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For Clergy Who Ministered Through the AIDS Crisis Covid is Both Eerily Familiar and Puzzlingly Different

By Lynne Gerber

…e was always trying to figure out the most pressing need to respond to in any given case. “There were times that we just didn’t know what we were dealing with until hindsight,” he said. AIDS, recalled Nixon, was “religiously stigmatized in a way this pandemic is not.” Isolation and aloneness have been challenges of pastoral care and spiritual leadership in both epidemics, albeit in very different forms. In the early years, the isolation of people…

Discovering “Little Syria”—New York’s Long-Lost Arab Neighborhood

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…And in all my walks across the city for the last 15 years, I haven’t seen any other cast iron lintels in that Federal style.” The group of six of us must have all looked as nonplussed as I felt, because Joe backpedalled. “I’ll grasp at any straw,” he said, grinning, “to get these buildings preserved.” For him, the three buildings make the best sense as a whole—the religious, the civic, the residential, a “mini historical district,” the last repres…

A Portrait of Islamophobia?

By Mariam Durrani

…ke implicit arguments about value. The markers of Muslim-ness found in the NYT photos of the shooters’ homes, as Sarsour vocalized, can be seen in many Muslim-American women’s lives. It’s outrageous because of what’s being said about those of us who look like her; those of us who also have Arabic script as part of our home’s decorative arrangements. One can’t help but wonder when our friends come into our homes, do they think these markers are tel…

War on Christmas Affirmed by Southern Baptist Convention

By Mark Gstohl

…tore Christmas to its proper place in the culture.” Although I doubt that any of my Lutheran, Catholic, Muslim, or atheist friends will call me to complain about this resolution, I find it just as troubling as many of the previous more controversial resolutions. As a Baptist, I tend to use Scripture as a hermeneutical screen for understanding my world and the ethical issues I face. The first text that comes to mind is also known as The Golden Rule…

Pennsylvania Rep. Says Contraception Mandate Is Like Pearl Harbor and 9/11

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…r thing to… do whatever Rep. Kelly thinks he’s doing. I give up. Here, have a video about Basenjis freaking out when a phone rings:…

Finding the “Good Girl Role Model”

By Kathryn Joyce

…and wanted to leave a child to her husband more than she was motivated by any explicit pro-life politics—but the media-sanctification of Mroz as a selfless example of womanhood makes Mroz’s actual motivations a moot point. Lopez doesn’t entitle her piece “A Mother’s Choice”. She calls it “A Good Girl Role Model”, driving home the point that young women ought to aspire to be as radically selfless as Agata to the point of de-valuing their own lives….

United Methodists Elect 1st Gay Bishop; Canadian Anglicans OK Same-Sex Marriage

By Peter Montgomery

…be the same.” That point was reinforced by Ms Woolridge, who noted the irony that many black people who have experienced discrimination were still pushing this legislation. Ms Woolridge said she cringes when she reflects on experiences of black men and women and that, as a black woman, she cringes at the thought of anyone wanting to infringe on human rights. But other senators criticized the analogy, with one saying that his religious beliefs “ho…

The Fragility of Our Reality: A Conversation with the Brain Behind PBS Miniseries on Neuroscience

By Michael Schulson

…But in fact we’re completely tied in to what’s happening with our brains. Any sort of discussion about the soul or something at the center of us has to be integrated with this clinical knowledge. Plenty of philosophers have critiqued our perception of the self as an autonomous, continuous thing. Is it different when it’s science making the point, instead of philosophy? I think science and philosophy do and should go hand in hand. What the science…

Maryland Governor says Support for Marriage Equality “Very Much Informed” by his Catholicism

By Peter Montgomery

…language makes clear that the law protects clergy from having to perform any ceremony that violates their beliefs, guarantees each faith control over its marriage doctrine, and “provides that religious organizations and certain related entities are not required to provide goods, services, or benefits to an individual related to the celebration or promotion of marriage in violation of their religious beliefs.” Josh Levin, who directs the pro-equal…

The “Marginalization” of Tim Keller: When Anything Short of Adulation Is Oppression

By Anita Little

…he cities, ignoring the hundreds of churches that have been ministering in NYC for generations. These teachings disempower POC—some of whom are women and/or queer—who live in these cities. Many of us are taught that Keller, et. al. are the theological authorities, and we’re never introduced to theologians who are representative of our backgrounds.” When asked about Merritt’s use of the word “marginalized” and the dominant narrative among some cons…