and Pious

By Patricia Miller

….S. is $174,200. Not surprisingly, that list includes some of the nation’s most outspoken conservative bishops—and allies of the Republican Party—who seem to take the whole “prince of the church” thing more literally than some of their fellow prelates. Here’s a rundown: • New York Cardinal Timothy “Capitalism is King but you can get your birth control at 7-11” Dolan lives in a 15,000-square foot neo-Gothic mansion on Madison Avenue appraised at $3…

New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’

By Chrissy Stroop

…ell, Christian nationalism is the ideology behind a theocratic movement of mostly white Christians who are motivated by the beliefs that America was founded as a Christian or “Judeo-Christian” country; that the nation has a special calling from God and will be blessed if its leaders are “obedient” to him–and they do mean “him.” For Christian nationalists, the suggestion that God could be referred to by any pronouns other than the masculine ones is…

Play to Extinction: Religious Groups Unite Against Predatory Gambling

By Frederick Clarkson

…not an ethical way to raise revenue, because it hurts the poorest and the most vulnerable.” Clergy, she says, understand this because they are “on the front line of the brokenness in their communities” and because “most clergy have interacted with gambling addicts.” The Battle of Massachusetts Casino Free Mass (CFM), a formal coalition comprising religious right, left, and secular organizations includes, among others, the League of Women Voters,…

The Fire This Time

By Anthea Butler

…he respectability blacks who wish we’d all just get out of the streets and stop protesting. I won’t miss the well-meaning white people who try to commiserate, but won’t have a substantive conversation, or commit to fighting for justice and equality for brown and black people. I won’t miss the large majority of the Asian American community that remains silent. And I sure as hell won’t miss the fake Christianity of conservative white evangelicals. Y…