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Doubt v. Predator: A Vatican II Parable

By Gabriel Mckee

…l made in the play, but it’s still clear: Doubt paints a picture, from the cheap seats of the Bronx, of the Church in mid-transformation. But things are even more complicated than that, as the story is also an elaborate critique of the way power is wielded in the Church—and the fact that Vatican II managed to change very little. Sister Aloysius is paralyzed by her position, unable to do anything about Father Flynn directly because the Monsignor wi…

RDBook: Apocalypse Without God

By Nathan Schneider

…ware of themselves through us. I think consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, and these systems and structures have a certain kind of awareness, though not necessarily self-consciousness. It emerges from but is not reducible to the reactions of independent agents. For instance, I believe it makes sense to talk about the mind of the market. The market knows things that individuals don’t know. That knowledge acts back on and emerges from those age…

Playing Hooky: Will Boycott of Catholic Church Spur Reform?

By Nathan Schneider

…l that divides us, whatever it is. The bread and wine we use is materially cheap and unsatisfying; what we experience in them is supposed to come from a wealth beyond. In the presence of God, and among people of different races, classes, and opinions, the mass should nourish us in our common humanity. So whom exactly is one harming by boycotting, by staying home in solitary prayer? The earthly Church might miss your money in the collection—that’s…

Religion Profs Critique PBS’ God Documentary, Call it Simplistic

By Matthew Avery Sutton

…craft engaging narratives. In sum, those of us sitting comfortably in our cheap desk chairs in our sterile offices in the nation’s colleges and universities have no higher ground to stand on. While we all labor to maintain an appropriate level of nuance, complexity, and context in our work, there is no doubt that we could write bigger books and assign our students more reading to gain deeper contextualization and fit more people and more themes a…

Can a Greek Monastery Be Ground Zero of Global Financial Meltdown?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ols operate with surprising inefficiency, with students scoring the lowest numbers in Europe despite having four times as many teachers as Europe’s highest ranked system, in Finland. There are there separate government owned defense corporations. As for Greek health care, it is unclear whether waste or outright theft by state employees is the greater drain on a hopelessly overburdened system. And then there are the pensions: all men who work in p…

On Eve of Sudan Split Clashes Continue

By Ashley Makar

…ing inside,” William Maddeng, a Southern Sudanese refugee said. “You can’t stop it.” William left his home near Abyei during the civil war. He and his brothers ran 30 kilometers into the Nuba Mountains to escape Northern troops in the late 1990s. Now, with the Sudanese army dropping bombs on South Kordofan, and hundreds of civilians running for cover in Nuba Mountain caves, William does not believe that the conflict between Northern and Southern S…

Note for Today

By Amina Wadud

…ks! Too late now—even if I asked my friends where they make these scarves, none could get to me on time. I was tempted to wash everything this morning, just so I would know how they fare through the regular wash cycle, because with three weeks away, I will need to do laundry. But then, maybe I’ll only be able to use the hotel service, which accounts for an expense locally one needs to know about before going. In Indonesia this would be cheap so no…

Hajj Journal: Tawaf: How I Fell in Love…

By Amina Wadud

…at was all that mattered. Even when a woman to our right said (in English, nonetheless) that my hair was showing, and it was slightly longer than my scarf at certain points; I had no thoughts for her except this one. Wow, I am so INTO this Ka’abah, so drawn to it and yearning to circumambulate around it, and if I can to get close enough to touch it, labaykh Allahuma labaykh, here I am Oh Lord, at Your service—I honestly could not imagine what woul…

Romney Goes to Bat Against Reid in Nevada

By Joanna Brooks

…ast two decades, more than 1.4 million people moved to Nevada in search of cheap housing and boom-time fueled hospitality, tourism, and construction jobs, more than doubling the state’s population. Now, those speculation-and-spending fueled good times are gone. That volatility does not treat mild-mannered Mormon politicians well: be they Reids, or Romneys. Just last week, Jan Shipps, a longtime scholar and canny observer of Mormon experience, wage…

Four Reasons Why Egypt’s Revolution Is Islamic

By Zaid Hassan

…nt an opportunity for Muslims to hold fast to their highest ideals and for non-Muslims to support those ideals while transcending easy stereotypes and cheap fear-mongering. We should therefore pause in our reactions and ask ourselves; perhaps an Islamic revolution in Egypt is not de facto a bad thing. Finally, I’m reminded of Karen Armstrong’s description of the historical mission Muslims are tasked with: “In Islam, Muslims have looked for God…