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Making ‘The Link’: AIPAC’s New Crises

By Matthew Duss

…perception of US favoritism for Israel,” and that “Arab anger over the Palestinian question limits the strength and depth of US partnerships with governments and peoples in the AOR [CENTCOM’s Area Of Responsibility, the Middle East] and weakens the legitimacy of moderate regimes in the Arab world.” Though these comments might strike many as stating the obvious—because indeed they are—they represent something that AIPAC and others in the hawkish pr…

Meet the “New Age” Stephen Colbert

By Andrew Aghapour

…the relativistic individualism you critique? I love the wisdom of your question. Listening to what I’ve been saying you could ask, “Should we trash every tradition and belief every chance we get in the name of growth?” Well, no. That becomes a dogmatic practice in and of itself. The question [is whether a person] allows themselves to have a renewed perspective of their common traditional belief—if not then that’s where we’re challenged. Ultra Spi…

War on Christmas Affirmed by Southern Baptist Convention

By Mark Gstohl

…ukah or Happy Kwanzaa or Happy Ramadan to their customers? What if non-Christian customers don’t wish to be to be greeted with “Merry Christmas?” Should Christians care about their feelings? It’s my contention that they should. Loving one’s neighbor involves respecting and being sensitive to their feelings. My suggestion is that if Southern Baptists feel the need to de-secularize Christmas they should practice the teachings of Christ and reflect o…

A Religious History of American Neuroscience

By Leigh Eric Schmidt

…en G. White, suddenly thrust into the speculations of a pediatric neurologist studying temporal lobe epilepsy, all because she had been hit in the face by a rock when she was nine years old. Perhaps there is, indeed, a conversation to be had not only between religion and neuroscience, but also, more specifically, between American religious history and American neuroscience. By way of proposition and broad outline, I want to suggest three conversat…

Aliens To Arrive in Alabama Today!

By Ben Brazil

…or some portion of it, by offering rescue from the earth or warning us to stop destroying it. Via Goodchild, the Federation exhibits a similar concern: Friends of earth. Do not be afraid. We beseech you to TRUST that we come to bring the downfall of those who have misintentions for the well being of your planet. If we do not intervene now…as has been planned for eons of your earth time…then we fear it would be too late. Later, the Federation adds…

Friending Pope Benedict on Facebook?

By Kate Childs Graham

…unicate with attendees throughout this year’s World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. His first message read: Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus – BXVI. Now, as the Synod of Bishops meets in Rome, one person suggested Pope Benedict enter the blogoshere. Agnes Lam, president of the Catholic Biblical Association of Hong Kong and one of the few women permitted to a…

A Color-Blind America? Don’t Fall For The Okey-Doke

By LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant

…ed in the legacy of slavery, might be seen as a glimpse into the archaic past—a past that has little to no contemporary relevance. Am I exaggerating these possibilities? I think not. On Thursday, November 6, two days after the election, I led a discussion on “Religion and Race” in my Introduction to Religion course. (It was actually quite serendipitous how that component of the course occurred when it did–I wish I could take credit for that. I’ve…

Battling for the Soul of the Democratic Party

By Sarah Posner

…ual minorities, and reproductive health and justice. The religious left is still struggling to find an organizing and base-building model, while the center-right continues to dominate the conversation and capture the attention of politicians. A new book, Dispatches from the Religious Left, edited by the journalist Frederick Clarkson, attempts to start the conversation—though by its own admission it’s merely a start, not a blueprint. Part of that s…

An Immigrant’s Tale: The Pull of the Homeland

By Shabana Mir

…cannot be let loose. The religious impulse is suspect, and many, many times over if it is Muslim. My religiosity can’t be a wild horse, galloping for joy around the island. Religiosity must be domesticated in the city for it to be kept safe, and so it can be performed as safe. * * * Read Shabana Mir’s poem, “Immigrant Nostalgia” here….

‘Biblical’ Disaster in Haiti: Pat Robertson and the Curse of Unyielding Ignorance

By Matt Recla

…urches. Haiti, along with Jamaica and Puerto Rico, is home to one of the fastest growing Pentecostal populations in the Caribbean. As I watch the drama unfold in Haiti, and feel it here in Miami, the home of the largest Haitian Diaspora in the United States, I cannot help but think of another earthquake, another country. In 1976 a 7.5 earthquake devastated Guatemala, leaving 23,000 dead and over 50,000 injured. My husband, a child at the time, has…