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Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative

By Eric C. Miller

…2006, lots of conservative candidates argued that we needed a substantial military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan to safeguard the freedoms of both Americans and the wider world. In 2010 and beyond, conservative candidates have employed a different notion of freedom, one that has absolutely nothing to do with serving the government (or military) or the public to preserve someone else’s freedoms. All of these are essentially conservative argumen…

Emad Effat, Shaykh of Egyptian Revolution, Shot Dead During Protest

By H. al-Zoubeir

…ream center of Islamic thought, which meant that among the mourners were a number of students to whom he exemplified a deeply religious scholar whose teachings were not limited to the mosque. But there were also liberals, secularists, socialists, Christians, priests, men, women, young, old, poor, rich—just like Tahrir Square in January, where Shaykh Emad said he saw Egypt for the first time. After knowing Shaykh Emad’s death brought so many differ…

Check Your Caller ID, Jesus Is Calling

By Sarah Posner

…of resources to help those in need, or heaven forbid, a rethinking of our military escapades. He complained bitterly that those church-state separation meanies were preventing him from preaching the Gospel desperate servicemembers. “I’m not talking about proselytizing,” he said, “I’m taking about gently whispering the Bible.” He proudly boasted of “crossing that line”—i.e., church-state separation—”so many times.” He got a standing ovation. Keyno…

Zeroes and Sums: Is It Wrong to Praise Paul’s Positions?

By Peter Laarman

…w to his side, many of them so drawn on account of his plain talk about US military adventurism, and almost surely not on account of any Paul-ist association with anti-Semitism or homophobia or white racism. Because this matter is so very highly charged I feel compelled to state that under no circumstances would I wish Ron Paul to become our next president. But I do worry these days about the capacity of even the chattering classes to manage compl…

Where Do “Sacred” Values Live in the Brain?

By Arri Eisen

…ke such monumental policy decisions as those regarding health care, or the military. Do we go with what we feel is right and wrong, or—as is the more commonly understood basis for such policy decisions—do we do what will be best for the most people? How about suicide bombers? Why are they willing to lose their lives for their beliefs? Now, we can begin to better understand the mechanisms of such decisions by combining expertise in religion, philos…

A Neoconservative Jesus, Certified Kosher

By Ira Chernus

…of peace and justice. The Romans look like dark savages who cared only for military power. That’s precisely why Jesus tried to summon up as much military power as he could to throw off the yoke of Rome. To leave the Romans out of Jesus’ story “would be the equivalent to writing a history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 without mentioning the Nazis”—who are, we are clearly supposed to see, the missing link between ancient Romans and today’s “Islamist t…

An Atheist Hero is Something to Be

By Carolyn S. Briggs

…ike. But he does make a sacrifice. It’s not that uncommon. There were many military personnel at the atheist conference. Do you remember when they all stood up? There must have been over a hundred soldiers, atheists who have seen combat and made tremendous sacrifices for people they are not related to in any way. I cannot imagine that they threw themselves on a grenade and thought, I am now going to heaven. Pat Tillman, the footballer who died in…

Jews and Christians for Santorum?

By Sarah Posner

…s first same-sex marriage state. Romney supports open homosexuality in the military, the appointment of homosexual judges, and the ENDA law, making it illegal to fire a man who wears a dress and high heels to work, even if he’s your kid’s teacher. When you vote tomorrow, please vote for social sanity and Rick Santorum, NOT for homosexuality and Mitt Romney. Rick Santorum is the ONLY candidate who can be trusted to uphold traditional marriage, a st…

Global Islam, the Year in Headlines

By Qamar-ul Huda

…f the Qur’an and other Islamic Sacred Texts Burnt in Afghanistan by the US military. 2. YouTube Video “Innocence of Muslims” ignites protests in the Muslim world setting deep divisions between interfaith communities and liberal and orthodox Muslims. 3. Moro Islamic Liberation front and Phillippine government Sign Peace Accord regarding the four-decade conflict, which has cost over 150,000 lives. 4. Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Al-Nahda in Tuni…

Pentecostal With History of Hate Speech Selected as President of Brazil’s Human Rights Body

By Jandira Queiroz

…utional principles—principles that were hard-won after the collapse of the military dictatorship less than three decades ago, and cultivated during the slow restoration of democracy ever since. When Feliciano was nominated on March 6, a coalition of gays, lesbians, trans people, women, feminists, black people, and African-Brazilian religious leaders (including Christians) mounted a loud protest at the Commission, warning that Feliciano’s selecti…