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Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…prisingly, Cameron is being accused of playing politics with his religion talk. Alaister Campbell, former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s communications man before Blair’s notorious embrace of faithiness after leaving office, says Cameron’s “religious ramblings” are a shallow political ploy. On his blog, Campbell asks, “how are we to believe Cameron believes it all when so recently he was twiddling the knobs on the radio trying to find his faith at al…

By the Way: “Ten Commandments Judge” To Be Alabama’s Next Gov?

By Randall Balmer

…f courage and strong Christian character,” Dobson says, “and I have long admired him.” Another testimonial comes from Oliver North, identified simply as “American Hero”: “Chief Justice Roy Moore is a proven fighter for his faith and our freedom.” In announcing his candidacy, Moore was up to his old tricks. “Out of Washington comes a dangerous new message that we are not a Christian nation,” he thundered. “Indeed, I refute that.” Several years ago…

“I’m a Creationist,” Says Former Times Tech Writer, Heffernan

By Michael Schulson

…inars. Incuriosity may be a flaw in a journalist, but Heffernan’s bigger sin is to speak flippantly (not humorously, or cleverly, or angrily, but flippantly; with intellect but no care) about ideas that matter deeply to people. And that’s something no writer should do—especially when talking about religion. Then again, it’s never wise to take trolls too seriously. Heffernan has clearly mastered a strategy that’s been used by plenty of anti-evolut…

Double Helix: Improving U.S. Science with Ethics

By Arri Eisen

…foundation, here in America. Our mistake: we ripped science from its ethical, real-life context and attempted to shape it into a collection of value-free information. So why worry? Well, just for starters consider: Rachel’s quandary Our big health care mess The case of the disappearing American scientist. Rachel, one of my students, wants to become a physician. Her core self has grown from a strong amalgam of family, church, and community values….

The Three Qualities Marking the Capitol Assault as Terrorism

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ng on the most fateful moment of the ascension of a new President, the ritual tallying of electoral votes that would proclaim Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris as leaders of the new administration. If terrorism is theater, then timing and staging are significant. And in this case the timing of the electoral vote tally was perfect and the Capitol stage set could not have been better. As soon as the reserve forces of police and the National Guard came…

The Birth of Glenn Beck’s Nation

By Kelly J. Baker

…shes his decline into “extremism,” his shift in tone from conservative optimism to apocalyptic vision. David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun chides Beck and Fox News for their “paranoid and angry words,” and Media Matters charts Beck’s what it sees as his descent into madness and isolation. Much of the coverage concludes that Beck is, at best, “bonkers.” Alex Pareene of Salon.com, however, realizes that perhaps this is not “some sort of victory”; tha…

The Tebow Superbowl Ad: Offense, Defense, or Interference?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…and given that name before he was conceived), was a special gift from the Almighty. The family patriarch was on a mission trip preaching in the Philippines and prayed to God “for a Timothy,” another preacher to assist him in the work. The pregnancy was difficult and nearly ended many times, but God “spared” the child, just as he has spared him on the field of athletic battle. At the end of the piece, the couple return to their fundamental commitm…

Community Organizing and Symbolic Electioneering

By Laura R. Olson

…publican convention delegates. For several decades now, American presidential nominating conventions have been little more than media events. Most major decisions about the composition of presidential tickets — and even policy platforms — are made well before the speaker hits the rostrum. The delegates serve a largely symbolic role, and the speakers’ real audience is the electorate at large, following (or so both political parties hope) convention…

God TV: Televangelism 2.0

By Sarah Posner

…e eyelashes school of her old friend Tammy Faye Bakker, while Wendy’s hair mimics Jennifer Aniston’s. In a 2005 listing of emerging charismatic evangelical leaders under 40, Charisma’s editor, J. Lee Grady, who has been critical of the financial excesses and abuses of the Word of Faith movement, took a little dig at TBN when he wrote that the Alecs, “produce programs that are hip and sophisticated for younger viewers who can’t stomach most other r…

The War On Terror Is Over

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…e—and with American financial support for their new security operations—local militias turned their attention away from America and toward another enemy, the al Qaeda forces that had infiltrated the resistance movement. In this case the US military quickly changed from an enemy to an ally. When the United States withdraws from Iraq, a major symbol of America’s imagined evil will disappear. During the campaign, Obama consistently supported a pull-o…