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How Herbalife’s Gospel of Health and Wealth Fuels a Billion-Dollar Deception

By Michael Schulson

…lement with the FTC. Those comments boosted Herbalife’s share prices and renewed speculation about whether Ackman’s bet would pay off. Since its inception in 1980, Herbalife has survived an investigation from the state of California, a Senate inquiry, the dramatic death of its charismatic founder, and plenty of bad press. It wouldn’t be surprising if it survives Ackman, too. But even if things are legally on the level, a certain kind of razzle-daz…

Mormon Bloggernacle is No Choir

By Krista Kapralos

…et, maintaining order is a challenge, even for Mormons who are historical experts at keeping track of things. “It seems to me that it would be virtually impossible to organize Mormon blogging,” Haglund said. “The nature of the medium overcomes even Mormons’ well-known tendency to defer to authority. There simply isn’t any central body that could exert control.” Tight-Knit or Mutually Disinterested? Thing started out calmly enough. Nathan Oman, a l…

Christocrat Competition

By Sarah Posner

…diciary has taken us. Everyone today seems to think the U.S. Constitution expressly provides for separation of church and state. I guess you could ask any 10 people if that is not so and I will bet you most of them will say, well, sure that is so. And some would point out that is in the First Amendment. Wrong. Miller then recommended the writings of David Barton, and proceeded to quote Benjamin Rush, who, when asked whether he was an aristocrat or…

The Left Behind: Why Are White American Christians So Racist?

By Daniel Schultz

…tions about structural racism. This is what you would want in a sensitive exploration of a complex topic. And other researchers see corresponding trends in their own datasets. It’s unlikely that anyone who has studied the subject for more than the time it takes to read a few Wikipedia articles will be shocked to hear that American Christianity is part and parcel of a white supremacist social order. American society is racist, the church is part of…

Experimental Theater Meets Experimental Faith: The Wooster Group’s “Early Shaker Spirituals”

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…y, museum, and shop, The Wooster Group has also struggled with the tension between a somewhat Spartan existence and the temptations of commerce—Willem Dafoe, founding company member, left the group, and his relationship with Liz LeCompte, supposedly lured by Hollywood fame. Meanwhile, The Wooster Group recently attracted bona fide movie star Frances McDormand to join their ranks, as an “associate.” Four women (McDormand, LeCompte, Suzzy Roche, and…

Anti-Vaxxers Illustrate Danger of Overly Broad Religious Freedom Laws

By Kara Loewentheil

…only for religious believers. (In the military conscientious objector context, the set of protected beliefs was expanded to include a philosophical opposition to war that was of a similar scope and gravity to a religious objection.) But a belief that vaccines cause autism (which is contrary to all scientific evidence) is not the kind of life philosophy that exemption laws are generally designed to protect. And in fact, there have been recent calls…

The Death of a Secularist

By Austin Dacey

…comes to an end, what’s it all for? The first thing to observe about this existential anxiety is that we can’t resolve it just by postulating an eternal afterlife. Consider the sorts of good things that might possibly await us in paradise: knowing and loving other persons (including God), being known and loved, apprehending truth, experiencing beauty (and, in the afterlife of some, fine food, drink, and other sensual delights). These goods worth w…

India’s Elections and the “Doniger Affair”

By Murali Balaji

…rely defended her right to interpret Hinduism the way she wanted. While it remains to be seen whether the controversy can bring Doniger’s research back into the forefront, one thing remains clear: the proxy war between two well-entrenched critics of the Nehruvian model of Indian governance—in India and across its Diaspora—will continue long after The Hindus fades from the headlines….

Patriotism and Piety—Not For Conservatives Only

By Ira Chernus

…urts so much to laugh. But seriously, folks: Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling new book, The Righteous Mind, is built on exactly these contradictions. The reformed pundit—“I used to be part of the liberal academic tyranny but no more”— is now a fixture in mass media, insisting that his or her bold new perspective will “bring us together.” How such an irrational defense of conservative politics—justified in all sorts of brainy ways, as Haidt’s own theo…

I Am Better than Him

By Amina Wadud

…ns them the place better than others who make different choices. So, it is better for not better than. I mean, do what makes you better for yourself, but do not confuse it with something that makes you better than another self; which is istikbar. The story of Satan goes like this: when the prototype (or first) human, Adam, was created out of an atom of dust (tin, pronounced “teen”) the unseen creatures were ordered to bow to him. There was a reaso…