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Repurposing the Gospel Aura: Eminem’s Chrysler Ad Borrows Some Spirit

By Douglas Harrison

…d perhaps unsurprisingly, Anglo-American pop culture has been drawn to the use of black gospel choirs as a means of accessing the vast cultural capital associated with this music. When a black gospel choir willingly participates in mainstream American music or mass-market advertising or Hollywood films, the music shrouds everyone and everything around it in the warm glow of the gospel aura, but without explicitly dredging up America’s sordid histo…

A Biblical Perspective That Recognizes Black Women

By Nyasha Junior

…orm readers? Entertain them? Piss them off? I wrote the book for classroom use, so my primary aim is to inform readers. I tried to keep the book free of jargon and to explain any unfamiliar terminology. I hope that readers will come away with a better understanding of the complexities of the use of the term “womanist” and womanist work. What alternative title would you give the book? I’m happy with the title suggested by my editor, since it descri…

Taking It to the Streets: Anonymous vs. Scientology

By Gabriel Mckee

…r methods as parallel to those of the Church of Scientology, those who espouse the obvious truth that your organization will use the actions of Anonymous as an example of the persecution of which you have for so long warned your followers. This is acceptable to Anonymous. In fact, it is encouraged… Over time, as we begin to merge our pulse with that of your “Church,” the suppression of your followers will become increasingly difficult to maintain….

6 Overlooked Takeaways From a Reviewer of Controversial Texas Textbooks

By David R. Brockman

…e,” a Christian Right bloc on the SBOE pushed through curriculum standards promoting Christian Americanism, an ideology claiming that, as Mark Chancey writes,1 “America was founded to be a Christian nation governed by Bible-based laws, that the country has tragically departed from its roots, and that it should reclaim its Christian heritage.” The 2014 adoption process marked the first opportunity to see how textbooks would be affected by the 2010…

War on Christmas Affirmed by Southern Baptist Convention

By Mark Gstohl

…as unaware that the messengers voted on a resolution to boycott Disney because of its policies toward homosexuals. One resolution approved by the messengers this year that may not be so widely publicized is a resolution “On Affirming the Use of the Term ‘Christmas’ in Public Life.” The resolution denounces secularism as a “pervasive and aggressive movement” fueled by such groups as the American Civil Liberties Union, People for the American Way an…

An Evangelical Leader’s Lonely Fight to End an “Unholy Alliance” With the NRA

By Sarah Posner

…he ensuing “backlash” from voters. “A good number of them are afraid of—to use a terrible metaphor—getting into the crosshairs of the NRA and losing their next primary or election.” The NRA, he said, “is creating a taboo in our culture. Thou shalt not speak of gun regulation. That’s preposterous.” Describing the organization as an “ingenious” political organization, Schenck also criticized how it uses “fear and anger” as a fundraising tool. “I’d l…

A Meeting of Minds… and Computers: What Are the Costs of Using Technology to Merge Humans with Machines?

By Jeremy Lent

…hus becoming active participants in the post-Singularity world rather than useless bystanders as AI takes over. Speculative as these ideas may appear, the first steps down this path have already been taken. Hundreds of thousands of profoundly deaf people now hear through neural implants that use electrodes to transmit sound waves directly to the cochlear nerve. Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease can control their tremors through deep brai…

Is America Willing to Be Freed from Its Demons?

By Willie James Jennings

…hese demons, but what we fail to admit to ourselves is that our demons are useful—and no one really wants to get rid of a useful demon. These demons make us money. Politicians, pundits, news outlets and advertisers all play with the tensions, conflicts and frustrations between black and white people. They use racial antagonism to boost ratings, to draw attention to their products and to keep viewers. We are constantly afflicted by the media with y…

Religion or Ethics at the Supreme Court?

By Daniel Schultz

…the values justices are supposed to have but can’t disclose, so we have to use the next best thing, which turns out to be just another tap dance— because everybody but the crazies know that it’s perfectly possible to have values without believing in God. But everybody wants to keep the crazy people happy, lest we have an honest discussion about abortion and the gay and the megacorporations that are eating up the nation. So let’s talk faith instead…

As Court Prepares to Rule on Sacred Apache Site, Religious Freedom Faces an American Right Prized Above All Others

By Dana Lloyd

…ights and religious rights—we can expect the Native claimants to lose, because in liberal political discourse, property is the paradigmatic right and land is the paradigmatic property. One might say that because of religion’s special status in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, religion actually transcends property relations; that it’s the one thing that’s excluded from property relations. However, in cases like Lyng or Oak Flat, religion do…