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“I Had No Intention to Write Atheistically”: Darwin, God, and the 2500-Year History of the Debate

By Edward J. Larson

…c mind during the late nineteenth century. Spencer’s many followers, whose numbers comprised a virtual social register of the Anglo-American moneyed elite, typically embraced Darwinism as well. In his Autobiography, for example, Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie recalled the day in the 1870s that his reading of Darwin’s Descent of Man, Haeckel’s History of Creation, and various books by Spencer transformed his life. “I remember that…

Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP

By Neil J. Young

…Thirty-five years before Donald Trump descended the escalator of his gaudy Manhattan skyscraper to launch his presidential run by way of a racist attack on Mexicans—“they’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists,” he raged—another presidential aspirant traveled to the heart of Mississippi to tell an all-white crowd that he supported states’ rights, a well-acknowledged racist dog whistle. Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans…

Christian Publishing v. the Vagina

By Katie Toth

…were afraid to ask), for Waterbrook Multnomah. Metaxas is a Yale-educated Manhattan-dweller and a late convert to the religion: “I have been in the secular world my whole life.” As a result, he says, “I want to actually speak the [mainstream] cultural language.” So Metaxas described the search for purpose within a Darwinist atheist world as “a total crapshoot.” Facing the Christian subculture for the first time, he was in for a surprise. “The edi…

Ahmadi Muslim Community Doesn’t Speak For All Muslims

By Hussein Rashid

…it. In this case, there is not a fight to have a discussion over, as most Manhattanites are not opposing Park51. They know it is not near Ground Zero. They know it is not about supremacy. I think Rashid plays fast and loose with hadith in his piece, and his argument that members of the Ahmadi community should relinquish their rights is, I suppose, his perogative. But his argument should not dictate what other Muslims believe or what happens in Ma…

Statement on NAR & Christian Nationalism Answers Few Questions But Exposes Growing Rifts in the Movement

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…ition of Apostolic Leaders (USCAL), which is part of ICAL. Nevertheless, a number of notable figures who signed the Statement on Prophetic Standards are missing from the NAR & Christian Nationalism statement—further indication of a rift. These include Apostles Abby Abildness, Negiel Bigpond, James W. Goll, and Steven Strang, along with Prophets Stacey Campbell, and Kris Vallotton, to name a few.* The new statement opens with an explanation for its…

Zen and the Art of the Sex Scandal

By Gary Gach

…d emphasis there from theory to practice. Two Zen temples resulted, one in Manhattan and one in the Catksill Mountains. Last year, he retired from the Board, then soon thereafter from the head monk (Abbot) position. In the process, he acknowledged his sexual misconduct there. That it had gone on for some time, and was not a complete secret, leaves certain questions in the air. For instance, who knew of his conduct, within and outside of the Zen St…

Why Go to Church If You Don’t Believe Anymore?

By Angela Bonavoglia

…argest cathedrals in the world, a majestic structure that sits atop one of Manhattan’s highest points, in Morningside Heights. On Good Friday I head from my home in Westchester for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. For years now it has been my practice to go there to walk the Stations of the Cross. That means joining an afternoon crowd that grows as we walk, a crowd drawn to the same place and time, men and women, young and old, multi-ethnic,…

Updated: New Riverside Pastor Steps Down; Where Does That Leave Progressive Christianity?

By Jonathan L. Walton

…v. Brad Braxton has resigned his position as pastor of Riverside Church in Manhattan. Just a few months ago, progressive Protestants across the country appeared hopeful about the 39-year-old biblical scholar. The former Rhodes Scholar and professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School seemed a perfect fit. Yet Rev. Braxton’s uncomfortable jaunt through the Upper West Side has been marked by congregational infighting over financial compensation and theolo…

The Week in Religion, Poetically

By Michael J. Altman

…a Company as early as the 17th century. Indeed, mosques are nothing new to Manhattan. Two guys walk into a bar… to go to church. The Internet is the next mission field for the LDS Church. “Our leaders were struggling for years to find a more effective, less annoying way to get our message across than knocking on doors,” said Scott Swofford, director of media for the church’s Missionary Department. Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, Mormon founder Josep…

Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…ith a black screen and the now-familiar sounds of people on the streets of Manhattan with the sound of airplanes flying overhead. I wonder if there wasn’t something to the claims of Life’s editors noted above regarding Holocaust images. And I wonder if we haven’t, contra-Jennings & co., become excessively “judicious” in the elimination of images of death from our society. Voyeuristically, we can aim our web browsers at www.grim-reaper.org, whic…