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Talmud on Trial: Interfaith Dialogue in the 13th Century

By Michael Schulson

…the best way to learn about another religion is to study its texts and its official positions. The Paris trial challenges both. Perhaps it’s best to encounter religions in the real world, informally, with a focus on actual actions, not official words. Pope Benedict XVI worked hard to improve the Church’s interfaith profile, with limited success. While his largely positive attitude toward other religions could not have been more different from that…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…them, so we should be killed. We have a lot of dating applications and websites so I think it is very easy to find gay people and therefore to target them.” Reid Smith writes that there are ISIS supporters in Lebanon who would likely support any invaders. “As some LGBTI people in Beirut have lived open lives by the standards of the region, they will be known to their neighbors.” One activist noted ISIS is a threat to “any free human being…It is n…

As COVID-19 Spreads, Nicaragua’s Leaders Opt For Trumpian Denial and Misinformation

By Jeannine M. Pitas

…ave lost two family members who have died of COVID-19, not reported in any official count, and I have another family member who is recovering, also not reported. In the university where I teach, fifteen faculty have died.” While poverty is rampant in Nicaragua, Huete believes that its scientists could be doing much more to collaborate in the global search for a vaccine with better government leadership. “In Costa Rica there is some research on ant…

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By Candace Chellew-Hodge

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Dreaming Cyborg Dreams: Virtual Identity and Religious Experience

By Rachel Wagner

…ended the lives of more than 70 people. According to the Eddo Stern’s Web site, gamers “enter the mind and form of a resurrected David Koresh,” and enter the game’s network “as a Koresh [who] must defend the Branch Davidian compound against internal intrigue, skeptical civilians, rival Koresh, and the inexorable advance of government agents” [my italics]. Within the plastic mask, players are “bombarded with a soundstream of government ‘psy-ops,’…

“The Camp Is a Ceremony”: A Report From Standing Rock

By Marion Grau

…oying our common livelihood. A Site of Pilgrimage Already While a poster onsite says “no pilgrims,” it refers only to the Puritan settlers of history. In fact, the Oceti Sakowin camp receives many pilgrims each day. They come from indigenous nations around the world, and there are many instances of sharing of food and resources. When I was there for the second time, for a few days this week, donations of food were rolling in heavily, firewood was…

Evangelical Pastor Tests First Amendment Waters

By Randall Balmer

…h Dakota [See Mark Bergen’s earlier post here —Eds.]. According to his Web site, Howie is a realtor and “The Tea Party Republican” candidate for governor. His positions appear to be boilerplate hard-right conservative (guns, “pro-life,” “traditional values”), although if his mode of governing in any way resembles his dysfunctional Web site, the people of South Dakota would have been in for a helluva ride with Howie as their governor. Here’s some u…

‘Soul Murder’ in the American Workplace

By Peter Laarman

…yment” returns we will still be encountering a US workplace that remains a site of utter terror in some instances, and a site of routine abuse and low-grade anxiety in others. On this Labor Day, I invite my colleagues in religious leadership to do their own reflecting about the responsibility we share for opening up the almost-taboo subjects of economic oppression and economic violence. “Soul murder” may seem like a very strong characterization of…

What Does God Tweet?, AFA Cites Hitler on Gays…

By Christopher Marchsteiner

…an Party poster proclaiming that “There definitely is a God” drew more complaints than any other advertisement all year, reports Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority. If there is a God, he may be on Twitter, at least according to the Web site almightytweets.com. The Revealer claims that the Web site, which allows anyone to post in God’s voice, raises practical questions about God: “How do we know what God wants? Or who He is? How do we know w…

Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You

By Frederick Clarkson

…pert declares himself to be an “Abortion Abolitionist” on his campaign web site.) The latter was a feature of the far right of the anti-abortion movement for a decade before the Southern Baptist Convention surprised the world by making it policy at their June 2021 convention. The resolution explicitly called for “abolition” and rejected “any position that allows for any exceptions to the legal protection of our preborn neighbors.” In recent years,…