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The Search For Proofs For God’s Existence

By Gordon Haber

…we manage to convince others of them; doing so also strengthens our personal commitment to those beliefs because of the power dynamics we experience as a result of persuading others. (Consult an evolutionary psychologist for a plethora of possible reasons why.) A lot of people get into the business of proofs because they themselves have experienced radical doubt at some point in their lives. They feel compelled to look for reasons for things that…

Preachers’ Daughters Episode 4: Victoria Apologizes, Olivia is Embarrassed, and Taylor Dances Around in Silly Underpants

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…same way. On the other hand, Mark reports that he and Frankie had a long talk at microchurch, and Frankie has expressed interest in coming back. So there is a sense in which Mark and Frankie have their own relationship now, as pastor and possibly-interested-church-newcomer. And on that note, I’ll just point out that in my experience teaching seminarians—many of whom are serving churches already—this is the most realistic clergy family issue we’v…

Inventing “Jihad”

By Asma Afsaruddin

…pagan Arabs of Mecca. Such understandings, however, could and did prove inimical to the process of empire-building, and the need was soon felt in official and certain legal circles to promote the military jihad as a religiously meritorious activity. This is precisely what happened during the expansion of the Islamic empire after the death of Muhammad during the late seventh and eighth centuries of the Common Era. Certain hawkish scholars, starting…

Be Prepared: Preachers’ Daughters, Episode Eight

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…ends both the Faith Trust Institute and the Religious Institute. The National Alliance on Mental Illness also has resources specifically for faith communities. 3. Really investigate what help is available in your area—both its presence and its quality. Getting the names and numbers for referrals is a good first step, but you can do much more than that. Which counselors in the area can be trusted not to blame a victim for his or her own abuse? Whi…

Scope Bacon, Twttr Hoaxes & Joel Osteen’s Big Reveal

By Deborah Whitehead

…real.” Of these interviews, the most revealing was a radio spot with a local Minnesota station. When asked what he did and why, Tribble responded: “Well, apparently I staged a massive hoax on Joel Osteen, one of the biggest preachers and televangelists in the world.” “Apparently”? In other words, he was acknowledging what his story had become in the media (a “hoax”), not what he had intended it to be (a “media campaign”). Pressed as to why he wou…

UPDATE: Religion’s Role in the Boston Bombings

By The Editors

…they’re acting as defenders of the faith—and instances where there are actual radical religious groups actively supporting violent attacks. UPDATE: In a new post, Dr. Strenski offers a compelling proposition, that “internet Islam” be considered a new node in an ever-evolving religious landscape—and that this was the faith (or the “dream”) that the Tsernaev brothers believed they were defending. Read the conversation, as it develops, and come back…

Who Bombed the Boston Marathon?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…enate committee that there was an “upsurge” of potentially violent non-Islamic extremist activity in the United States. So fingers point toward right-wing Christian extremists. But the fingers could be wrong. The culprits may turn out to be jihadis or simply deranged individuals, such as the sad young man who carried out the attacks in Newtown. We will have to wait and see. The disconcerting thing is that we may wait and never find out. This could…

‘Reasons My Son is Crying’ and the Suffering of Children

By Jodi Eichler-Levine

…ogether in powerful yet troubling ways. No wonder a list of even a child’s minor pains—along with the frustrated pain of the parent behind the lens—has caught the eye of so many people. In an interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Greg Pembroke, the father behind the post, explained that he was inspired by the ambitious, gorgeous photography of Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York project which chronicles the denizens of New York City in al…

Are Colored Eggs More
Easter-y than Cesar Chavez?

By Peter Anthony Mena

…(represented by Chávez) is anti-American, anti-capitalism and, because of calendrical happenstance, anti-Christ. To some conservative Christians, Google’s iconography is the latest in an ongoing attack on their faith. In a post on Townhall.com titled “Ponder Christian Soldiers Google’s Smirking War On You,” Colorado State Senator Shawn Mitchell decries the choice of a Chávez “doodle”: “Sure, no Christian was mocked, defamed, arrested, or persecute…

Inventing Jesus: An Interview with Bart Ehrman

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s first popularized by Albert Schweitzer, the famous humanitarian and medical missionary to Africa. When he was in medical school he wrote his most famous book, The Quest for the Historical Jesus, in which he argued this basic idea that Jesus was an apocalypticist. Since then, it’s been the dominant view among scholars—even though laypeople don’t have this view. You also assert that Jesus was wrong about some things. Well, he was wrong about the d…