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The Sex Scandal Following Whole Foods’ Guru

By Michael Schulson

…ned with authentic caring.” Examples include Whole Foods Market, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, and, somewhat mysteriously, Amazon.com, which is known for using underpaid temp-style labor in its warehouses and allegedly mistreating employees at its home offices. You don’t have to be a Marxist to question whether these institutions are “fulfilling every major value of the great spiritual traditions.” At the very least, that sentiment might seem ali…

What Makes a Human Bomb Tick?

By Gordon Haber

On Christmas Day, 2009, as a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam prepared to land in Detroit, passengers smelled smoke and heard a series of bangs or popping noises. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old man from a prominent Nigerian family, was attempting to ignite an explosive device sewn into his underwear. He succeeded only in igniting himself—after his arrest, he had to be treated for second-degree burns on his hands and crotch. Inst…

With the Pope at Ground Zero

By Anthea Butler

…Chapel hill shooting, to GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson, to a Sikh American beaten and called a “terrorist” in Chicago—now more than ever is a time to consider the religious extremism that exists in the American context, not just abroad. In the words of Mr. Roger, whose daughter Jill was only 24 years old when she died in the 9/11 attack, “I hope that the Memorial will have deep meaning, and will promote peace and welcome.” These days, whe…

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ramadan

By Haroon Moghul

…department. Ramadan + deportation: Bonus points on Pakistan International Airlines. Which, like fasting breath (when you don’t eat for a long time, your breath starts to kick), nobody wants to get near. See also safe distance. Namauzea: Namaz is the Persian word for ‘prayer,’ and is traditionally used by all the peoples who were introduced to Islam by Persians or Persophones, which is kind of like a talking cat. (Think Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset wit…

Better Gay at Work Than Gay in Church

By Paul Gorrell

…chasing largess through targeted advertising and promotions. For instance, American Airlines started an LGBT-focused campaign at the turn of the millennium and increased its Pink Dollar revenue from $20 million to over $190 million in just five years. Businesses also realize that LGBT consumers are loyal to companies that have pro-gay policies for their employees. At the same time, LGBT consumers are unwilling to use services from companies which…

God in the Inauguration: JFK, Bush, and Obama

By Jerome E. Copulsky

….” Like Kennedy and Bush before him, Obama introduced the classic creed of American civil religion, the connection between God and American “liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness.” But he did so with an interesting and important shift. Obama abstained from the language of divinely-endowed “rights,” and spoke instead of the “God-given promise,” which is a “precious gift” and “noble idea.” Rights are, of course, endowed, inherent in the cr…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…The U.S. State Department denounced the law as inconsistent with Nigeria’s international obligations, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights. Said a spokesperson, “The Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act not only prohibits same-sex marriage in Nigeria; it also includes broadly worded provisions implicating the rights to the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association that are set forth in the ICCPR.” Secr…

What in the Name of the Crusades are Tennessee Evangelicals Doing in Kurdish Iraq?

By Bill Berkowitz

…er and Iran. Since the time of its arrival in Northern Iraq, Servant Group International has widened its presence, establishing bases in Turkey, Liberia, Indonesia, Germany, and Norway. Can you describe how Servant Group International operates? What is especially distinctive about SGI—and its partners—is its development of a military model of evangelism (‘spiritual warfare’), which includes covert action tactics (‘tentmaking’), intelligence gather…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…rinciple 6 of the Olympic charter. Protesters were later released. Amnesty International has drawn attention to the case of Elena Klimova, another journalist charged with “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” in her case for her online work to support LGBTI teenagers. Russian officials did not shut down the Westboro-style protest by Official Street Preachers, a group of anti-gay Americans who held signs that said, among other things, “…

A High Wall, A Sacred Canopy, A Conversation

By Linell Cady

…Obama challenges progressives to better understand its power and place in American life. The majority of Americans, past and present, profess some form of religious faith: far from being a matter of private belief, religion has shaped law, fueled social movements, and transformed politics and policy throughout American history. The effort to quarantine religion to the private realm to safeguard a settled secular public realm is not only fundament…