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Reactionary White Buddhists Have Joined The Fight Against Critical Race Theory

By Ann Gleig

…ark Vetanen, a Zen practitioner, have started a new podcast called “The Spiritual Right,” which reproduces much of Christian conservative anti-woke rhetoric: “The West has become a spiritual wasteland of ‘progressive’ and materialistic forces. Wokeness masquerades as authentic spiritual tradition, gutting and commodifying ancient teachings to fit its values.” Writing under the signifier “politically incorrect Dharma,” Reynolds had earlier called f…

Let’s Get Lost: Mapping Religion in the 21st Century

By Spencer Dew

…on. But maps, she insists, do far more than orient. Maps also offer an experience, rich in detail but explicitly limited. Consider one of her favorite maps, a spooled ribbon that, as one unfurls it, replicates something of the flow of the river itself, giving the reader an experience of meandering down its length, a virtual journey. All maps are subjective. They frame the selected information they offer to their viewers. By such framing, they tell…

Can The Religious Left Be Effective Again? Longer Answer: Quizás

By Daniel Schultz

…this increase is due to the debates over immigration reform; but even factoring that in, Hispanic churches are becoming more politically active. The number of congregations might be few, but they may also be larger communities, representing a substantial number of people. In any case, the trend will only continue as Hispanics continue to grow as a part of the US population. Which brings us around at last to the joke in the headline: Can the religi…

Don’t Call It “Prayer Shaming”: Our Moral Failure Exposed

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…bering. This episode communicates a sacramental truth of a way that faith prioritizes keeping the dead alive through the way we live. What will we do in remembrance of the dead? The nature of the tragedy in San Bernardino has been normalized as a seemingly immutable daily fact of American life. Gun violence in the U.S., as intimated by President Barack Obama, is unparalleled anywhere else in the world; it defines a uniquely American experience. Th…

YOU Are Spiritual But Not Religious: The Secret Spiritual History of the Choose Your Own Adventure Books

By Daniel Silliman

…nternational peace, a paranormal hotbed of ghosts left over from the 1887 prison riot, or a spearhead of an alien invasion. Whatever happens, there’s never a dull moment. The disregard for established boundaries also happens to be a key part of the rejection of organized and institutional religion. As Schmidt writes, “journeying across the bounds of traditions, denominations, and institutions has emerged as a familiar, if still creative, course of…

“As Orthodox As They Come”: A Backstage Conversation With Rob Bell

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…alone to me is really powerful, if you just move past some of these weird rivalries and dichotomies. If your kid is sick in the hospital and the doctor can tell you a certain amount about what’s wrong, there’s a point at which you need somebody else who might be able to read you a poem, written by somebody whose child was in the hospital. The different voices speak to different aspects of the experience. Sometimes you need a poet, and sometimes y…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…l, polled more than 12,000 Catholics on their attitudes toward divorce, married priests, women as priests, contraception, abortion, gay marriage, and Pope Francis. The marriage question did not make a distinction between civil and religious marriage. It asked, “Do you support or oppose marriage between two persons of the same sex?” A clear majority of US Catholics said yes (54-40). As a region, Europeans oppose 38-56, but country by country differ…

The Abortion Debate, Texas Style

By Dhawn Martin

…e have also been, as Chair Jane Nelson of the Senate HHS Committee noted during the SB1 hearing, gestures of care and concern, color-blind gestures. Perhaps these acts were merely tactical, the “kill them with kindness” ploy. Or maybe, these moments, however rare, however fleeting, offer a glimpse of generous and yet-to-be realized coalitions that strive for the common good, whatever that might look like. Texas, like the union of which it is a pa…

American Sin: Why Pope Francis’ Mercy is Not Our Mercy

By Kaya Oakes

…s, but often at a loss for ways to “regularize this into a commitment and priority.” The American Catholic church, too, is far less homogeneous than the Argentinian church from which Francis’ ideas about mercy evolved. Argentina may be one of South America’s more politically progressive countries, but it remains an overwhelmingly Catholic country with a dominant Spanish influence. With a dizzying number of languages, economic classes, ethnicities…

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

…they can call in some studies, or look at the growing body of research suggesting that humans’ sense of morality is hardwired and innate. The politics of the nones in America remains to be written. This diverse group seems united primarily in its members’ opposition to the toxic blurring of religion and government. But if trends continue, perhaps we can look forward to the day when the word “values” is no longer used in political campaigns as a…