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With the End of ‘Roe’ the Verdict is in: The Supreme Court Majority is Christian Nationalist

By Andrew L. Seidel

…nd an opinion that was only nine paragraphs long. Steven Vladeck, a law professor and leading expert on the court’s use of the shadow docket, noted at the time that this “ruling was the seventh time since October that the justices have issued an emergency injunction—all of which have blocked Covid restrictions in blue states on religious exercise grounds. Before these rulings, the court had gone five years without issuing a single injunction pendi…

Conservative Christianity’s “Come to Jesus” Moment in Wake of Elliot Rodger Shootings

By Devin Kuhn-Choi

…urders. In a series of misogynist, racist posts, videos and a 141-page manifesto he sent to media, Rodger outlined plans for what he called his “Day of Retribution.” Many commentators have rightfully critiqued Rodger’s horrific actions as examples of extreme misogyny and even terrorism. His response to feelings of isolation, alienation, misogyny and racism is extreme and inexcusable, but perhaps it is also the extreme endpoint of a culture that, a…

Telling the World a ‘Big Story’: RD in Conversation with Karen Armstrong

By Laurie Patton

…ave this same problem writ large. The violence of our time could easily escalate out of control: it could be only a matter of time before a small terrorist group acquires a nuclear weapon. We are witnessing war on a global horrific scale—and actually seeing conflicts nightly on our television sets. We are also aware now that humanity is tightly bound together—electronically, financially and politically—as never before. We cannot live without the o…

Religion is Not about Belief: Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God

By Brian McGrath Davis

…necessary to initiate a litmus test for inclusion (and exclusion). Doctrinal alignment, therefore, differentiated between the faithful and the apostate, the saint and the heretic. Further, due to perceived abuses of clerical mediation, reformers sought more direct, unmediated access to God. Turning from its core as a religion of practice, the reformers became a garrulous bunch, a word-centered movement allergic to gratuitous ritual, a religious t…

The Pope, The Chef & Krampus: Merry Yikesmas!

By Peter Manseau

…party chased by a drug-addled dream (including a bubbly rendition of a Catalan carol about a pooping log sung by Norah Jones), and ends in the kind of mayhem that may seem appropriate after long days with too many relatives and too much to drink. Spoiler alert: Firearms are involved. As many envelopes as Bourdain pushes, however, there was one part of his holiday vision that proved too much for his network. Moving into the last act of the special…

Christmas Candy Jesus, Black Magi, Jewish Xmas

By Michael J. Altman

…ch group finds that only 37% of Americans include Jesus in their Christmas festivities. One small group of Christians think this enough to warrant executing Santa. Jolly ole St. Nicholas’ home town was in Turkey and the town of Demre is cashing in on their favorite son. The story of the nativity through social networks. Jamaicans are using the first patois version of the Gospel of Luke in this year’s Christmas celebrations. Under continued threat…

Florida Governor Signs Law Defending Educators’ Right to Witness

By Lauri Lebo

…n the Santa Rosa County School District in northwest Florida. As part of a federal-court approved settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union last year, the school board agreed to stop public prayers at school events, and the district and school officials were “permanently prohibited from promoting, advancing, endorsing, participating in or causing prayers during or in conjunction with school events.” In January 2009, principal Frank Lay an…

Why Did the Pope Choose Cuba?

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…ificant coverage by the media because it’s Cuba, as opposed to, say, Guatemala or Argentina, which wouldn’t likely be as big a story. The U.S.’s continued tense relationship with the island evokes feelings of scorn and intrigue. Benedict XVI has been critiqued for his apathy toward Latin America, standing in stark contrast to John Paul II who visited frequently. Academic and media reports of Catholicism in the region speak of a weakening church—an…

Gay Lawmakers Paving the Way for Equality

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…small, people want to hear from people who are directly affected.” Maggie Gallagher, chairman of the board for the National Organization for Marriage, is one of those rallying against the measure and encouraging anti-gay supporters to talk about how they are “directly affected,” and claiming that black churches oppose the bill. Some black churches have pressured legislator to vote against the bill, and those are being highlighted by the bill’s opp…

Lesbian Nuns: Still Immodest After All These Years

By Susan Henking

…rtions of the Curb and Manahan book in Ms. magazine. That the topic had a salacious history is evident both in Diderot’s frequently republished classic and in the fact that portions of the Curb and Manahan collection were also subsequently published in the men’s magazine Forum. Though it served a role as a prop in a film entitled Damned if You Don’t as early as 1987, Immodest Acts is neither anti-Catholic, a work of contemporary advocacy, nor of s…