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Progressive Faith Leaders Rally to Keep Heat on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

By Alex McNeill

…ear, and the faith communities he represents are fired up and ready to act because the next four weeks are critical to the fate of DADT. He, and the Human Rights Campaign are calling on everyone who wants DADT repealed to contact their US Senators today to urge them to push for repeal before the November election. As Knox insists, “we must not wait on the courts. The Senate must not pass the buck on justice. The time for repeal is now.”…

Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan

By Sara Kamali

…intertwined with the Pashtun code of conduct, as is the lack of direct eye contact between men and women. In 1984, as McCurry recounted to NPR, Sharbat Gula initially covered her face when he took her photo. It was her teacher who instructed her to uncover her face. She wasn’t even asked if she wanted to participate. Arguably, the teacher’s complicity must also be called into question. However, the power dynamics at play—the White Savior bringing…

Sing the Glory of the Smoke: The Spiritual History of Jazz

By Andrew Aghapour

…d in jazz reviewing and performance, I knew a lot of folks, I had a lot of contact information, and so when I buckled down with this research in late 2009, early 2010, I composed what I thought was a really good form email and I compiled a list of addresses. The subject line was “Research Project: Jazz and Religion.” And I got very, very few responses. And I was perplexed. I was miffed. I didn’t know how to go forward. So one night it struck me th…

Raelians Push White House for Alien Embassy to Save Humanity

By Joseph Laycock

…, Jesus, and Muhammad. Thus all religions are actually the result of alien contact. To show the Elohim we are prepared to receive their help, Rael was to oversee the construction of an embassy in Jerusalem that would serve as a millennial “third temple.” Originally Earth was given until 2025 to construct the embassy or face destruction, though a website describing the embassy has pushed the critical date back to 2035. It also features messages fro…

Art(ful) History in Texas

By Lauri Lebo

…erties Union and other civil liberties organizations are urging members to contact publishers asking them to not kowtow to the new standards. Additionally, congressional redistricting will mean the entire 15-member board is up for election in 2012. Quinn said there’s a good chance that a fed-up public may replace conservative incumbents with a more moderate board. However, he fears that control of the board could swing back and forth between conse…

Global Rebellion

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ants in Iraq, but in most cases I didn’t tell how difficult it was to make contact with these activists, and how in some cases it took days or weeks to locate them, get them to agree to talk, and set up their interviews with me. Sometimes just finding their location could be a nightmare—like the time my taxi got lost in Gaza on my way to interviewing Hamas leaders and I had to go to the Islamic University to find the movement’s supporters who coul…

California Inmates Protest the Abuse of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

By Sarah Sentilles

…etters and poems to every person at Tamms to provide them with some social contact. According to the group, the replies demonstrated the necessity of the project: “Hi Committee, is this for real? I can’t believe someone cares enough to send a pick-me-up to the worst-of-the-worst. Well, if nobody else has said it, I will: THANK YOU.” They quickly found themselves deluged with pleas for help: “Hey, this poetry is great, but could you please tell the…

The Deafening Silence of “Religious Freedom” Defenders on Trump’s Muslim Ban

By Sunnivie Brydum

…migration ban that explicitly targets Muslims. RD made several attempts to contact ADF and suss out the group’s position on the executive order, but calls, emails, and voicemails went unreturned. The organization that promises to advocate “for your right to freely live out your faith” has apparently not yet felt compelled to comment on the most direct attack on that right in our lifetimes. While ADF’s history makes clear its Christian orientation,…

Unmasking the “Veiled Prophet” Behind a 135-Year-Old St. Louis Tradition

By Spencer Dew

…e poking fun at conspiracy theories regarding government coverups of alien contact, this month’s parade featured: A blow-up Uncle Sam, six stories high… followed after a while by a four-story American eagle, and a six-story firefighter. A real bald eagle rode a keeper’s arm on the World Bird Sanctuary’s float, along with an owl and a big green snake. Mythic narratives and cultural heroes mixed with symbols of identity and values, all in a mass rit…

Salvation, Purity, and Right Wing Activism: A Sampling of What Taxpayers Will Be Forced to Support as a Result of Carson v. Makin SCOTUS Ruling

By Chrissy Stroop

…e it would “threaten religious freedom.” In addition, I’ve been in regular contact with younger alumni to the point that I’m confident that little has substantially changed (although the school is much more racially integrated than it was in my day). For those who want more, I recommend checking out Rebecca Klein’s 2017 deep dive into Christian school curricula, Julie Ingersoll’s book Building God’s Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstru…