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Two Wars and No Peace in Sight: The Role of Faith-Based Pacifism

By Richard Ricketts

…e at peacemaking. Many people think that all we have to do is stand with a sign or poster and things will change. Generally, peacemaking is a far more complex and multifaceted process than that. What about the idea that violence is inherent in human nature? I think that a lot of people believe that all human and animal life is driven by the survival of the fittest. Many people assume that we are innately aggressive and thus nonviolence is against…

Needle Exchange Gets Religion

By Sara Friedman

…their own needle exchange programs for injecting drug users. An even more significant sign may be the growing voice(s) of religion, joining science and faith in holy matrimony. In the last decade or so, since religion has taken on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it has done so unevenly and in fits and starts. In areas of care and treatment, the concept of sin has given way to human weakness, and punishment to compassion. On the issue of prevention (especi…

Taking the Economy Back From the Elites: Blessed Are the Organized

By Nathan Schneider

…ndependent and organized to hold him to anything. Do you think there was a sign of hope for grassroots organizing in the U.S. during the occupation of the Madison capitol building? I definitely took the events in Madison as a hopeful sign. One could see a lot of Thoreau’s sleepers waking up and beginning the process of getting their act together. But the real question is whether the organizational work that comes out of that event takes full advan…

Money, Technology, and the Silence of Churches: A Conversation with Susan Thistlethwaite

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…the wake of the criticism to the point where many Komen executives have resigned—people took to Twitter and Facebook and it happened in just a few days. Another example is Sandra Fluke and the so-called religious freedom battle, which was an anti-contraception battle, and what happened to Rush Limbaugh. He is significantly diminished in both his sponsors and his radio outreach. That was completely a creature of social media—and again driven by wo…

Amid Growing Legitimacy Challenges from its Right and Left, Vatican Seizes Control of the Supernatural — to Prevent ‘Abuses’

By Emma Cieslik

…t or whether it challenges or contradicts the Roman Catholic faith). Those promoting the validity of a rejected event could face penalties from the Church. Of course, this isn’t the first time the Church has pulled rank. According to a series of apparitions in Amsterdam from 1945-1959, Mary herself requested the Church issue a new dogma. The Vatican later intervened in 1974 stating there was no evidence of anything supernatural, and four years lat…

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Cry For the Catholic Church

By Mary E. Hunt

…ome commentators have alleged that the 33-27 vote in the Senate was less a sign of major cultural change than a way for the president’s husband, Nestor Kirchner (former president of Argentina hankering to run again), to look liberal enough to be reelected in 2011. That may well be, but it misses an important religious angle; namely, that the Roman Catholic Church was defeated as soundly as the political opposition on this one. Maybe it is a sign o…

Gay and Christian and About to Lose Their Jobs

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…that institutions such as the military and private Christian colleges, who promote the ideas of honesty and integrity would force their members to adhere to statements that may result in employees feeling they must lie or hide to protect their livelihoods. Certainly, those who don’t like it can find new jobs and Shorter will have the employee base it wants — good, obedient, homogenized Christians who gladly sign a list of beliefs and adhere to the…

Hell in a Cell: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Reflects the Growing Belief That Cocksure Men Will Save Us in the Battle of Good v. Evil

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…oles because they’re celibate and take on domestic duties that are often assigned to women. By contrast, The Exorcist’s Father Karras is a boxer who grew up in the slums. When not investigating the demonic, he’s shown either working out or drinking and smoking with his fellow Jesuits. Now, this was the sort of priest who could fight for traditionalism. Significantly, Amorth named The Exorcist as his favorite film. In his 1999 book An Exorcist Tell…

Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…s worldwide had mounted a campaign urging President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the law; they were joined by U.S. officials. Among those urging Museveni not to sign the law was retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, who had spoken personally with Museveni. Said Tutu: “We must be entirely clear about this: the history of people is littered with attempts to legislate against love or marriage across class, caste, and race. But ther…

Creationism and Evolution are Competing ‘Myths’

By Kelly E. Hayes

…ctions overlap significantly. While initially the ichthys symbol may have simply conveyed the owner’s identity as a Christian, the popular circulation of the Darwin variant seems to have narrowed the original’s semantic range in such a way that it now signifies a commitment to the creationist narrative over and against the evolutionist narrative. Thus one finds the ichthys symbol inscribed with the word “truth,” as well as other modifications, inc…