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The Garden of Eden: A Dull Place? Paradise Lust Author Explains…

By Nathan Schneider

…really about the “feel,” as you say. The most successful Eden in terms of number of people convinced would have to be Joseph Smith’s Eden, in Independence, Missouri, and he was convincing because his followers considered him a prophet. Nothing’s supposedly weaker in philosophy than an argument from authority, yet nothing seems to work on people better… For sure. Smith was reported to have invincible charisma, but not being privy to it, I had to r…

Was Blind But Now I See: The Debut of a New Anti-Abortion Strategy

By Kellee Terrell

…nic receptionist, currently Executive Director of Right to Life in Greater Ohio; and three former Planned Parenthood employees: Sue Thayer from Iowa, Catherine Adair from Massachusetts, and Linda Couri, who also discussed her own abortion. And then there was the headline attraction: Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director in Texas, who notoriously converted to the cause in 2010, claiming she could no longer juggle her faith and her job….

As Transition Looms, Jewish Studies is Mired in Controversy

By Shaul Magid

…who was also among the founders of AJS and who taught Jewish philosophy at Ohio State and later at Brandeis (where he served as my doctoral advisor). In a letter to Philip Klutznik of the American Academy of Jewish Education in 1971, Fox wrote: As a Jew devoted to his tradition and people, I allow myself to hope that Jewish students studying with my colleagues and myself will be helped by their Jewish studies to a deeper and more effective persona…

Obama Under Fire From Civil Liberties Groups Over Faith-Based Policies

By Sarah Posner

…iately reacted negatively after Obama delivered that speech in Zanesville, Ohio in July 2008. Just as the campaign was trying to court these religious voters away from voting Republican, leaders complained to the campaign that such efforts to protect the civil liberties of beneficiaries, employees, and applicants would eliminate their interest in having a faith-based initiative at all. When Obama took office and created his faith-based office, he…

Strippers versus Church: Cosmic Battle With Civic Consequences

By Joseph Laycock

…congregation in picketing The Foxhole, a tiny gentleman’s club in Warsaw, Ohio. Church members usually arrive at the Foxhole on weekends at 11:30 p.m. bearing signs, bullhorns, and cameras. While the picketers invite club patrons and employees to their church, they also employ intimidation tactics such as photographing the license plates of anyone visiting the club. These kinds of pickets are a common pastime for conservative evangelicals around…

Hide the Religion, Feature the Science: 60 Minutes Drops the Ball on Mindfulness

By jeff wilson

…d $1 million dollars from the federal government to bring mindfulness into Ohio schools in his district. If he asked for that money to teach the rosary to public school kids, would that really fly? Better to follow the lead of UMass researcher Judson Brewer, who tells Cooper that mindfulness is “just the next generation of exercise.” The mainstreaming of mindfulness is the real crux of the piece. Rather than using mindfulness to purify the mind as…

Boehner Should Take A Breather

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…pirit of bipartisan cordiality. But this president does not suffer fools. Pick the wrong battle, or fight stupidly, or fight unfairly, and this hand will not remain extended to you. Perhaps the Senator from Ohio should listen to his own financially battered constituency, before he presumes to know what they think about the stimulus proposals and ideological commitments currently under review….

Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…internet as a result of the inexorable working out of Moore’s Law. As the number of transistors on a chip grew exponentially, computers became smaller, and then they became “personal,” and then they fit in our pockets as a phone. “Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing,” at the Computer History Museum In this telling, the internet was not a unique “Columbus” event, but an evolution dependent on the shrinking size and growing capacity of co…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ill go to Mina, etc. There is still no address for the hotels, but a local phone number. There is also information about processing customs at Jeddah, meeting the tour guide, and information that says “the group” will proceed to Makkah—which means the first will have to wait for the last person, which is the beginning of feeling like you are a group. They even include suggestions to “get to know” your fellow travelers. I still had no idea what wer…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…3.2 million new adherents and “folk religions” (these tend to be small in number and tied to a particular people group or tribe) are likely to see gains of 2.6 million during the same time period. Such numbers are miniscule compared to the projected 61.5 million expected to switch into the “unaffiliated” category by 2050, nevertheless the 197% projected growth rate should turn more than a few heads. Something is causing people to be attracted to…