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$upport Our $ister$

By Marian Ronan

…current situation facing the sisters and US Catholic women more broadly. A number of us had read in advance the assessment of the LCWR by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. I am often struck by how basically benign US Catholics are (except about clergy sex abuse)—especially those who still belong to parishes, as most of the attendees last night did. A few of them were angry, but for the most part they seemed more disappointed,…

Bobby Jindal Hypes His Christian Cred at Liberty U.

By Murali Balaji

…ll towns in New Jersey, New York, and Ohio before my family settled in the Philadelphia suburbs in the 1980s, and I was subjected to the worst types of bullying and racism during my elementary school years. A few choice examples: I was called the ‘n’-word on a daily basis; was threatened with detention if I didn’t sing gospel songs in my public school music class; and a teacher once asked whether the “chilled monkey brains” scene from Indiana Jone…

“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray

By Anita Little

…s along and they have a champion, they expose themselves. When you saw the numbers following the election, the red states were like blood on the maps. He wants America to become powerful again. I couldn’t understand that thinking because at this tick of the watch, America is the most powerful, richest nation in the history of the world. What do you mean become powerful again? He means empowering the white elite. A good portion of his platform is e…

Hijab: Culture, Custom, and Chaos

By Amina Wadud

…d. I also chose to cover my face: way back in the 70s, in the U.S. city of Philadelphia. But I was in retreat from the world as I knew it. I observed the niqab for four years before moving on to the next stage of my living faith. I am still moving, because at this age, I go out for regular errands with no scarf, after more than 35 years of covering by choice. In the public settings, I tend to cover my hair with the exception of the length of my dr…

Aghast Responses to Obama’s Speech Betray Cynicism, Revisionism

By Svend White

…y and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787. The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to…

Satan Has a Posse (of Bats)

By Gabriel Mckee

…his the… legitimate work of a lone anti-bat prophet? A few quick Google searches reveals that similar posters have appeared in Philadelphia: …and Chicago:…

Palin Bus Tour Like Gideon’s Fleece

By Anthea Butler

…, with a bonus side of Piper sniping at her mom. The Palin bus rolled into Philadelphia yesterday so that Palin and family could visit Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Predictably, there was a crazy press scrum, complete with helicopters, police escorts, random Tea Partiers, a donkey, and an elephant. Traveling with Piper, Todd, her parents, and a media throng racing behind, Palin is on message, touting the “fundamental truths” that the Tea…

Satanic Temple Organizing a Rally for Religious Liberty

By Joseph Laycock

…n of Independence, or the Constitution. Nor were they mentioned during the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, and they have never been invoked by the Supreme Court as a source of law. In fact, American prohibitions against murder, theft, and perjury (which are congruent with the Ten Commandments) come from English law, which has been traced back to Germanic tribes from before they were Christianized. This “history” lesson seems to be little m…

Fight the Power: How to Read, and Re-Read, the Book of Revelation

By Wil Gafney

…t matter, who was John? I sat down with Dr. Pagels at the Palomar Hotel in Philadelphia on the Ides of March (the 15th) to discuss the book. __________ WG: I’m interested, as a scholar of prophecy, in your take on the book of Revelation as “interpretative” rather than predictive. EP: American Christians assume that what prophecy does is predict specific events to happen. And of course that’s the way the Book of Revelation has been read. I got fasc…

Trump’s Bibles and Sneakers Campaigns Tell an Old Story About the Role of Race in Christian Nationalism

By Dara Delgado

…ng election. So, it’s unsurprising that when he appeared at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia this past February, although standing before a mixed crowd, including Trump-supporting Cheer Moms, his campaign hoped he would “win over more young and minority voters, particularly young Black men.” Or, as Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo now-famously stated: This [sneaker line] is connecting with Black America because they love sneakers. They’re into sneak…