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God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement

By Nathan Schneider

…couple of days, four regular RD contributors, moderated by Senior Editor Sarah Posner, shared their own thoughts about a movement that remains fluid and thrilling—and quite literally indescribable. Anthea, Last week you published a wonderful remembrance of the life of the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, in which you wrote, “his wasn’t a weak, wimpy faith, but a fiery righteousness that seared all untruths in its path.” That seems to capture the subversi…

Qaddafi Dies; Should it Matter How?

By Haroon Moghul

…nd house-by-house. In the end, they hunted him down, chasing him from his palaces and attacking him in his own gaudy vanity projects. He made his last stand near the buildings he had lavished Sirte with. He who accused al-Qaeda of being behind Libya’s revolution ended his life releasing audiotapes only the Syrian government dared share. What do we learn from that? He was apparently found in a drainage pipe in Sirte, his hometown; ending where he b…

This Narrative of Death that is So Powerful Among Us

By Daniel Schultz

…radition survives in your work? Walter: Oh, very much so. I’m increasingly aware of it and, I think, intentionally work that way. Dan: From the perspective of social justice or engagement? Walter: From social justice, and I think the evangelical strand of that was marked by a kind of innocence about scripture—I think I have a fairly innocent perspective on scripture. Without raising excessive numbers of critical questions. Dan: You tend to have a…

Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting with Jesus: 1946-2011

By Lauri Lebo

…es valuable insight into why so many of us who share his roots have turned against our own self-interests. More so than any writer I know, he shines a light on those reasons, illuminating the myriad complex ways that the wealthy ruling class have rigged the game against us and then tricked us (so often with religion) into believing it’s for our own good. While no small excerpt can adequately capture his complete work (I encourage everyone to buy h…

Forgiveness

By Amina Wadud

Yesterday at salat-al-jumu’ah my favorite imam, as usual, said something to make me laugh and something to make me reflect. That’s why he’s my favorite. Every time I attend, I will find something to laugh about, and something to reflect upon—and maybe even more than once. I love loving God in the presence of this devout person. As it turned out, he made me laugh about the sleep thing! Just as I was complaining in yesterday’s blog, he came around…

ACLU and Thomas More Law Center Rush to Terry Jones Defense

By Lauri Lebo

…e ass-backward country preacher spouting off about his xenophobic fears of Arab-Americans and/or Islam? Indifference, ridicule, pity — any of these would’ve been an appropriate response to this fool. Arguing him down outside the center would’ve been fine, too, for the more passionate among us. But throwing the man in jail truly risks turning a gasbag into a poster boy for the fight against governmental assaults on free speech. What’s more, it’ll…

Abortion’s Not in Kansas Anymore?

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…Dr. Yeomans. “Operating rooms have to be a certain size. The area of the lavatory has to be a certain size. You have to have a separate area for the employees to get dressed in. They even directed that there had to be a janitor’s closet and it had to be a certain size. Just all kinds of requirements: doors have to be a certain width, hallways have to be a certain width. “They’re passing it off as being about safety, but it’s a blatant attempt to…

The Many, Not the Few: An Anthem for Occupy

By Elizabeth Drescher

It should come as no surprise that Makana, a mountain on Kauai known for an ancient fire ritual, is a popular name in Hawai’i. It means “gift or reward” in Hawai’ian, and it is the name adopted by the slack key guitarist Matthew Swalinkavich, who started playing and performing ki ho’alu (the Hawai’ian for “slack key”) at age seven. Now 33, Makana is a mountain among ki artists, and a growing luminary on the world music scene, earning Grammy nomin…

Presbyterians, Change Hearts & Minds, Begin Ordaining Gays

By MaryAnn McKibben Dana

…pidemic of anti-gay bullying all had an impact upon the consideration of 10A across the country.” But what made this the year? Some speculate that enough conservative congregations have left the denomination to help swing the vote. But advocates downplay the impact of their departure, since most reports estimate that only 100 of the denomination’s 11,000 congregations have been lost. “I don’t buy it,” says Dykers-Koenig. “Maybe in a couple of pre…

Ralph Reed’s Group Goes after “Union Thugs” in Wisconsin

By Sarah Posner

…s that a team of Wisconsin volunteers will be canvassing the state, in preparation for “a full-scale get-out-the-vote phone bank operation to make sure every last pro-freedom and pro-family voter goes to vote on behalf of our values.” So far, the right’s anti-union battleground in Wisconsin hasn’t been explicitly framed as a “pro-family” issue, but here’s Marx: Please join Tony Nasvik and join the fight with 100 plus FFC activists who will be goin…