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When Conservatives Turn Revolutionary

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ndred priceless works of art to be expropriated by the French and taken to Paris. The symbol of the Revolutionary French Republic at this time was a seated Classical goddess, framed by the words Egalité and Liberté. Interestingly, official documents did not mention fraternité, the common third term in the mantra of revolutionary French politics, except when a military administrator wished to soften the blow of some new pronouncement. “Liberty and…

For Some of Us, the Biggest Religious Event of 2016 Was the Gilmore Girls Revival

By Isabel Fattal

…. I enjoy books and shows and albums alone, behind closed doors and on headphones and small screens. Sharing my passions with others feels like a painful chipping away at that first magical moment of discovery. How could I possibly explain it without tampering with it? How could someone else possibly respond without misunderstanding or belittling my experience? If culture is my internal ritual, religion has always been my external one. It’s not th…

Don’t Call it a Turkish Spring

By Haroon Moghul

…led down a street in a neighborhood of Istanbul that could be confused for Paris, except I passed people in vexillological consternation—some stores flying plain Turkish flags and others with Ataturk’s face stamped over them. In front of me, a young woman with a headscarf helped a woman who I assumed was her mother—no headscarf—sit. They were drinking cappuccino and water, respectively. Across from me, a young couple probably on a date. She looke…

Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam

By Mark LeVine

…ecause it brings me back into the archives I love, especially in Istanbul, Paris, and Baghdad—if there are any documents left to explore that haven’t been destroyed, looted or illegally taken out of the country by US forces. It will no doubt be very sad for me to return to Iraq given all the devastation that’s occurred since I was last there in 2004, but it will be good to see old friends. And in the end, making or reconnecting with friends in dis…

Red Riding Hood Arouses Man’s Inner (Were)Wolf

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…l, a little too grim for children at times. Perrualt’s story, published in Paris in 1687, went something like this: Once upon a time, there was a young village girl who was more beautiful than any girl anyone had ever seen. Desire clung to her like an aroma, harried her like a curse, and defined her like a recurrent dream. Her grandmother made her a small, red hood that rendered her even more enchanting. And that was what she was wearing on the da…

The Tense History Behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address

By John Fea

…ndirect reference to Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate agreement. He also reminded his audience that America has always had a difficult time embracing equality for all people. “Even now,” he said, “some of us are still struggling to accept the fact that all people are equal in the eyes of God.” (Here Carter gets some tepid applause from the crowd). He added, “our nation should be known as a champion of peace, our…

Who Benefits From Standardized Universal Time? And Other Questions to Ask As You Set Your Clocks Back This Weekend

By Michael Schulson

…puty in the French chamber even introduced a bill to set France’s time to “Paris [time] minus nine minutes and twenty-one seconds,” which just happened to coincide with the master clocks in London.) A spirit of universalism animated this transition. You can’t have global time without some notion of the global. In an era that celebrates interconnectedness and global citizenship, it can be difficult for many Americans, especially on the left, to thi…

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Legacy of Eugenics and Racism Can’t Be Ignored

By John P. Slattery

…ion of Energy,” in Activation of Energy. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971): 202-3. “We must recognize…”: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Convergence of the Universe,” L’activation de l’énergie. (Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1963): 308. UNESCO/Scientific Commission: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Letters from my Friend Teilhard de Chardin: 1948-1955. (New York: Paulist, 1980): 59, 172….

‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ernational Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comission, in collaboration with a number of partners, released a study on homophobia and transphobia in Caribbean media, based on analysis from Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Lucia. The report’s section on Belize refers to the role played by the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches and its vice president, Scott Stirm, who is a U.S. citizen. And from its section on Jamaica: In addition, pol…

Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine

By Katherine Kelaidis

…x community is the result of immigration, which has created a patchwork of parishes under different bishops founded when new arrivals “sent home” for a priest. And in traditionally Orthodox places, such as Ukraine, Finland, and Estonia, turf wars (ordinarily between Constantinople and Moscow) are evidenced by the presence of overlapping ecclesiastical jurisdictions. The consequence of both of these realities is that an ordinary Orthodox Christian…