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Will Dems Find Moxie to Resist Immoral GOP Tax Plan?

By Peter Laarman

…s on this one. Unlike Roosevelt, they will decline to be traitors to their class. Yes, for immediate political advantage they will point to the extent to which Trump himself will benefit if the “reform” package goes through. But they won’t touch the larger premise, which is that you can meet the needs of the poor and the working class by doing huge favors to the rich. They won’t let themselves be troubled by another of FDR’s prophetic utterances:…

Will Church Attendance Reduce Bigotry? A Response to Peter Beinart

By Daniel Schultz

…uch less observant), particularly among the white working class. That same class is despairing of its aspirations for upward mobility, and at least among their evangelical members, the less frequent attenders tend to have less tolerance for Muslims, blacks and Hispanics. (Oddly, they’re more tolerant of gays and feminists.) An article in The Christian Post, of all places, explains what might be going on here. One idea is that as people leave the p…

Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…of God, will receive God’s punishment. Yes, perhaps among them there is a class that is genetically sick, another class that has mental deviation, but we should not give them tribute.” The report also cites Rubk Hakobyan a former leader of the Heritage party who is now an independent MP: “I am not a fanatic in religious terms, but the Bible says to go and multiply, different sexes, protect nature. Now what, should we declare the Bible as no longe…

Religious Freedom Is No Carte Blanche: Highlights from Mississippi HB 1523 Court Ruling

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…ns in both the private and governmental spheres” to symbolize their second-class status. Just because a law doesn’t spell out L-G-B-T doesn’t mean it isn’t discriminatory: It is also inconceivable that a discriminatory law can stand merely because creative legislative drafting limited the number of times it mentioned the targeted group. The Court cannot imagine upholding a statute that favored men simply because the statute did not mention women…

The Risk of Teaching Theology in a Public University: A Response

By Martin Kavka

…to hold any meaningful power at all. It is a technique by which that same class of people can point out argumentative faults and begin to hold more power. In other words, theology is not only an activity that brings norms into being; it is an activity that can and does change those norms. To teach about this activity, or to give it a home on the campus of the public university, is to introduce a university community to a kind of social performanc…

Conservative Catholic Elites Oppose Trump… as He Rides Catholic Vote to Victory in Michigan

By Patricia Miller

…siness conservatives and neocons, but, it turns out, not the white working class voters who are supporting Trump. It seems that if you don’t have a job and are watching your community crumble around you from years of economic stagnation, “defending religious freedom” or “rebuilding our marriage culture” as defined by the Catholic right are of little concern. And while George and Weigel give lip service to “wage stagnation,” it’s still wrapped up w…

TED-Evangelism Harkens Back to a Forgotten 19th-Century Tradition

By Michael Schulson

…ure of ideas. They went to see and to be seen, and to perform their middle-class-ness, just as attendance at a TED or TEDx conference, or association with that brand, signals membership in the creative class. TED and the lyceum movement also share an enormous confidence in the power of ideas to lift up society and individuals. This is a progressive vision, but it’s largely divorced from politics. Lyceum lecturers would often touch on political iss…

Krapp’s Last Tweet: The Rise (and Fall?) of Privilege in the Digital Economy

By Kevin Healey

…In other words, at the very moment when digital capitalism is exacerbating class inequality, social media is catalyzing attitudes of racism, sexism, and nativism among those who fear losing the socio-economic privilege they once enjoyed. In Trump, it’s as if old man Krapp has found his political savior. But a nation of networked Krapps is one with a future unmoored. Fortunately, social media has served as a platform for activists to demand some se…

If Modesto’s Public Schools Can Teach World Religions, It Can Happen Anywhere

By Jonathan Homrighausen

…ing interreligious dialogue and biblical studies. I don’t think McIntyre’s class is responsible for all of that. But looking back, I can’t help but wonder if this class ignited a spark that would eventually become a flame. So Modesto is also the city that implemented a mandatory course in world religions in public high schools. The city designed that course in consultation with local religious leaders to ensure that every group is represented fair…

A Victory for Conservatives in Revised AP History Curriculum

By Peter Laarman

…ite American story should certainly be taught. In my youth I taught an AP class in American literature in relation to 19th century American history. Were I teaching that same class today, I would have no difficulty inviting my students to think of the constitutional system as a remarkable achievement. Likewise for the recurrent reform impulse in American life. I would want my students to be aware of the repeated ways in which 19th century Ame…