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

By LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant

…ary 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 been teaching the same segment at the same time for the past three semesters). I informed them of the numerous ways…

Peter Berger, Sociology’s Defender of God (1929-2017)

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…lay behind the fractured constructions of reality that provide us with the day-to-day world around us. The book that makes the best connection between religion and the social construction of reality is likely The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Social Theory of Religion. His regard for religion as a cultural resource for thinking of ultimate matters led him to become a well-known defender of religion. His prominence as a champion for God rose during…

No Conspiracy Theories Needed: Abortion Foes Cry Racism

By Kathryn Joyce

…Outrageous Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham.” “We were arrested yesterday because of the content of our message,” claimed the group’s campus director in a clear sampling of “I Have a Dream.” “We’re just doing what Rosa Parks would have done,” added another.) This sort of bargain-basement martyrdom conferred onto pro-lifers has a flip side as well, vilifying abortion- and contraception-rights advocates as modern-day Klanswomen. In late January…

Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ir problems…” Bangladesh: Hijras Celebrate Third Gender Court Ruling On Monday, more than a thousand transgender hijras led the first-ever Pride parade in Bangladesh, reports Aaron Day for Pink News, who writes, “Hijra, often subsumed under the trans umbrella in the West, is a South Asian feminine gender identity. It is sometimes – but not always – adopted by intersex people.” The celebration in Dhaka marked one year since the government had recog…

Muslim Women “Warriors”

By Frances Kissling

…er the Dalai Lama has been considering reviving the tradition, but as of today, no final decision has been made. Muslim women—and feminists—are following a different and complicated path. This was brought home last month when I participated in a five day international conference in Malaysia which brought together 250 women from 47 countries, many of them predominantly Muslim with strong links between religion and state. The conference launched the…

What We Cannot Do is Be Revolutionaries Except When We’re Mothering

By Kentina and Naomi Washington-Leapheart

…ot live our politics at the ballot box or at the protest. On this Mother’s Day, in honor of the launch of the Poor People’s Campaign’s 40 Days of Moral Action, we are re-committing ourselves to revolutionary mothering. We believe that this ethic of love and justice has the capacity to change the world for Sophia and for future generations—including the children she herself may one day mother too. *Full disclosure: The organizations we work for are…

With the Pope at Ground Zero

By Anthea Butler

…nto the two craters left by the towers is a poignant reminder of both that day’s destruction and the endless tears that have flowed since that day. Many bought pictures of loved ones, and the pain in their faces was a reminder that is it never really over for them. For those of us who remember the homemade memorials and pictures of those who were lost in the towers, the museum and memorial grounds are a moving remembrance. So it was important then…

10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015

By Andrea R. Jain

…the nature of God, the nature of the Self, and the nature of the human body. 10. Yoga “UN-Bound” In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2014, Narendra Modi called for June 21 to serve as International Yoga Day. Nearly two hundred countries, including the United States, Canada, and China, expressed their support for the proposition, and, on December 11, 2014, the General Assembly approved by consensus a resolut…

Heroes: Sex and the Single Superhero

By Nick Street

…cMansion and a pair of heavy horn-rims to soften his ravening gaze. “Every day is a struggle,” Sylar confides to Peter a few moments before the tableau of ersatz establishmentarianism vanishes beneath a roiling mushroom cloud. Surely the sensitive viewer could be forgiven for seeing something queer afoot in all of this. The Hero Leaves Home and Bed Denial breeds psychosis, autocracy sparks revolution. The reciprocal relationship between repression…

The Sad Saga of a Compromised Rabbi

By Shaul Magid

…y use of the term “fascist.” In a previous personal message sent to me the day before he read my accusation, he acknowledged our differences and asked if I wanted to have a conversation. I replied I would be happy to and briefly made my perspective on things quite clear. I then noted that others had also used that word to describe his position and sent him one such blog. I asked for his email so we could correspond at greater length. I figured tha…