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Can Expelled Teach Us a Thing or Two?

By Arri Eisen

…ans would be attracted to, appreciate and consider careers in science (the number is decreasing annually). I bet we’d have more productive conversation among students and leaders of science and religion around the many profound issues in our nation that engage both: abortion, medical care, stem cells, homosexuality, and genomic research. The battle rhetoric would fade and, more than likely, movies like Expelled wouldn’t be made in the first place….

Episcopal Church Assault Data Reveals the Dark Side of Inclusive Christianity

By Charlotte Dalwood

…a random sample size and therefore isn’t statistically representative. The number of individuals reporting victimization in Episcopal spaces is alarming nonetheless. However, I would argue the data is more likely to under- than to overestimate the scope of the abuse that occurs. To see why, the survey results must be interpreted in light of the Episcopal Church’s larger culture of inaction around sexual violence. See no evil, hear no evil… LGBTQ+…

Power Up: Turn Off the Cell Phone

By Daniel Schultz

…plugged-in lifestyle doesn’t really get at the heart of the issue. I think the Amish, of all people, have it right. It’s not so much about what you as an individual are doing or not doing, as the effect technology has on the community: Why not make life easier and just put [a phone] in the house? “What would that lead to?” another Amish man asked me. “We don’t want to be the kind of people who will interrupt a conversation at home to answer a tel…

Students at Conservative Catholic College Speak After Sudden Cancellation of Pro-Gay Speaker

By Rob Shryock

…n-forum/protest called “Fighting for Academic Freedom.” At the meeting, a number of LGBT students made clear that they were profoundly upset by the administration’s decision. One student noted that the college’s actions had “further alienated the LGBT community”; that Lena’s decision implied that LGBT people were not “creatures of value and worth”; and that Providence had “directly defied the pope’s ecumenical redirection to a deeper respect for…

6 Overlooked Takeaways From a Reviewer of Controversial Texas Textbooks

By David R. Brockman

…(as well as rulers from other religious traditions). To do otherwise gives students a distorted view of the role of violence in the spread of both religions—and robs students of the tools they need to evaluate the anti-Islam propaganda they will encounter from groups like TTT. 6. Get Involved Today’s public school students need to be prepared to function effectively not only in a global society that is already religiously diverse, but also in a Un…

What Can Fascination With ‘Sister Cindy’ Teach Us About the ‘None’ Generation?

By Chad Bauman

…eing. They embraced her denunciatory labels as badges of honor. Some queer students watched with apparent good humor as she condemned their sexual orientation. Several Jewish students cheered as she declared they could only avoid eternal torture by converting to Christ (which she declared “the most Jewish thing” they could do). Tri Delta sisters came out en masse, screeching with pleasure when Brother Jed (Cindy’s husband and cut-rate collaborator…

Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian Right

By R.L. Stollar

…ly, “this debate environment did not encourage open-mindedness, but forced students to defend specific positions even if there was little evidence or support for them.” Homeschooled students in debate have very narrowly defined boundaries for what topics they can argue about. For example, questioning or criticizing evangelical approaches to the Bible, gender, marriage, or sexuality is explicitly prohibited. This enables students to practice and ma…

Virginia High School Says Students May Post Ten Commandments on Lockers

By Lauri Lebo

…University, wrote letters to the district saying that the removal violated students’ right to free speech. Both organizations argued that since the high school permits students to put signs up on their lockers, such as “Happy Birthday, Susie” and “Go Team,” the Ten Commandments are protected as well. In my original post, I mistakenly wrote that the high school was in Giles County, Virginia, which is actually two counties away, but where students a…

Are Atheists The New Campus Crusaders?

By Katherine Don

…director at SSA. “It used to be that we would go to campuses and encourage students to pass out flyers. Now, the students are coming to us almost faster than we can keep up with.” The Secular Student Alliance provides its affiliate groups with support and materials, including banners, pins, and informational materials with titles like What Is An Atheist?, a brochure with cheerful graphics and information about the identities of secularists, includ…

As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind

By Kate Blanchard

…seded academic freedom.” Later she said, “it was important that our Muslim students, as well as other students, feel safe, supported, and respected both in and out of the classroom.” For the record, I do not see López Prater’s actions as “Islamophobic”; Edward Ahmed Mitchell’s term “un-Islamic” seems much more accurate. But “undeniably inconsiderate” seems fair. In the end, what might have been a valuable learning moment has instead become a lose-…