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On Eve of Sudan Split Clashes Continue

By Ashley Makar

…th the SPLM are mobilizing in the Nuba Mountains to fight for a secular, democratic, autonomous state of their own in oil-rich South Kordofan. And in Abyei, there were direct clashes between the SPLM and the Sudanese army in late May. I last saw William on a kibbutz in Israel, where he was seeking asylum. It was three days before the January 2011 referendum in which the Southern Sudanese voted to secede from the North. While his friends in Tel Avi…

Fear of a Catholic Ghetto

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…stop a hypothetical patient from picking the option they like best, from among several convenient locations near their home? Well, gosh, where to begin? Possibly their employer health coverage? The place where they live? The fact that sometimes – such as in emergency situations — you can’t exercise consumer choice? (Obviously I’m talking more broadly than contraception here, but I think it’s important to remember that the needs of a criticall…

Gas For Two Bucks a Gallon? Bachmann Taps a Pipeline to the American Sacred

By Rosamond C. Rodman

…. In doing so, they mirror sacred reality and thus transform chaos into cosmos. Curiously, modern American city centers eschew the car, preserving it for pedestrians and public transport. Indeed, the epicenters seem designed to embrace not the individual but the public, not the private capsule of the car, but shared and civic space. The federal highway system—the real America—on the other hand, operates as a widely dispersed, center-less system fo…

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

By Chrissy Stroop

…re it’s the case that most Americans would prefer to live in a friendlier, more humane, more united country; I certainly would. But there can be no cheap or easy unity in a country torn apart by an increasingly fascist Right. Troublingly, establishment Democrats like Biden seem unwilling to hear that comity with unreconstructed bigots will only legitimize and empower them in their authoritarian lust for power, causing severe harm to—to use a bibli…

The Bible is a Good Book, But God Didn’t Write It

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ing for our own experiences and lives. This, Spong argues, makes the Bible more than a manual for morality, but a living document. Religion Dispatches had the chance to talk with Bishop Spong about his new book, as well as his take on how religion has been shaping—and misshaping—the political landscape. __________ RD: One of the things you are fighting against in this book is a literal reading of the Bible. Why do you believe people insist on read…

Possible Heir to Dalai Lama Cleared of Corruption Charges

By Tsering Namgyal

…e crime the Karmapa and his community were accused of (warehousing Chinese money in monks’ dwellings) but why the Indian government, host to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leadership, chose to target him. For many observers, the widely-hyped investigation was an indication of the intensifying strain between India and China regarding Tibet, and an ominous suggestion of trouble to come for the Tibetan culture-in-exile once the Dalai Lama, now 75, is gone….

How To Control Your Ungodly Urges… On a Budget!

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…o doesn’t love skinks? 6. Willpower! Is magical! 7. Find an accountability partner! Every time you are tempted to sexually harass a stranger, call your partner and make a confession. 8. Wear a rubber band around your wrist and snap it every time you think about harassing a woman! Rubber bands are cheap – mere cents. Why, you could snap yourself with a rubber band more-or-less constantly for the next year, for a fraction of what any of those fancyp…

A Truly Fearless Human Being: Rev. Howard Moody, 1921-2012

By Tom Davis

…dimension of empathy. Perhaps the best tribute to him came from one of our number who famously and irreverently said: “I put my trust in Howard Moody and God, in that order.” We are forever grateful for this good man. ____________ Editor’s Note: As a generalist, an editor frequently must guide and shape work on unfamiliar topics. Having heard only that Rev. Moody was one of those “hip, old preachers in the Village,” I set out to do the obligatory…

“Hey You! Anti-Semite!”: A Jewish Krewe does Mardi Gras

By Barbra Barnett

…while I did see a few expressions of shock and confusion in the crowd, the most common reaction was: “Throw me something, I’m Jewish, too!” The main reason that I joined was for the opportunity to participate in New Orleans culture and tradition as an insider, a goal that can sometimes take generations to achieve in this close-knit town—a goal shared by most of the members that I spoke with on Saturday, many of whom are young newcomers to the city…

Watching Preachers’ Daughters Right After the Boston Bombings While Teaching a Class on Augustine’s Confessions

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…nfant daughter while she takes a brief trip to visit to her sister Emily’s modeling shoot—which she and her older sister Audrey end up being part of. Tawni Koloff, as part of a slumber party with her sisters, gets a tattoo while their mother Victoria is out of town. Victoria is not a fan of tattoos; she sees them as being at odds with treating one’s body as a temple. So here’s the thing: I wish that Christian reflection on moral behavior did not h…