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DeMint Uses Christian Reconstructionist Mailing List To Raise Money For Angle

By Julie Ingersoll

…ominionist views of its founder Gary DeMar, as well as those of one of its most well-known associates, Gary North, the son-in-law of Christian Reconstructionist founder R.J. Rushdoony, and a supporter of Ron Paul whose economic writings have also influenced Rand Paul. The goal is to return America to its Biblical foundations “from Genesis to Revelation” (a postmillennial reading of Revelation, which holds that the Second Coming will occur after an…

The Latest to Botch Mormonism: Garry Wills

By Joanna Brooks

…Books, Garry Wills used his recollections of a decades-old dialogue with a Mormon college student to raise concerns about the way a President Mitt Romney might regard, interpret, and apply the US Constitution. According to Wills, an 18-year-old Mormon student once told him that: “Like his fellow Mormons, he held that the Declaration of Independence is divinely inspired—in that sense, it is part of Mormon Scripture.” Except for the fact that it rea…

Trump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident

By David Krueger

…or sure, but their silence speaks volumes. Levin’s leadership in the nativist movement jumpstarted his political career. The following year he was elected to U.S. Congress. Donald Trump’s recent language has done much damage to our nation’s interfaith relations. We can only hope that his rise as a messianic politician will soon come to an end. Although there are real threats that the Islamic extremists pose, it must be remembered that the overwhel…

Jesus, Please Take Away These Feelings

By Nick Street

…o Archbishop George Niederauer forbade the staging of Be Still and Know at Most Holy Redeemer Church in the Castro. Niederauer, who took heat from conservative members of his flock in 2007 after he gave Communion to two members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Holy Redeemer, found himself on the defensive again as the California Catholic Daily web site became a rallying point for orthodox believers. Questions for Alex Sanchez: Your visit…

Forgiveness

By Amina Wadud

…ot to bring their toaster oven and not to bring their cell phone. It was almo*]}*st funny. Following that announcement from the now infamous loud “speaker,” he said that fajr prayer would be at 5:40. I should have thought more clearly about this, but as it stands, I have three different prayer time schedules: my iphone has one from the Ipray app; and I printed one off line from Islamicity; then collected one from my favorite mosque, when I went there…

The Sacred and the Dead: Ten Writers on the End of an American Adventure

By The Editors

…connection, once burning with possibility and joy, began to cool, as cell phone calls dwindled and numbers eventually changed or were disconnected. As our shared realities drifted apart in their likeness, like Pigpen, I also turned to technologies that promised connection to try to tamp down the yearning and temper that sense of loss. #5 : Three Ways to American Beauty by Aaron K. Kerr At the height of secular modernity, when Catholics were openi…

Seeing What They Wanna See: Religion Surveys Reflect Surveyors

By Nathan Schneider

…n makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise is unlikely to get a fair review at most journals,” said Sherkat in an interview. But David Yamane of Wake Forest University, editor of Sociology of Religion, doesn’t see much in these complaints. “Darren publishes prolificly,” he says, “so I don’t think he can claim persecution.” Nor is Yamane worried about the influence of the big foundations. He accepts that “every funding agency has a particular agenda,”…

Obama’s Pastor “Dream Team”

By Peter Laarman

…e of them can help the President stay centered and stay righteous absent a more sustained and in-person conversation. A pastor needs to enjoy the complete trust of the congregant, which means that the congregant needs to know that he/she can actually bare his/her soul—all the brokenness, all the doubts, all the anger, and (in Obama’s case) all the spiritual heartache that goes with shouldering impossible burdens. And there is no way President Obam…

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Has a Nearly Impossible Job

By Mary E. Hunt

…ngs the weight of her office to their lobbying efforts against some of the most conservative public officials. Minerva’s episcopal position lends credibility to her progressive insistence that each child be cared for regardless of legal status. Whether preaching in one of her churches or discussing specific cases with Lou Dobbs, she insists that immigration is not about “partisan politics” but of “lifting up a matter of conscience for this country…

“We Blew it” on Climate Change, But May Survive Anyway: An RD Discussion with the First Transhumanist Candidate

By Andrew Aghapour

…d technology to radically change the human being and the human experience. Most of the movement is centered on the health of the species itself, especially on longevity issues—trying to live a lot longer. The Transhumanist Party was formed as a political vehicle to give the movement some more teeth when dealing with legalities, government, and social issues. The movement itself is mostly engineers, technologists, futurists, and scientists. We form…