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How ‘Positivity’ Can Lead to Conspiratorial Thinking

By Susannah Crockford

…prosperity gospel, that promises health and wealth regardless of socioeconomic status. One prominent proponent is Paula White, a televangelist, and spiritual advisor to Donald Trump. Prosperity gospel’s blend of optimism, individualism, and personal responsibility for socioeconomic outcomes sits well with the politics of the outgoing administration. Yet it goes deeper than this. Trump attended the New York church of Norman Vincent Peale in his you…

The Nation of Islam at the End of the Apocalyptic Age?

By Anna Clark

…d Walid, who is also the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan chapter. “Maybe they were former members, or they have family members who are. There’s a feeling of cooperation, though not total agreement on theological issues.” This is an especially notable point: the Nation’s choices in this moment of transition have an influence that reaches far beyond its membership base. “What people don’t understand is that…

Not a Review of Would You Baptise an Extraterrestrial?

By Nick Tabor

…. “It’s sort of like asking, ‘How do you reconcile being a scientist and a Detroit Lions fan?’” The question seems to assume a fundamentalist model of religion, rather than a mystical one, and takes for granted that the two disciplines are separate in the first place. Instead, Consolmagno says he’s had revelations behind his telescopes that resemble his experiences in Mass. His faith permeates his scientific research, and his research deepens his…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e current King Norodom Sihamoni, but this has not shielded them from discrimination by family, friends and society in general. France: Gay policeman killed in jihadist attack married posthumously The gay policeman killed by a jihadist in Paris in April was married posthumously to his partner on May 30. Under French law, reports The Local, the president can authorize a posthumous marriage when there are “significant grounds” to do so and the deceas…

Burning Man: Religious Event or Sheer Hedonism?

By Lee Gilmore

…llar annual budget is funded almost exclusively by ticket sales, and these tickets are not cheap (ranging this year, for example, from $210-$300 depending on time of purchase). This pays for the basic infrastructure as well as expenses like a hefty per-person/per-day use fee charged by the Bureau of Land Management. In addition, a significant portion of each year’s budget is set aside to fund many of the large-scale art installations various parti…

Saving Teens from Obama: When Bible Study Goes Wrong

By Vyckie Garrison

…w a Michael Moore film, thinking this would be a relevant counter-example. Miranda wasn’t familiar with Moore, and insisted that she saw the D’Souza documentary as neutral—a way to get the kids talking about the president’s policies and the upcoming election. Both pastors assured me that they in no way endorsed one candidate over another (RC suggested that Christians might sidestep the entire issue of the presidential election, and Romney’s Mormon…

An American Muslim Abroad, Or, Things I Saw in Dubai

By Haroon Moghul

…e Burj as a certain toupee is to hair: might the Trump Tower inadvertently mimic an Islamic motif?) The regal twin palm trees in the foreground are the world’s tallest, at some 3,500 feet each. Recently a falling coconut crushed an entire apartment complex, punching a massive hole that has filled up with the rare rainshower. Hordes of Muslims can be found sticking their feet in and then dying of heatstroke on the walk to the nearest mosque. ⬆…

To Get Through This Time We’ll Have to Shred the ‘Racial Contract’ and Choose Solidarity Over Sacrifice

By Christophe D Ringer

…ul Butler states, “the flames that engulfed Watts in 1965, Newark in 1967, Miami in 1980, Los Angeles in 1992, Ferguson in 2015 and Minneapolis in 2020 were in response to police violence against Blacks.” These forms of unrest reveal the persistence of the racial contract as well as challenges to its legitimacy—even in the midst of a pandemic. Black feminist and abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s definition of racism as the “state-sanctioned or ex…

Religious Affiliation, ‘Mankind’: India’s Anti-Corruption Activist Leads Second Freedom Struggle

By April L. Bogle

…out my phone and check it for messages. Sure enough, I had one from an unfamiliar number. A woman’s voice said Bedi was still sleeping, exhausted from the previous day’s overseas flight, and needed to reschedule our interview for that afternoon. I called the number back, convinced the opportunity was lost. “I’m here at the hotel now, but I’m booked solid this afternoon—” “Hold on, let me check with her,” the woman told me. There was a brief pause….

What’s More Frightening Than Snakes on a Plane?

By Devin Kuhn-Choi

…ing solo? Buddy up through an ad in a local shop or community center. Last minute emergency? Call the airline right away to see about possibilities for accommodating your needs. Likewise, if one is ardently anti-abortion for moral reasons, rather than only focus on making it illegal, prevent it by limiting unwanted pregnancies: help ensure adequate, healthy sex education and contraception are available to those who need or want them. Work to make…