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A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…that number seems staggeringly high. A full third? Once you delve into the numbers, though, 34% doesn’t seem quite so high. Really, Pew has asked an excellent question—a question that reveals the full tangle of ambiguities and inconsistencies that surround the topic of Jewish identity. First, some background: when the researchers at Pew set out to conduct this survey, they quickly ran into a problem that’s been under discussion for at least two th…

Religion and Resistance at the New National Museum of African American History and Culture

By Anita Little

…have always been African Americans in the Jewish community. We also have a number of artifacts from the Nation of Islam as well as other Muslim communities. So the museum reminds us there were African Muslims who were enslaved, making the Islamic experience part of the founding of America. Even though black history is dominated by the Christian voice, it is not the only voice that is present. We strive to tell the story from Islam to Judaism to Ch…

Catholic Voters No Longer Beholden to Bishops and Abortion

By Mary E. Hunt

…in which abortions are necessary, the context that needs to change if the number of abortions is to be reduced. This larger context constitutes “gravely moral reasons” why a Catholic could, some might say should, vote for Obama over McCain despite their respective positions on abortion. Theologians and other Catholic scholars have led the way on this approach. Pro-choice Catholic scholars have long argued that one can favor legal abortion from a…

Swiftboating Obama’s Health Care Reform?

By Bill Berkowitz

…ointed out that CRC was involved “in an attempt to hold [New York] Senator Charles Schumer responsible” for the collapse of California’s IndyMac Bank. SourceWatch reported that in late June, Schumer, the chair of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, “went public with his concerns about the bank.” A number of former bank employees — with the assistance of CRC — claimed that the Senator’s negative assessments of IndyMac led to a run on the bank, “wit…

Religion vs. Science: America’s Perilous Fight

By Edward J. Larson

…dst dinosaurs. Bible institutes and Christian colleges continue to grow in number and size, with at least some of them offering degrees in biology and science education in creation-friendly environments. Most of this activity occurs within the nation’s conservative Christian subculture largely invisible to those outside it. When creationists reach beyond the church to challenge the teaching of evolution in public schools—as they have in Kansas, Pe…

What Irish Marriage Vote Means for Catholic Church; The Lonely Fight for Equality in Belize; Progress and Backlash in Tunisia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…clear arms, of the possibility to annihilate in a few instants a very high number of human beings,” he was quoted as saying. “Let’s think also of genetic manipulation, of the manipulation of life, or of the gender theory, that does not recognize the order of creation. … God has placed man and woman and the summit of creation and has entrusted them with the earth. The design of the Creator is written in nature.” Kaoma accuses Francis of playing “hi…

The Dirty Little Secret of Every Ponzi Scheme, or: Bernie Madoff’s 150 Year Sentence

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ff and Law stories has something to do with the confusion created by large numbers. The point is, in the financial sector, numbers need to correspond to some reality. Law’s paper notes were supposed to correspond to the gold held in his bank’s reserves. When the gap between numbers and real things grew too great, his system collapsed. It became, almost unwittingly, a nationwide French Ponzi scheme. Law was encouraged by the French regent to covert…

The Fourth of July Is Not America’s Birthday

By Peter Laarman

…, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution—the number specified in order for the Constitution to be in full and binding effect for all 13 former colonies. Those who prefer a winter birthday might want to go for Dec. 15, 1791, the date on which the required three-fourths of the states had ratified the Bill of Rights. (I know: much too close to Christmas, doesn’t have a chance.) This “birthday” business matters because pe…

Mennonite in a Midlife Crisis (of Faith)

By Brittany Shoot

…husband’s departure, Janzen surely could have languished in her overpriced lake house. Instead, she took a much-needed trip home. Peppering her recovery at home with stories from childhood, Janzen offers a witty account of the ways Mennonite faith has affected her life, whether up close and personal or far removed from her everyday experience. Überdorks of the Universe While reading a book backwards is not usually recommended, a quick peek into Ja…

Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Guilty, But Not Insane

By Joanna Brooks

A jury in Salt Lake City has found Brian David Mitchell guilty, on counts of kidnapping and transporting a minor across state lines for the purposes of having sex, in the 2002 kidnapping of then 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart. Mitchell, who has entered the courtroom each day (including today) singing hymns from the LDS hymnal, was portrayed by the defense as an anti-social narcissist led by delusional thinking to believe that he was directed by God…