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Defending the Helpless: New Bible Highlights Poverty and Justice

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…it’s a verse from the Bible, Proverbs 31:8-9 to be exact. The poll is in service to the American Bible Society’s latest vanity Bible — the Poverty and Justice Bible that features a cover depicting breaking chains. On the inside you’ll find more than 2,000 verses that deal with issues of poverty and justice bolded by a bright orange highlight. “The Poverty and Justice Bible seeks to challenge the notion that the Bible is outdated and proves that…

RDBook: The Lost Scopes Archive

By Arri Eisen

…rollers’ in action to Model T-lined Dayton streets) and notes from Science Service reporters Davis and Frank Thone (which she uncovered in the Smithsonian archives) and lets them do the talking. Refreshingly, there is no intellectual prattling and wandering here; the book’s about the people, the moment, the context. LaFollette and the Science Service notes and pictures tell the story from the perspective of these two men on the scene who eventuall…

The “Nones” Are Here… And Have Been for Over 100 Years

By Emily Mace

…inent Jewish leaders. Adler’s reason for holding such ritualistically bare services are surprisingly relevant, perhaps, to today’s religious “nones.” Said Adler: “You may have holier moods on a Tuesday than on a Sunday; you may enter into larger communion with the spirit of nature in the woods or by the sea. You may! But, as a matter of fact, actually do you?” Wouldn’t it be better to attend any kind of service—even one as secular as theirs—to inc…

Black Women and the Sacred: With “Lemonade,” Beyoncé Takes Us to Church

By Yolanda Pierce

…its unapologetic focus on black women “Lemonade” is equal parts “testimony service” and Sunday morning worship. It celebrates beauty and resiliency, as any good, uplifting worship service in the African-American Christian tradition should do. But the visual album doesn’t shy away from the trials and pains experienced by those women who may not get a chance to speak or to lead on Sunday morning, but who testify about their lives on a Wednesday or F…

Sex and the (Hipster) Church—Just a Gimmick?

By Nicole Greenfield

…eansing. Sex was the topic of the night at Hillsong NYC’s midweek eXchange service, and guest speakers Ed and Lisa Young (the Texas megachurch pastor and wife who attracted international media attention at the beginning of this year for spending 24 hours in bed on the roof of their church) preached to the young, hip congregation about God’s plan for intimacy. “It’s all about context: the marriage bed, a God-given gift and a God-united covenant,” P…

Science, Syphilis, and the Evolution of Ethics

By Arri Eisen

…cience were going on in post-WWII Germany, the United States Public Health Service was intentionally exposing Guatemalans to the bacterium that causes syphilis, so that different therapies for the disease could then be tested on them. First, infected prostitutes were identified and made freely accessible to ‘volunteer’ prisoners for sex. When this didn’t work so well, attempts were made to infect patients in an asylum for the mentally ill, through…

It’s Bring Your Gun to Church Day

By Bill Berkowitz

…much work to be done in this area. Response to our mission, resources, and services thus far has been great. Will the Christian Security Network serve the security interests of religious entities other than Christian churches—for example, mosques or synagogues? JH: There are other organizations that already service the security and emergency planning needs for other religions; the Christian Security Network is in contact with several of them to sh…

3 Reasons the SCOTUS Challenge to Contraceptive Mandate is a “Religious Liberty” Stalking Horse

By Patricia Miller

…ealth insurance plans cover no-cost contraceptives as a basic preventative service. While the case is being widely portrayed in the media as the plaintiffs challenging the mandate, they are actually challenging the exemption from the mandate that they have already been granted. [See Kara Loewentheil’s post for more on this.] The Little Sisters and the other plaintiffs charge that merely notifying the government that they are opting out of providin…

Mormon ‘Humorist’ Robert Kirby Is Butt of His Own Dirty Joke

By Holly Welker

…m. The very first thing he said to me when we were alone in the convention center hallway was, “Let’s pretend I picked you up from an escort service and we’ll walk over to that table over there together and sit down and chat.” Kirby posted an apology Thursday on his page, acknowledging that “much of what she describes in her account took place, albeit without some of the more sinister intentions many have alluded to.” Kirby’s defenders may likely…

100 Religious Leaders to Obama: No Religious Exemption in ENDA Executive Order

By Sarah Posner

…in part (emphasis mine): In our democratic nation, we believe that public service—especially when it is directly supported by the federal government and our tax dollars—must be aligned with the Constitutional principle that all people deserve equal treatment under the law. Requiring all federal contractors to operate according to the same set of non-discriminatory hiring practices is more than fair; it is a critical safeguard that protects all pa…