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Imagine No Religion: Sustaining Morality Without God

By Konstantin Petrenko

…. This means that whether or not objective values exist, religion is not a reliable way to determine what they are. Isn’t it intellectually honest to admit that we are always struggling toward the truth rather than claim that we have already reached that knowledge? Our rapidly changing world calls for a flexible, forward-looking ethic that allows for pluralism and moral progress. Religion can play a role in the future evolution of morality, but on…

Using Science to Diss Religion

By Evan Derkacz

…lly, Democrats are religious!!” All this despite the lack of evidence from reliable independent sources that it’s made any difference. In any case, the careless treatment of data that effectively portrays religious people in a bad light only bolsters the absurd claim that anyone to the left of John Boehner is anti-religion. This isn’t a problem unique to Salon and AlterNet and it probably has more to do with lack a of familiarity with religion an…

RDPulpit: Rahm Emanuel No Reason for Celebration

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…onservative and militarist than the mainstream of the Party, they were not reliable allies when it came to voting against war funding. Instead of cutting funds for the war, Nancy Pelosi’s House increased the funding, explaining that they had to appear “responsible” in order to solidify their control of Congress in 2008. Clever? Not for the people, Americans and Iraqis, killed or wounded in the meantime. This was no mistake on Emanuel’s part. Rahm…

The Question is: What Kind of Football Does God Fancy?

By Jeffrey Scholes

…s to inject his God into it. The God that rewards hard work, not magic; is reliable, not capricious; and honors skill, not chance is the one that was the Packers’ fan on Sunday night, according to Rodgers. Or at least this is the God who can be used to rebuke bad theologies given at bad times by the opposing team. We can only hope that Wilson’s God will rear its head during their next matchup because if God is still a Packers’ fan, then the game m…

An Immoderate Proposal: Sam Rodriguez, “Centrist” Evangelical, to Give Benediction at RNC

By Sarah Posner

…part because they are not sufficiently numerous to provide a statistically reliable sample size. Rodriguez told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes recently, “There’s a brand new movement emerging in America. It’s center-right, it’s not hard right, it’s that circle of protection, but with social conservative values that do not alienate or polarize.” Given his fondness for comparing abortion rights supporters with a king who tried to murder the baby Jesus, Rodrigu…

Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet

By Katherine Kelaidis

…t going to condemn the violence in Ukraine. In fact, he’s proven himself a reliable supporter of Putin’s regime and its program of aggression. The Patriarch’s support of the war has become increasingly unsustainable for those under his ecclesiastical authority, in Ukraine and beyond. Orthodox priests in Russia have broken rank, speaking out against the war. Prominent Russian Orthodox churches and seminaries in Western Europe, under the authority o…

Health Care as Moral Drama

By Ira Chernus

…nnacle of power. The office of POTUS once served most white Americans as a reliable symbol of familiar hierarchical structure. Is it just an accident that he lives in the “White House”? But now that house is occupied by the world’s leading symbol of racial, cultural, and political ambiguity. His motives often seem as mixed as his racial heritage. The seemingly nonsensical quest to find Obama’s “true” birthplace outside the US makes perfect sense i…

Let My Preachers Endorse: A Modest Church-State Proposal

By Michael Leo Owens

…ioneer. Fortunately, religious adherents are among the most charitable and reliable of American givers, and they mainly give to religious nonprofits. Congregations as social welfare organizations would endure as long as members and visitors have reasons to continue to tithe and donate to them. Congregations, however, should have the choice to redesignate as social welfare organizations. After all, as scholarship on the political behavior of congre…

No God but Country: The Religion of John McCain Has Something Important to Tell Us

By Kathryn Lofton

…ent, and maybe it matters to you. McCain has noted several times that the “number one issue… that people should [use to] make a selection of the president of the United States [is] will this person carry on in the Judeo-Christian principle that has made this nation the greatest experiment in the history of mankind?” A person’s faith is, according to McCain, an “important part of our qualifications to lead.” Bracketing his dubious grasp of constitu…

It Is About the Hijab: Wheaton College and the Narrowing Criteria for Evangelical Belonging

By Hollis Phelps

…upshot. The stated hope is that the definition will provide a better, more reliable standard for understanding evangelicalism in the United States. The definition makes it possible, for instance, to identify “evangelicals” across different, sometimes ignored spectrums. Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research, has said of the definition, “Some people are living out the evangelical school of thought but may not embrace the label. And the…