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Why Taxing the Rich is the Godly Thing

By Peter Laarman

…ng on mountains of cash while refusing to hire new workers or even restore laid-off workers to company payrolls. Back when we had a bit more clarity and courage about these matters, progressives would have called this situation by its right name: a capital strike. Today, progressives have grown wary about using language like that—they think it’s too provocative and too Marxist-sounding—whereas conservative bloviators like Charles Krauthammer and A…

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…

Richard Dawkins’ Atheist Academy of Unguided Truth

By Paul Wallace

…Who Are You? Do You Believe in God? Why? I was indoctrinated, among other places, at Marist School, a Catholic institution in Atlanta. Among the highlights of my years in that intellectual prison are: a course called “Biblical Archaeology,” in which the points of compliance and non-compliance between the biblical record and archaeology were pointed out; wide-ranging and fully scientific introductions to biological and cosmic evolution; and a Chris…

“Godly Or Bad?”: The Return of Ted Haggard

By J. Terry Todd

…says one. “Every one,” echoes the other. All three men explode in nervous laughter, joined offscreen by a woman’s voice that quips wryly, “There’s a lot of love in this place.” Just in time for Thursday night’s HBO documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard, we’re learning more about just how much love there was at New Life. It turns out that Mike Jones, the Denver gym trainer and escort who went public in 2006 with accusations of sex and drug use wi…

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

By Junaid Jahangir

…y universities allow space for critical inquiry. And, in addition to the petition in support of Dr. López Prater issued by a group of academics specializing in Islamic Studies and allied fields, both the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and even the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have issued statements of support. They’re rightfully concerned about the stifling of academic freedom in universities. But we should also be concerned…

Build the Muslim Community Center at Ground Zero

By Donna Schaper

…. The 9-11 bombing is a terrible tragedy. It is a tragedy with causes in a larger human tragedy, the failure to get along, across culture and religious lines. That failure leads a lack of respect, an appreciation deficit syndrome, which then drives people, especially young men, crazy. They then do crazy things. If people had respect, young men would not be so crazy. Giving people respect stops terrorism. Telling them they can’t even build somethin…

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

By Tom Davis

…but it was equally clear that women were not deterred by those risks; the law did not stop women, it merely placed them in danger. Howard Moody said, “One can only conclude that abortion was directly calculated, whether consciously or not, to be an excessive, cruel, and unnecessary punishment.” All of us who later joined the Clergy Consultation learned the same lesson. Howard Moody opened up the world of women to over 1,400 ministers and rabbis w…

Want a Slurpee with Your Birth Control?

By Patricia Miller

…over to 7-11 and pick some up. Appearing on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Dolan praised the plaintiffs in the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case as inspiring examples of American religious conviction and told guest host Norah O’Donnell that cutting contraception out of insurance policies wasn’t a problem: Is the ability to buy contraceptives, that are now widely available—my Lord, all you have to do is walk into a 7-11 or any shop on any street in Amer…

Why the ‘Confession & Redemption’ Path is Unlikely to Help Falwell Recover from Sex Scandal

By Chrissy Stroop

…sex scandals. He seemed to be largely dodging personal responsibility and placing the bulk of the blame on his wife. This confession appeared to be perfectly designed to serve as the first step of his rehabilitation by situating him as a longsuffering and forgiving husband. But now? “His redemption in evangelical circles will likely depend on which version [of the story] evangelicals accept,” says Du Mez. “If they go with Falwell’s, his path to re…

SoulCycle Looks to Sell its Soul

By Michael Schulson

…ich is across the street from the Goldman Sachs headquarters in Tribeca). Classes with popular instructors sell out in minutes, and patrons can pay upwards of $70 per class in order to get priority booking. “Ultimately, this is what brand religion is all about: stoking emotion with a combination of scarcity and urgency,” writes Virgin executive Ron Faris, covering SoulCycle for the Harvard Business Review. “It’s irrational commerce at its finest.”…