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I Agree: Critical Race Theory is Indeed Incompatible With Southern Baptist Convention’s ‘Faith and Message’

By Miguel A. De La Torre

…o whiteness and insist on making sense of our world through Critical Race Theory, for theirs is a jealous God who prohibits conversation. This white God whom these six white seminary presidents are seeking to protect from Critical Race Theory seems more appropriate for global conquerors who benefit from all that’s been stolen and through the labor of all those defined as inferior. And this is why Critical Race Theory can never be explored at such…

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

By J. Terry Todd

…shington Post, the Los Angeles Times—and of course the obligatory stop on Oprah’s couch and a premier-night gig on Larry King Live. In the middle of this fallen celebrity self-promotion, is it any surprise that Haas would break his vow of silence to tell his side of the story? Why let Haggard have the last word? “Are we going to be godly or bad tonight?” That’s the question Haggard reportedly asked Haas on the night they were first alone together….

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

By Junaid Jahangir

…e resignation of President Fayneese Miller following the firing of adjunct professor Erika López Prater for showing the image of the Prophet in Islamic art. While most commentators have focused on the wisdom and ethics of López Prater’s actions, it’s important to note that both she and Miller are part of a corporate system where the faculty earns much less compared to higher administration, whose salaries mimic those of CEOs of private companies….

Why Taxing the Rich is the Godly Thing

By Peter Laarman

…justice to remain silent—that the only way forward is by breaking open the pretenses and presumptions of the powerful. Sin takes many forms. Sometimes sin arises from failing to know the things that we ought to know. But more often, and especially in regard to social sins, the transgression comes from knowing full well what we need to know and still pretending that we don’t know. In this case we do know full well how the Bush tax giveaways to the…

There’s No Business Like the Bible Business: 200 Years of the ABS

By Paul Harvey

…Cause: A History of the American Bible Society John Fea Oxford University Press April 5, 2016 Established in 1816, the ABS throughout its history has been a gigantic Bible production and distribution enterprise. Fea succinctly describes it both as the American Bible Society, and the American Bible Society, capturing both parts of the argument woven throughout the work. Its initial goal in Bible distribution was to “link remote and scattered settl…

Build the Muslim Community Center at Ground Zero

By Donna Schaper

…d begin with a building permit at Ground Zero. Finally, that word love, which so many wrongly imagine as a soft verb. There is nothing soft about love. It is the most dangerous action in the world. Because we can’t love, because most of us do know the risks, we stay pre-love and permanently protected. Our armor forgets how to come off. We imagine our security is in bombs and borders when actually it is in risks taken on behalf and towards each oth…

70th National Prayer Breakfast Made ‘Cosmetic’ Changes, But Biden Delivered the Same Old Tone-Deaf ‘Unity’ Message

By Chrissy Stroop

…ic.” For some reason, President Joe Biden apparently thought it would be appropriate to make light of the controversies that forced the recent changes, addressing the guests gathered at the Hilton with, “Welcome to all 1,300. And the House invites you to come to the floor today—all 1,300 of you.” According to the White House transcript of the event, this comment elicited laughter, after which the president added, “No, I’m teasing. I’m teasing. Sor…

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

By Chrissy Stroop

…male evangelical leaders caught up in sex scandals, and most commentators predicted this same cheap grace for Falwell when he was recently forced to take an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty after posting a picture of himself with his pants unzipped, his arm around the waist of a similarly (un)dressed woman who was not his wife, and a glass of something that looked suspiciously like alcohol in his hand. According to two experts on evangeli…

The Social Science Animal: Brooks Argues for Emotion over Reason

By Beatrice Marovich

…nts, this is no accident. There are spiritual motivations behind Brooks’ appropriation of scientific research. Like Rousseau, to live (and to be fully human) is the grand, didactic lesson with which Brooks hopes to shape and teach us. I should say that Rousseau features prominently in this analysis because Animal takes its very form from Émile. Rousseau struggled to convey arguments about human social and political life by telling the story of the…

Is the Satanic Temple Just an Elaborate Prank? 10 Questions for the Author of ‘Speak of the Devil’

By Joseph Laycock

…freedom and religion itself. I see TST as testing America on the values we profess. Most Americans claim to value tolerance and religious freedom. But talk is cheap, especially if you have never seriously thought about what these commitments might actually mean in a pluralistic society. I was disturbed to read some of TST’s Christian opponents openly renouncing religious freedom if it meant respecting the freedoms of Satanists. I also think TST is…