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The Social Science Animal: Brooks Argues for Emotion over Reason

By Beatrice Marovich

…New Upper Class and How They Got There) in order to make a broader, socially analytical point. It seems as though Brooks wants to give Harold and Erica some spark, some spunk, some redeeming qualities. But, in the end, they seem nothing more than strange satires of Brooks himself. Harold (the white American man who grows up in a comfortable middle-class family), is Brooksian in the obvious sense, while Erica is born into poverty, grows up in a ho…

The Pundits and the Dominionists

By Julie Ingersoll

…tionists themselves hold a view of knowledge that says that there are really only two possible worldviews (a biblical one and a humanist one that comes in several varieties) and that both worldview are in a conflict for dominion (so in their view “we” are fighting for it too). Its not that Rushdoony’s views of the biblical punishment for homosexuality have become widely accepted. The real influence is much more subtle: it’s in the now-multiple g…

Jesus Christ and Super Stars: How The Holy Rolled Mainstream in Pop Music

By Alana Massey

…ty.” The Pitchfork review of the album is more flattering but describes it lyrically as “a world of cannibalism, elastic sexuality and freaks of nature” rather than recognizing those elements as sacramental, devotional, and transfigured. Neither review makes mention of whole, explicit verses like, “And when we break we’ll wait for our miracle/God is a place where some holy spectacle lies/When we break we’ll wait for our miracle/God is a place you…

Introducing the Dr. Who Media Club

By James F. McGrath

…box—think phone booth—but it’s bigger on the inside than the outside, can fly, and may actually be a living creature. He adventures through time and space, usually accompanied by one or more human companions who assist him in righting wrongs, liberating the oppressed, fighting alien menaces, and averting unspeakable disasters. His alien origins give him a sharp mind and extraordinary longevity, but his main superpower—and the concept with which th…

Can Atheists Simply Ignore Theology?

By Eric Reitan

…tion. It is a question which, in fact, will probably never be answered wholly or fully. But we cannot ignore the question, because which worldview we adopt makes a big difference for how we live our lives. And so we must struggle to assess the relative merits of the alternatives available to us—something that we simply cannot responsibly do by ignoring those thinkers who, as part of a rich traditional of rigorous inquiry, attempt to construct plau…

With the Death of One of the Last Three Shakers, an American Religious Tradition Takes a Step Closer to Extinction

By Ed Simon

…cience, or the “Inner Light” as Quakers called it, that was the ultimate arbiter of God’s voice. Officially known as “The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing,” the Shakers have never had membership numbers on their side. At their height there were dozens of communities throughout New England, the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest. Despite always being relatively small (as the rigors of their religious vocation, not to mention the i…

Dear Readers: Letter From an Anonymous Liberal Pastor in Trump Country

By Thomas Warming

…tors to do is to watch out for the members of the flock. So I asked, politely and hesitantly, if anyone would agree to come with me to see our member of Congress. He’s a bit behind on the subject of immigration, shall we say. He might need some convincing. One or two people volunteered, which is about what you’d expect from an open invitation. I resolved to ask a few people individually. So it goes. But then, during the last hymn, the same guy who…

Why We Stay: What the History of Mormonism Reveals About the Origins of “Race”

By Max Mueller

…1908. Yet by the time she died, the LDS Church had abandoned the (relatively) racially inclusive policies and theologies of its earliest years. Instead, the church practiced and began to formalize the racist theologies and practices for which it would become infamous during the twentieth century. Initially, I wanted to write a book exploring why James stayed in a church that initially embraced her but, by the time she died, made it clear to her t…

Religion in Real Time on CNN’s “Believer”: A Conversation with Reza Aslan

By Kaya Oakes

…ence in the church as an institution. And this new religion that’s led mostly by women is really powerful—but it speaks to the decline of the Catholic church. Mexico to this day remains the most Catholic country on the planet and yet there’s no question Santa Muerte is beginning to put a real dent in that. Now what’s really fascinating to me is that a great many adherents of Santa Muerte will say: “We’re Catholics, but with an extra saint.” But th…

Rebooting the Universe: Doctor Who part X, Season Finale

By Gabriel Mckee

…d of storytelling that could drive its viewers nuts, if not handled carefully—ultimately, every story relies on a deus ex machina (or, picking up from James’ suggestions about the Doctor’s limited divinity, a machina ex deo). But that’s precisely where much of the show’s charm and drive and sense of sheer wonder come from—the ingenuity of the Doctor, and the ingenuity of his writers in making us believe the impossible. So what happens in “The Big…