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Orthodox Rabbi Imitates Pat Robertson

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…cific affiliations. The group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews have apparently been around since 1945, and “seeks to promulgate the cause of Torah-true Judaism through an organized rabbinate that is consistently Orthodox.” Levin says he agrees “with Eileen Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness that this will hurt the cohesiveness of the military, cause many to leave the army, and dramatically lower the number of recruits, perhaps leading to the rein…

Conservative Christians Oppose New ‘Inter-Religious’ University

By Philip Clayton

…ith one leader or another, committed to one position or the other. Middle ground collapses.” Admittedly, the inter-religious university at Claremont will face challenges. Can the school maintain high standards for rigorous religious education? Will graduates continue to be well-versed in their own traditions? Or will the result be a syncretistic blending that pulls the new university away from any clear Christian (or Jewish or Muslim) identity, mo…

Are School Districts Getting the Message on Government-Sponsored Prayer?

By Lauri Lebo

…to science class in violation of the Constitution, other school districts around the country could be finally paying heed? True, it’s not exactly a victory for reason and sober respect for religious freedom, but, hey, it means that maybe, just maybe, school boards are getting the message that violating the Constitution comes with a hefty price tag. In northern Indiana, a school district voted to end an elementary school Bible class after their law…

Fox Makes Mockery Of Promise To Rein In Beck’s Anti-Semitism

By Sarah Posner

…rty” leaders, Glenn Beck is one of the most vitriolic, and – with more than 800 hours of on-air time a year – the most visible. His portrayal of Soros today as the “Puppet Master,” as the special was called, evokes anti-Semitic stereotypes from the “devaluer of many currencies” to “advocate for one world government” from “anti-American” to “thinks he’s smarter than the rest of us.” Beck’s words have consequences. They advance a world view that ult…

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

By Sarah Posner

…of the UK and France) as we only have 1 million in Western Europe, whereas 800,000 out of these 1 million live in France and the UK. The US on the other hand, with more than 6 million Jews (600% more than Europe) actually has a considerable Jewish problem. But please learn the difference between a nation-wrecking multiculturalist Jew and a conservative Jew. He then offers clues as to why he targeted fellow Norwegians, even though he claims to lov…

Lifestyles of the Rich and Pious

By Patricia Miller

CNN’s Belief Blog has a great rundown of the lavish homes of American archbishops who haven’t gotten the memo from Pope Francis about a “church which is poor and for the poor.” CNN reports that “10 of the 34 active archbishops in the United States live in buildings worth more than $1 million.” The median home value in the U.S. is $174,200. Not surprisingly, that list includes some of the nation’s most outspoken conservative bishops—and allies of…

Racist Remarks by popular BYU Religion Professor Spark Controversy

By Joanna Brooks

…missionaries, to as many as 3,000 students a year. This semester, more than 800 students are registered in Professor Bott’s classes. (Eleven are registered for BYU’s African-American history course this semester.) Professors at BYU routinely find themselves having to address racist and sexist content taught in Bott’s classes, and many are outraged and embarrassed by his rogue remarks to the Washington Post, say sources at the university. “Dr. Bott…

My God, David Brooks

By John Modern

…nviction. For Taylor, these attitudes, conventions, and sensibilities are grounded in the human, ultimately protected by the buffer that is the inheritance of our secular age. But what happens, asks Mahmood, when choice is overwhelmed by an attitude adopted, a convention encountered? What about those things that exceed the human? How to account for one’s susceptibility to the sensibility of others—people, of course, but animals, machines, New York…

Did the Pope Embrace the Prosperity Gospel?

By Sarah Posner

…two expensive jets and other airplanes around the world, including regular trips to their multi-million chalet-style mansion in Steamboat Springs, Colo. • Tony Palmer, a former employee of Copeland, is ordained with the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (CEEC), a small offshoot unrelated to the main Episcopal denomination. The CEEC also ordained Gene Ewing, creator of St. Matthew’s Churches, who for decades has been running a direct-mail…

Something So Broken: What’s Frightening About Beasts of the Southern Wild

By Michael Pasquier

…l film. As I sat in New Orleans’ Prytania Theater for a weekday matinee surrounded by dozens of retirees and a handful of college students, I was in the Bathtub; I observed the world through a child’s eyes; I witnessed a hurricane and a flood; I met an auroch; I watched a man die; and I saw a home vanish. I think I felt what Zeitlin wanted me to feel. He tore at my organs with all of his “precise temporal means” and left me swimming through Hushpu…