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Wesolowski Sexual Abuse Case a New Approach or Same Old Same Old?

By Mary E. Hunt

…s a Vatican consulate handling visas, or reciprocal military and political policies to iron out. Supposedly this office of nuncio, dating to the 16th century, is the liaison between the Holy See (Vatican City State) and the local church. How odd that a Polish priest would be assigned to a Latin American country, though he had the same job in Bolivia before repairing to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and environs for another posting. All this leads me to…

Freedom Through the Eyes of Bishops and Filmmakers

By Peter Montgomery

…mpting them and anyone else from anti-discrimination laws and other public policies they say run counter to their faith. A different kind of freedom celebration also kicks off this week: Frameline 37: the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The festival features a number of religion-themed films not likely to be endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In fact, there are 22 films tagged by festival organizers as having reli…

SCOTUS Refusal Again Favors Religious Claims… But This Time in Liberals’ Favor

By Patrick Hornbeck

…who came forward tended to assert their religious views against government policies they deemed liberal or secularist. But in the Episcopal Church case, the shoe was on the other foot, with the politically more progressive entity benefiting from the Court’s deference. It’s another reminder that denominations occupy all points in ideological space and that in courts’ treatment of religious claims, what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander….

No, THIS is the Real Christianity…

By Ira Chernus

…on approves. He has an easy time finding contradictions between Republican policies and particular verses in the Bible—who wouldn’t? And of course Meyerson skips those verses in the Bible that Republicans could cite, which contradict his own political preferences. Just about the first quote from Shakespeare I ever committed to memory is “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.” Later on, I learned that the angels can cite scripture for their…

Yom Kippur Prayers for Corporate Atonement at Occupy Wall St.

By Sarah Posner

…o another [on this day] to think about what this means practically or what policies we should adopt as a country. For today, we should think about the moral content of promises, oaths, commitments, and pledges. Is it right to follow through on these? Is it right to own another’s future? The Kol Nidre service opens with a statement declaring it lawful to pray with transgressors. Will this hold any particular meaning for you while praying near Wall…

Aliens, Nanobots, & Microbes: The Science of Secular Apocalypse

By Michael Schulson

…e improbable, or frankly just not worth worrying about. But I do think our policies should be guided by a kind of intelligent anxiety. But how do you write about end-times scenarios without acting like a fear-monger? Everything that we value in the great experiment of civilization depends on avoiding some sort of grand catastrophic scenario. The reason existential risk studies isn’t well-funded probably has a lot to do with the fact that it’s supe…

New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right

By Greg Carey

…e effectively than any other candidate. If evangelicals disagreed with his policies, “Obama’s biracialism, single-parent upbringing, and global experiences made him a poster child for the demographic changes taking place in the country.” Fea’s chapter, “A Short History of Evangelical Fear,” is worth the price of the book. Evangelicals long for a mythical Christian past, and Trump’s “Make America Great Again” mantra appeals directly to that trouble…

Biden’s New Domestic Terrorism Strategy Addresses Trump’s Omission of White Nationalism, But Fails to Address Targeting of Black and Brown Americans

By Sara Kamali

…ns since 9/11 and operate with scant oversight. Effective counterterrorism policies must disengage from a law enforcement perspective and center education, public health, housing, and the media to redress the interlocking systemic inequities along the axis of racism that have allowed the criminalization, suspicion, and continued institutionalized oppression of Black and brown Americans. Ultimately, while the Biden administration’s Strategy seeks t…

Komen & Islamophobia, A New Conservative MO?

By Hussein Rashid

…nt is established, hope that no one notices that you are crafting laws and policies that selectively target a group. In this case, Komen said they didn’t want to fund Planned Parenthood because of an investigation. However, they continue to fund, without objection, programs at Penn State, which is under investigation for child abuse. 4. Pack institutions with ideologues who have no expertise in the fields in which they are made responsible in orde…

Cyber-Colonialism: Anonymous Enters LGBT Fray in Uganda

By Joseph Tolton

…om us directly. I am deeply concerned that Christian leaders would support policies that censor and harm LGBT people, their families, and communities. Such laws undermine the very lynchpins of freedom and democracy, the right to free expression, and particularly the right to diverse faith expressions. Christian traditions that affirm everyone as a child of God, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, would become illegal under the pro…