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Double Helix: Religion Requires Memory; Memory-Killing Drugs Inspire Big Questions

By Arri Eisen

…d) or not, it’s clear that ethics—and its ritualized partner, religion—are significantly shaped and driven by memory: memories of how to do things, why we do or should do things, how those before us did them, how we felt when we did or did not do them. As a biologist, I ask: what exactly is a memory? Whatever it is and wherever it comes from, it must eventually be stored and maintained in brain tissues, ions, genes, and proteins. And, although it…

America’s First Mormon Televangelist

By Joanna Brooks

…no actual responsibility for devising practicable solutions to incredibly thorny problems like financial market meltdowns, runaway health care costs, or ending the costly and ill-conceived wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, it is in fact easier to pray on your knees (as Beck exhorted his audience Saturday) than it is to wrap your head around credit-default swaps….

Arizona is the Hispanic Alabama

By Anthea Butler

When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the controversial immigration law last week, for some it conjured images of “Nazism” and the Jim Crow South. I believe the more apt image of this law can be found in rapper MIA’s new video, “Born Free” (warning: nudity, graphic violence, NSFW). In an uncanny coincidence, the video, directed by filmmaker Romain Gavaras, depicts redheaded men—“gingers”—being rounded up in an ICE-style sting in Los Angeles, tr…

Obama’s “Other Worldly” Gaffe

By Ira Chernus

…ar. And more than half say they trust McCain most to do the right thing in Iraq. What socioeconomic stratum does this crucial swing vote come from? I’m still waiting for the pollsters to tell us. Second, any religion scholar knows that the kinds of frustrations that breed such absolute dualisms go far beyond economics. Any kind of change that seems beyond an individual’s control can have the same effect. So people of any economic class may be draw…

Persecuted and Persecutors

By Kate Childs Graham

…periencing the brunt of it. Since September 11 and the onset of the war in Iraq, violence and discrimination against Muslims has increased exponentially—in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Misconceptions about Muslims and Islam are strewn about as fact (as evidenced in the mudslinging of the US elections). Certainly Islamic fundamentalism has been a cause of violence around the world. There is no doubt. If Persecuted an…

Fight the Power: How to Read, and Re-Read, the Book of Revelation

By Wil Gafney

…vil War, with people on both sides reading it. And in World War II and the Iraq War as well. They read it, as you say, as predicting this means this, or the beast is this. But prophesy, as we know, is a highly interpretative art, and the way this book lives and has lived for two thousand years is by interpretation and reinterpretation. The way this book has lived has to do with the openness of these vivid symbols for John of Patmos—like the headed…

Palin Talks Israel in Anticipation of 2012

By Shalom Goldman

…ions are at least as important as sober rationality in making political choices.” Visceral emotions frequently govern the debate over Israel as well. If Palin does run for president in 2012 we can be sure that unequivocal support for Israel will be a significant campaign issue, and that candidate Palin, as a master of appealing to visceral emotions, will be at a significant advantage. *An earlier version of this article incorrectly associated P…

Terminal 5 is a Product of the New Post-9/11 Realities

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…onger receive a blank check from the US. Whether unwittingly or by cruel design, the September 11 attacks moved this president to reverse himself decisively on both fronts. The “war on terror” is by definition an interminable action in world-policing. We continue to engage in nation-building (if it is not laughable to call it this) in Iraq. And our inaction in the Middle East peace process has been nothing short of a moral embarrassment. We simply…

The Two Faces of New Atheism

By Konstantin Petrenko

…int that the New Atheism crosses the line and undermines its own effort to promote critical thinking. The problem with an exclusively negative approach to religion is twofold. First, while it helps sell books, it risks promoting intolerance and potentially even hatred of religious people. Atheists will point out that they do not fly planes into buildings or murder doctors, as some religious fundamentalists have done. However, it takes one visit to…

Is Twitter Doing Enough to Remove Extremist Content? An Ex-Employee Weighs In

By Sofi Hersher

…ver submitted a removal request under the Country Withheld Content policy. Iraq submitted its first this year. This being said, individual users can report generally abusive content directly to Twitter—indeed, it is first on the list on Twitter’s policy page. Abusive content includes accounts or individual Tweets used to harass individuals or promote or incite violence. These reports go to a real person trained to evaluate and make a judgment call…