Religion Dispatches
…at in the context of grinding oppression, the most miraculous item in this list is that the poor are learning that God has good news for them.) And then there is the radical nonviolence. Jesus is certainly among the great axial age figures who invites us to explore and apply the immense power of nonviolent direct action. Crossan teaches that failing to put equal emphasis on both terms in “nonviolent revolutionary” completely misses what Jesus was…
Read More…Laderman’s RD story last year, which shows how the Janet Jackson “nipple incident” from the 2004 Superbowl crossed some boundaries and showed our collective limits on the sacred and the profane. This list, from no particular political perspective, simply aims to display the varieties of ways religion and sports (even the super sports of the superbowl) are interconnected….
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…es describing the initiative. No question or comments were solicited and a list of participants was not made available. Media reports suggested that both abortion rights supporters and religious proponents of common ground based on reducing the number of abortions were invited. Representatives from HHS, OMB, and White House Congressional Affairs will also be involved. The administration representatives indicated that the call was a precursor to a…
Read More…Mexico also had zombie hackers co-opt their emergency systems. Add to that list states where aid in dying legislation has recently been introduced (New Mexico, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, and Hawaii) and states where it is already legal (Oregon since 1994 and Washington since 2008) and you’re likely to conclude that dead isn’t what it used to be. And you’d be right. Dead used to mean three things: you weren’t breathing, your heart wasn’t bea…
Read More…ommittee on families Yelena Mizulina was included in the U.S. government’s list of Russian leaders sanctioned in the wake of the Crimea annexation because the Obama administration is “controlled by the gay lobby.” Mizulina is among the organizers of the WCF’s 2014 summit, which is scheduled to be held in Moscow in 2014, though planning is now on hold. She promoted the anti-gay propaganda ban and the ban on Russian children being adopted by America…
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…gy for withdrawal from Afghanistan, and from Iraq, should be a high on the list of objectives for the Obama administration. 4. Become a problem solver not a problem maker. Aside from what is regarded as its military meddling, the other thing that makes the United States appear as an enemy to many Muslim activists is its influence on Middle Eastern politics. As I mentioned, this includes US financial and political support for regimes that are regar…
Read More…part in trying to coax Meeks to withdraw. But yesterday Crist added to the list of Democrats who have defected from supporting Meek when he secured support from the Palm Beach Democratic People’s Choice PAC. Just this morning he added the endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—suggesting, perhaps, a coalition of independents, moderate Republicans, and realistic Democrats brought together by their opposition to the tea party. At the same time, though…
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…r as we both navigate choppy theological waters, he replied with the usual list of scriptures most often used against homosexuality—and a final thought: “I have seen some Christian theologians try to explain away these passages but I find their explanations lacking and they do not fit with a literal view of the Scriptures.” Not only does he remain tone deaf to the reasons why his own views may also “not fit with a literal view of the Scriptures,”…
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…weeks ago, and yet it persists. Hovering at #2 on the Snopes.com “Hot 100” list of the most-circulated hoaxes, this one takes the form of a Facebook post by CEO Mark Zuckerberg (and, ahem, spells his name incorrectly). Seen it on your feed lately? It states that Facebook is instituting a “No Religion” policy, whereby “anyone spreading religious beliefs” will have their account shut down and be subject to “investigation.” Because what better busine…
Read More…nd that men experiment in a different way from women.” This information is pretty much useless unless we apply it to how gender roles are constructed in today’s world. We have to ask why the top sins for men and women differ and why each sin made the list. But the Vatican isn’t ready to do that. You see, by acknowledging that gender is socially constructed, the church hierarchy would also have to let go of some power by acknowledging that women ar…
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