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Fear, Guns, and the (Unwinnable) War Against Death: A Letter to My Fellow Americans

By Beatrice Marovich

…lking through a crowded store. Or when you’re at a parade, or at a street fair. Maybe you have a moment of panic when a stranger gives you a look that feels glazed with a threat. Because you know, like I know, that it could happen anywhere: any Wal-Mart, any school. You know, like I know, that the guns and the death are absolutely everywhere, just barely concealed. Maybe this is why you bought that gun, if you’re one of the Americans who did buy t…

Another Book Burner Lusts for Attention

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ear in agreement with what we are doing. I may ask for your church’s name, phone number, and Web site to verify your stand. What I see as the sin at the heart of Grizzard and Jones’ actions—as well as at the heart of anyone who seeks to violently control the free will or belief of others—is lust. These men lust for control; and in their lust they objectify others, people they call “heretics” or “sinners.” Lust, in and of itself, is not a bad thing…

On Harith, and Matters of Inheritance

By Amina Wadud

…ade for gender. Most importantly, despite the patriarchal context more than 14 centuries ago, under no circumstances are women to be disinherited. Juridical intervention has taken away the female shares and passed them over to more distant male relatives, still today. This is a clear violation. Still it is vexing to make sense of any uneven distribution based on gender. The simplest and most popular interpretation given is that men have a responsi…

How an Ancient Story of Renegade Rabbis Caught With Black Market Technology Can Help Us Navigate ChatGPT’s Apocalyptic Aura

By Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld

…ionships between individuals, but is more easily disseminated to a greater number of people. We experience AI as a crisis because, like the rabbis of the Talmud, we actually have conflicting needs and desires. We crave the efficiency of AI because it can save time and effort, helping us write emails, make phone calls, and recall and summarize information. At the same time, we’re seeking human connection when we do reach out, and AI fails to provid…

Lessons Learned this Ramadan

By Amina Wadud

…for even the prescribed worship might change. There were more people in chairs for prayer than I remember in the past, and I had to take one myself for one of the tarawih. I finally finished the Qur’an reading I had started last year and decided that now I’m at the point where it will take two years to read through. To be merciful with our aging is like Allah’s mercy with those parents: it’s a part of the Divine nature and I am grateful. Finally,…

If You Were Faced With Him

By Amina Wadud

…picked up quickly and loaded the dishwasher, I said yes. Then I checked my phone. Like many people, I keep it on silent unless I’m expecting a call, so I missed a called from my youngest daughter. Instead she left a text message. It read: “your hajj packgat came” (sic) I burst out crying. So much so that my other daughter came forward and said, “What’s wrong?!” I couldn’t speak. I just showed her the text message and cried and hugged her. To her c…

We Declare You Restored: How Christian ‘Forgiveness’ is Deployed to Enable Abuse and Corruption

By Greg Carey

…outhern Baptist Executive Committee members toward sexual abuse victims (p. 176). Meanwhile, Auburn University has its own troubles concerning its handling of sexual assault cases. When USA Today contacted over 100 universities to request public records concerning Title IX complaints, Auburn was one of six who failed to comply. Auburn didn’t even respond to multiple requests for information, which it’s obligated to provide. Hugh Freeze’s story int…

This Narrative of Death that is So Powerful Among Us

By Daniel Schultz

…ze those patriotic holidays in worship and salute the men and women in the service. Walter: The biggest Presbyterian church in Atlanta—I think 14,000—I don’t know whether they still do, because they’ve got a new pastor—but every Sunday when the offering was brought forward, they sang either “My Country Tis of Thee” or something like that. Dan: A patriotic hymn. Walter: During the offering. Dan: Wow. Walter: And it was done shamelessly. They didn’t…

Departure of the Queen

By Amina Wadud

…now. I come out to the mosque only because I am here for the company of my spiritual practice and the option to pray there brings me joy and comfort. I reflect back to the height of the weekend when guests and locals overflowed in the mosque, even spilling out to a tent set in the yard out front. Perhaps what I am feeling is a loss from all this company celebrating this time with the Queen. She has not yet departed after all, and we are still hono…

Forgiveness

By Amina Wadud

…little bit of mercy.” Last night they announced plans for the i’itikaf or spiritual retreat (the last ten days of Ramadan) and told the brothers (only) not to bring their microwave, not to bring their toaster oven and not to bring their cell phone. It was almost funny. Following that announcement from the now infamous loud “speaker,” he said that fajr prayer would be at 5:40. I should have thought more clearly about this, but as it stands, I have…