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Who’s to Blame for BP?

By David True

…Great Man theory is somewhat distorting, the Act of God theory is utterly self-deluding. Both Perry and Paul adhere to a form of libertarianism that places a strong emphasis on individual responsibility. Their political agenda is to free individuals from what they see as the burdensome, even oppressive, control of government by lowering taxes and decreasing government spending and regulation. The cruel irony is that the spill appears to have been…

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the increased popularity of fundamental Christianity, by way of American televangelists, since the 1980s. While Africans argued that homosexuality was a western import, they in turn used a western religion as the basis for their argument. When I have challenged people who are anti-gay, many have said that it is not our culture. However, when you probe further, they argue that homosexuality is not in the Bible. But the Bible is not our historical…

Here’s What the Court Didn’t Decide in Masterpiece

By Patrick Hornbeck

…l issue at stake in Masterpiece Cakeshop: whether and to what extent sincerely held religious objections to same-sex marriage should be allowed to exempt someone from generally applicable laws. It remains to be seen exactly when one or more cases with less troublesome facts will make it impossible for the Court to take another procedural sidestep (as it remains to be seen, as some have noted, whether Justice Kennedy will apply his logic to the Cou…

Capricology: Week 3: Apotheosis, Anyone?

By Salman Hameed

…the monotheistic STO religious world is revealed, while the polytheistic religious beliefs of Caprica are talked about, yet not on visible display. It seems that on Caprica, polytheism is mouthed, but practice is about personal devotional activity rather than something that rears its head in the broader culture. Much like modern-day America, it’s the press that operates as the moral compass and judge of what is appropriate or not within the cultu…

‘Restart the Economy’ is a Prayer to a Conservative God Who Demands Human Sacrifice

By Stephen Young

…outlined above. A simple translation of “restart the economy” suggests itself: the economy or the free market is God. It rules over and defines reality. And this God demands human sacrifice to rescue us from Coronavirus. Those who know our history will not be surprised. The God of the Economy has long subsisted on human sacrifice in ways that reveal his character. When the Cotton Gin was invented, enslavers needed to increase cotton picking outpu…

Mad Men’s Matt Weiner, Warrior Against Woo

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…why something they remember was left out of the show, “I’m like, ‘I’m not telling your story, I’m telling the story of your parents.’ You know, or your grandparents. I don’t have a judgment on them necessarily—that sounded really judgmental…maybe I do have a judgment…” Yes you do, Matt, and it’s ok. I will attempt to hold on to your less rosy, more historically informed view while I watch the new CNN series The Sixties, which, according to press m…

DeSantis is a No-Show, the Right’s ‘Secret Sauce,’ and Final Thoughts on Pray Vote Stand

By PRA Staff

…nergized and on the move, and is focused not only on national and state-level electoral races but also on capturing school boards, election infrastructure and other local institutions. What struck me more than anything else was how depressingly cult-like it all felt. Over and over throughout the three-day conference, appeals to seize political power were intertwined with direct and personal promises to soothe the deepest and most intimate wellspri…

Introducing ‘Draw Muhammad Day’

By Hussein Rashid

…group of people, Muslims. And just to prove that I do not believe any representation of Muhammad is problematic, below is an image of the Angel Gabriel talking to Muhammad from a Persian miniature….

From ‘Management Gurus’ to ‘Corporate Chaplains’: A Review of Spirituality Inc.

By Brittany Shoot

…ty over the past century. Corporate poet David Whyte can make a living traveling between offices to recite his verses, and workplace chaplains and life coaches can continue the tradition of centering life at work instead of at home. These may sound like anecdotal examples, but they draw sharp comparison to the traveling tent revivals of Charles Finney and Billy Sunday, and life coaches often base their corporate roles on the examples set by milita…

Yeshiva is Likely to Win Its Battle Against LGBTQ Group — But Do Jewish Orgs Really Want to Empower a Militant Christian Movement?

By Orit Avishai

…d neutral constitutional principle, “religious liberty” (or, its cousin, “religious freedom”) has come to be intimately associated with an uncompromising illiberal political agenda that threatens the very foundations of American democracy, including its cherished individual and communal freedoms. YU has long prided itself on its dual commitment to “the knowledge of Western civilization and the rich treasures of Jewish culture.” But here there seem…