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Immigration Reform According to Ralph Reed’s Bible

By Peter Montgomery

…s for comprehensive immigration reform have invoked the biblical themes of compassion and welcoming strangers in making the case for moving millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows. Reed mentions those same themes, while arguing that it’s “a matter of judgment” how to apply them to immigration reform. But he seems more certain about how to apply his interpretation of other biblical themes to very specific policy details: In Scripture…

The Washington Post’s Marriage Counselor

By Sarah Posner

…begin: with the paternalism, the failure to consider that not all violence committed by married men against their families is reported, the bizarre assumption that marriage makes men more caring, committed, and less violent. Although you wouldn’t know it from the Washington Post piece, it’s worth pointing out here that Wilcox is known for research he says supports the claim that religion makes marriages better. As sociologist Darren Sherkat has wr…

The Story Behind the Catholic Church’s Stunning Reversal on Contraception

By Patricia Miller

…eological basis to approve the method. In 1958, when the Pill was already being tested on human populations, Pius XII said its use would be acceptable “as a necessary remedy because of a disease of the uterus or the organism” even if it had the secondary effect of causing sterility. This meant women could use the Pill to treat painful periods or excessive bleeding, which became a popular early theological work-around for Catholic women who wanted…

Debating Death: Is It Really the End?

By Angela Bonavoglia

…usands of interviews with people who had NDEs; he also claimed that he has come to know hundreds of people who have had similar experiences to the person having the NDE, even though they themselves were nowhere near death. All of the elements that we think of as a near-death experience, getting out of the body, going into this light, seeing a panoramic review of one’s life, seeing apparitions of the deceased occur very commonly, not just to people…

Are Atheists The New Campus Crusaders?

By Katherine Don

…g in the cultural war. Hashman at the Center For Inquiry says that some students come from homes and communities where they have to hide their secular identity, and secular student groups become an important community for them. “It has now become more acceptable for people to state that they are questioning or no longer religious” says Hashman. “We are dedicated to free inquiry and freedom of expression, and that can come off as abrasive, but we b…

Yom Kippur Prayers for Corporate Atonement at Occupy Wall St.

By Sarah Posner

…en’t under normal circumstances. Kol Nidrei reminds us that though we make commitments under duress, ultimately we are accountable only to the higher values of Justice and Righteousness. These words were said by Jews who were forced to convert under pain of death in Spain hundreds of years ago, and more recently by our gay brothers and sisters who couldn’t yet live the truth of their identities. Today, we are thinking about a different kind of co…

Homophobia an “Atrocity,” LDS Bishop Tells Gay Mormon Conference

By Joanna Brooks

…hey asked me if I would conduct the Saturday closing session and speak on Sunday at the interdenominational service. What did you hope to say? I had prepared something to say but then one of the organizers of the event said the theme of this service is “finding peace” or “how do you find peace.” So, I chucked my talk and spoke from the heart. That’s a fine Mormon tradition. Yes. President Boyd Packer said prepare, prepare, prepare, and then chuck…

Retribution v. Reform in American Justice

By Jennifer Graber

…sbach uses the story of a formerly enslaved Moravian to give readers a new understanding of how Protestantism came to North America. It’s beautiful. It’s a revolution. I love both of these books—even as my own book is so different from them—because of their trained focus on the details within individual lives. What’s your next book? My new project is on religion, violence, and the frontier. It’s called “Spiritual Battlefields: A Religious History…

Indonesian Volcano Update: Yes, it’s a Religion Story…

By Mark Woodward

…. Nor did the story mention that the only building to have survived in the compound in which he lived was the mosque. For many in Yogyakarta, these are among the most important parts of the story. But, in all fairness, the PBS story was intended as a science report. The reporter told us that he was very surprised to discover that it was also a religious story. There is another story that PBS did not tell that is genuinely remarkable. Almost no one…

Evangelicals and “Orphan Care”

By Daniel Schultz

…o prepare parents. In an interview last September, Kelly Rosati, Vice President of Community Relations for Focus on the Family, told me that Focus acts as a cheerleader for orphan care, but is also careful to distribute “counting the costs” information to those thinking about adoption. When asked what Focus does to prepare adoptive families for issues like reactive attachment disorder or trauma, Rosati pointed to a publication called “Wrapping Aro…