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Israel’s Immigration Debate: “Where is the Jewish Spirit?”

By Mati Wagner

…mpact here. Waves of immigration, especially from countries conquered under 19th-century colonialism, have swept across Europe. With foreigners expected to become a majority in several of their cities, Europeans are undergoing a wrenching cultural soul-search. Doomsayers warn of the advent of Eurabia and the imminent demise of European culture. In the United States, meanwhile, a controversial immigration law granting law enforcement officers wider…

On the 40th Anniversary of Hyde, A Theological Defense of Reproductive Justice

By Anita Little

…e. So despite the right to an abortion being enshrined in Roe v. Wade since 1973, not all women have equal access. As Hyde approaches its 40th anniversary on September 30th, many reproductive justice organizations have mobilized to bring increased attention to the unfair policy, one of them being SisterReach, a Memphis-based nonprofit that fights for the reproductive autonomy of underserved women and girls. I spoke to Rev. Faye London, who rallies…

National Association of Evangelicals Supports Immigration Reform, But Elsewhere Discord Reigns

By Donna Schaper

…saying that it will include a path to citizenship for at least some of the 12 million undocumented immigrants now in the United States, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is stepping up the pace of deportations of those same persons. Why? Because of cheap politics and the sneer. And also because people of faith have started fighting among themselves instead of working to resolve the problems. We should be in charge of helping politici…

I Agree: Critical Race Theory is Indeed Incompatible With Southern Baptist Convention’s ‘Faith and Message’

By Miguel A. De La Torre

…he enslavement of Black bodies, located within an empire carved out of the cheap labor and natural resources stolen from the Global South, future seminarians at these six institutions can continue, without any pangs of conscience, to lift their eyes to the heavens in thanksgiving to their white God, who richly blessed them according to the loving mercies God holds for “his” chosen. But woe unto us who lack faithfulness to whiteness and insist on m…

After Orlando: Love Wins, But When?

By Daniel Schultz

…outhern France, which contains ancient, astonishing paintings discovered in 1994. They are filled with wonder, color, raw power, more life-like than life. But here’s the thing: scientists say rockfall closed the cave to the outside ages ago. Chauvet and its contents went unseen for 28,000 years while the world continued around it, summer to winter and back, a million griefs and more ignored in all that time. The hope of the dead feels like that so…

Holding Out for a Hero: New ID Book Aims to Save You From Despair of Evolution

By Kriti Sharma

…chances that a computer randomly assigning letters to spaces would guess a 100-letter sentence correctly on the first try? The chances are pretty darn low. But evolution is more forgiving than that. Getting all 100 residues in their exact order is usually not necessary for a protein to function—often, the majority can be substituted for other residues. It’s as if our computer only had to get the vowels completely correct, but could substitute con…

Seeking Broad Appeal to US Christians, ‘God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism’ Glosses Over Critical Context

By Chrissy Stroop

…can do no wrong is a goal that gets in the way of the goal of warning the American public about the danger of Christian nationalism, both because it detracts from the coherence of the film’s storytelling and because it reinforces the Christian privilege that pervades American society and ultimately benefits authoritarian Christians. Now, in addition to its high production value, God & Country has its moments. Seidel’s debunking of Christian natio…

70th National Prayer Breakfast Made ‘Cosmetic’ Changes, But Biden Delivered the Same Old Tone-Deaf ‘Unity’ Message

By Chrissy Stroop

…individual. Biden went on to hit many notes that are alienating to secular Americans and much of the Democratic base, sacralizing American political life and calling for “unity” and “comity” with those who want to deprive the marginalized of their rights. Gushing over the NPB itself, Biden stated that he was “honored to continue the tradition started by President Eisenhower.” From there, he launched into what amounts to a Christian sermon peppered…

In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education

By Junaid Jahangir

…nging rainbow flags to promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is a cheap tactic if LGBTQ employees are treated poorly when it comes to pay, benefits, leave, promotion, and job security. Divide-and-rule is not a new tactic, for it’s well known in the Indian subcontinent that the British pitted one local Raja against the other based on tribe, religion, or caste—among other factors. The same applies to corporations as they stoke divisiveness…

Evangelicals Clutching Pearls Over Student Debt Relief: Lord Have Mercy!

By Peter Laarman

…n debt crisis has at least some of its origins in decisions made during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to reduce state support for higher education and induce Americans to take out loans so that they might have ‘skin in the game.’ This was part of a larger agenda to degrade the social infrastructure of public life, as policymakers traded easy credit and access to cheap consumer goods for high wages and a measure of economic security. It is no coincidenc…