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Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

By José Cabezón

…oung Tibetan men to enter the religious life, as an infringement on monasteries’ right to internal self-governance, and as an obstacle to achieving their educational objectives. The government’s policy of limiting monastic enrollment to their current low levels is also considered to be a form of economic exploitation. Monks and nuns believe that the government’s strategy is to allow just enough of a monastic presence in the monasteries to insure t…

A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…the letter of the law; or they’ll be non-religious, and think of Judaism primarily in terms of ethnicity or ancestry. Sure enough, the survey found that “Jews of no religion,” (“also commonly called secular or cultural Jews,” Pew explains) were the likeliest to answer “yes,” with a full 47% alleging compatibility between Jewishness and belief in Jesus as the messiah. Among religiously-affiliated Jews, the ultra-Orthodox said yes most often—althou…

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It

By Annika Brockschmidt

…nd to re-establish a ‘German homeland.’ The ‘German question’ means the territorial unity of Germans in the form of a state and is a central topic in the sovereign citizens’ milieu, especially amongst ‘Reichsbürgern’.” Because the “Reichsbürger” don’t accept the constitution or the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany they’re easily led to the fringe as their ideology gives them the permission structure to use violence. To them, the current gov…

The Jihadi Revolution is Dead (But Bin Laden’s Death Didn’t Kill It)

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…or the struggle. Ideologists such as Abd al-Salam Farad and Ayman al-Zawahiri have written as if violent struggle—including ruthless attacks of terrorism on civilian populations—was the only form of struggle that was advocated by Islam. These assumptions have been proven wrong. The dramatic popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Lybia, Bahrain, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Islamic world have demonstrated that protests that have been nonviolent in the…

A Matter of the Heart: Talking to Gay Christian Rocker Jennifer Knapp

By Kristin Rawls

…rts and shows, as well as contributing to these dialogues we’re having. My phone’s ringing off the hook, and I’m participating as much as I can in discussions with LGBT lay people and clergy. There are so many people who want to have a positive dialogue about this. I’m getting to the point that I feel like I can engage at a positive level and contribute to that conversation. So, did you follow the recent change in the Presbyterian Church-USA? Th…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…errogation.” Similar alarms about mass atrocities and an immediate humanitarian crisis are sounding from many quarters, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and The UN Refugee Agency. The debate over how best to respond has begun. The anti-genocide Enough project of the Center for American Progress, for example, has called for arming the south with “air defense capabilities” to protect civilians from aerial bombardment. Allegations o…

The Pundits and the Dominionists

By Julie Ingersoll

…n the many Americans who see history and science as theology, promoting “Christian American history” and opposing evolution as an explanation for human origins. Granted Americans have always had a sense of themselves as what Ernest Lee Tuveson called A Redeemer Nation, but David Barton invokes that telos in a much more literal way than those before him. And it was shocking when, in 1980, Ronald Reagan said he supported teaching what he understoo…

Dirty Money in the Appalachian Church: Six Years After Deadly Coal Mine Disaster, Where Are We Now?

By Michael J. Iafrate

…green light to Sacred Heart Parish School in Williamson, WV to accept a variety of charitable gifts from Massey’s infamous CEO, Don Blankenship. Blankenship, whose mansion overlooks the small coal town, was convicted late last year for conspiring to violate mine safety and safety standards at the Upper Big Branch Mine in connection with the 2010 disaster and sentenced last week to one year in prison and a $250,000 fine. Blankenship funded the con…

Prosperity Gospel and Foreclosure

By Sarah Posner

…ar-fetched on television, but in person, many people are having genuine spiritual experiences. Munsey is working them up, and they are being milked for their money while in a euphoric state. Suggested donation for the Passover offering: $70 a month for ten months. Phone it in, and tell the operator it’s the Passover offering, and “prosperity is going to come into your life, . . . and everything that has been stolen from you will be given back.” In…

Report from Paris During COP21: Let Us Not Commit Global Suicide

By Donna Schaper

…We will probably save the rich and not the poor, the centers but not the peripheries, the north and not the south. The Pope is a wild card here. Hopefully, he is enough of an outsider to get us inside. He had 3,380,000 hits on his speech to the insiders at the UN. He suggested what’s obvious to the outsiders: let us not commit global suicide. As Governor Christie likes to argue from his perch in New Jersey, “We’ve always had climate change.” Yup,…