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Zeitgeist A Blend Of Skepticism, Metaphysical Spirituality, and Conspiracy

By Michael J. Altman

…ine, whose quote appears in the film, argued in “An Essay on the Origin of Free-Masonry” that Christianity and Masonry both “derived from the worship of the sun. The difference between their origin is, that the Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the sun.” Paine also argued that churches were mea…

Where in the World is Sarah Palin?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ave lyrical geographical names (like Mount Pisgah, Mount Tabor, Macedonia, Jordan and Jericho), she can still help him… maybe. But even among conservative Christians there are deep disagreements in this election—about the Bail Out, social policy, economic justice, the War. The two parties are now complex coalitions, not homogeneous monoliths. The more fractious coalition loses; this has been so for thirty years or more. The Republican coalition hi…

Anti-Choice Activists to Use Planned Parenthood Vote as Campaign Issue

By Sarah Posner

…ufficiently ideological pure. As the American Center for Law and Justice’s Jordan Sekulow noted in his Daily Caller piece, they are hoping to do damage to the Democratic base: “Although this continues to be an uphill battle, an unsuccessful vote that puts senators on the record helps get us closer to a Congress that has the political will to defund Planned Parenthood once and for all. Until then, our government will continue to fund one of the DNC…

Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014

By Daniel Silliman

…ican religious history, including There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America and Martin Luther King: An Inconvenient Hero, Harding taught at Illiff School of Theology in Denver, Colo. for more than 20 years. Nelson Bunker Hunt A Texas billionaire remembered mostly for his business exploits, Nelson Bunker Hunt bankrolled the religious right. He underwrote many Campus Crusade’s projects, including the 1967 “Berkley Blitz,”the $6 mil…

Sacred&Profane: On Sexual Diversity, Perversity, and Ecstasy

By Gary Laderman

…ndividual beyond the sensual pleasures of his or her body? Does sacred sex promote values in harmony with America’s highest principles of individual freedoms and the pursuit of happiness? After the 1960s, and to the present, public debate and awareness about the answers no longer depend solely on narrow, usually contradictory, Christian principles and doctrines. These days, answers come from Americans who publicly challenge limits on their pursuit…

Frank Gaffney Appointed to Clarion Fund Board

By Sarah Posner

…nizations; after the Washington Post hired Christian right lawyer-activist Jordan Sekulow as a blogger last month, Politico’s Ben Smith reported that Torossian, a “frequent Gawker target,” repeatedly pitched reporters with Sekulow’s implausible expertise in a wide variety of subjects.) Despite those denials, the Aish-Clarion ties were unmistakable in my 2008 reporting: In fact, at least six top Aish HaTorah officials are tied to “Obsession” via Ai…

Talking Justice on Twitter: “We Are Breaking Down Barriers”

By Arafat Kabir

…ifficult life can be for those who want freedom, those who want to oppress freedom, and for those who try to mediate the difference. Each day we hear of Israeli actions that lead to continued oppression of the West Bank and Gaza; we hear of Gazans who shoot rockets in despair and anger at Israel; and, we hear of America, the closest ally Israel has, pretending to be an honest broker between its ally Israel and the nation Israel is oppressing. We a…

Debunking the Myth That Democracy Is “Incompatible” With Islam

By Asma Afsaruddin

…number of Muslim-majority countries, the preference was even stronger. In Jordan, for example, 54% of men and 55% of women want Sharia to be the only source of legislation. Interestingly, from a comparative perspective, a 2006 Gallup poll indicated that 46% of Americans say that they want the Bible to be a source of legislation. These findings corroborate earlier studies conducted by Robert Inglehart and Pippa Norris which allowed them to conclud…

Updated with Audio: Secular Good, Muslim Bad: Unveiling Tunisia’s Revolution

By Haroon Moghul

…red to cover their heads, they enjoy a spectrum of civil rights, including free contraception, that are well beyond those in most countries in the region. To repeat, there’s little “Islamist fervor” in Tunisia because Islamist fervor—something as benign as fasting in Ramadan—can land one in some very hot water. (Put that into perspective: imagine our government preventing folks from observing Lent.) But let’s not end there. Tunisia is also differe…

‘Traditional’ Christianity vs. ‘Liberals’? It’s Not That Simple

By Mark D. Jordan

On New Year’s day, Peter Steinfels posted his last “Beliefs” column for the New York Times. Reviewing twenty years of occasional commentary, he reflected on the polarization of American religious rhetoric: Not only abortion and older questions of public morality and church-state relations, recently heightened by the political mobilization of conservative believers, but also newer issues like embryonic stem-cell research, physician-assisted suicid…