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Purchasing Morality: What Happens When “Buying Local” Itself is Marketed?

By Laurie Patton

…e Global Consumer in the 21st Century. I write from Jerusalem, where next door in Egypt, Obama recently delivered his Cairo speech. The question of how much relative credit and blame he gave the Palestinians and the Israelis is being hotly debated in the Israeli media. “You should buy the newspaper that tells the real story about what Obama said,” I overheard one Israeli woman in a café say to another deliberating over which newspaper to purchase….

Religious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019

By Patrick Hornbeck

…ght religious exemptions in increasing numbers. The Little Sisters of the Poor, the owners of the Hobby Lobby chain, various Christian colleges and universities, and wedding florists, photographers, and cake-bakers have all advanced such claims. It’s clear that this issue is here to stay. The year that just ended saw the opening of new fronts in the legal battles over religious freedom. In 2018, the Supreme Court dodged one of the toughest issues—…

Electionpocalypse, Part I (Christianity)

By Sarah Posner

…ate breaking your candidate’s way or prodding the apathetic to the voting booth on November 6th. Or, to put a different spin on the phenomenon: we’re now seeing the dumbest of religious appeals, the most craven partisan tactics, a dramatic spike in proof-texting the Bible to score political points, and dire prophecies. Focus on the Family’s political arm is sending Iowa voters a flyer claiming that President Obama thinks “we’re no longer a Christi…

The Women’s March, Anti-Semitism, and ‘The Jewish Farrakhan’

By Shaul Magid

…garian Jewish proverb that says, “antisemitism is when gentiles hate Jews too much.” The underlying assumption, of course, is that the gentile always hates the Jew; antisemitism* is only when that hatred becomes overt. Most American Jews today may not quite believe that, but the assumption surfaces again when cases of Jew-hatred arise—and especially in the weaponizing of accusations of antisemitism. In a piercing essay on the categorical confusion…

Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero?

By Kambiz GhaneaBassiri

…ism and the Republic, thus forcing all Romanists in the United States to choose between two masters, both of whom they now confess to serve.” I suspect it would be with a great sense of irony that Strong would view today’s Catholic American leaders, such as Rick Lazio, Carl Paladino, and Newt Gingrich on the political stage assessing the threat that members of another religious tradition pose to Americans and their values. How did the tide of perc…

What Did Kyrie Say That Was So Wrong? When Black Antisemitism Meets White Jewish Privilege

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…k supporters of Irving see the reaction (including his suspension by the Brooklyn Nets and termination of his contract with Nike) as glaring evidence of the veracity of both of his comments and of some of the content contained in the film—or, at least what they believe it contains, as it’s clear from social media that many if not most supporters haven’t actually watched it. So here we are again at the intersection of Black Antisemitism Avenue and…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r. Berry to persuade and nudge governments about a subject that remains taboo in many places. During his first year on the job, he traveled to 42 countries, including Uganda, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, where gay and transgender people are widely stigmatized. Mr. Berry said he has been surprised by how respectfully he has been received in some conservative countries. “I don’t think these conversations are impossible,” he said. “But they ca…

Living to See the Day: Civil Rights Leaders and Obama

By Michael A. Elliott

…ivian said about Obama’s candidacy, failing to note that the Rev. Vivian, too, is himself a black churchman. No African-American preacher worth his salt is going to tell a white academic with a tape recorder that a presidential campaign may be fulfilling a celestial destiny, but sometimes, he doesn’t need to speak the words to say just that. To someone who spends most of his time in the hallways of skepticism, second-guessing, and doubt, the moral…

None Means None (Not Atheist, Agnostic, Unbeliever…)

By Elizabeth Drescher

…“secularly inclined Americans” whose response to tragedies like the Sandy Hook shootings is not anchored “in the idea that dead children are now angels in heaven.” Her generally thoughtful reflection on meaning-making in the face of tragedy offers insight on the importance of valuing the present moment. But she errs in claiming this as an especially secular perspective. The manna God sent the Israelites rotted in a day’s time for considerable symb…

Who Says The “Partly Jewish” Are Bad For The Jews?

By Susan Katz Miller

…oth: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family, I chronicle a grassroots movement to provide interfaith education for interfaith children. In interfaith family communities in Chicago, New York, and Washington, Jewish and Christian educators are working side by side in dual-faith classrooms, comparing and contrasting, and noting points of historical connection. They teach texts and rituals and history, not creed or dogma. In response to the…