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US Catholic Bishops Elect a Culture Warrior

By Marian Ronan

…d in the very church where we were singing vespers. And while Dolan said a number of things about Day in his sermon, including a brief mention of her pacifism, what he stressed above all was Dorothy Day’s loyalty to the Church. She was a faithful Catholic. He didn’t use the word obedient, exactly, but clearly that’s what he was getting at. Now there can be no doubt that Dorothy Day was a faithful Catholic; she did not spend a lot of time attacking…

Upside Down Judaism: Why Are Progressives Studying Talmud?

By Aryeh Cohen

…n. In addition, the eminence grise of Jewish social justice organizations, Chicago’s JCUA, hired Jill Jacobs, a Conservative Rabbi, as Director of Outreach and Education in 2004, and started a summer seminar for rabbis (modeled on Interfaith Worker Justice’s “Seminary Summer”) which integrates Torah study and the practice of social justice. But what really stands out is the new, though cautious, embrace of social justice goals by the institutions…

Muslims Wearing Things, Tea Party Chastised on Nazi Talk, and Politicking in Church

By Michael J. Altman

…e Christine O’Donnell says prayer had a direct role in spiking her polling numbers. Can meditation change your brain? The best response to Juan Williams’ fear of Muslims in “garb” is the new blog Muslims Wearing Things. My favorite is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a cowboy hat. Muslims caught in the midst of a disputed mosque in Tennessee are frustrated and baffled by the misunderstandings of their faith. Some mosques are holding open houses to dispel a…

Christians are ‘Jerks,’ The New Scopes Trial, Pastafarians’ Rights

By Michael J. Altman

…the pirate gear is part of his Pastafarian religion. A Catholic bishop in Chicago had his online identity stolen by email scammers. The scammers used the Bishop Joseph Perry’s email address and a fake Facebook page in his name to scam victims out of money for an orphanage in Africa that had supposedly burned down. The Catholic Church has canonized the first Australian-born saint. Some are calling Mother Mary MacKillop the Patron Saint of Whistleb…

Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen

By Anthea Butler

…sic. Albertina Walker, the “queen of Gospel” passed away on October 8th in Chicago, and Bishop “King” Solomon Burke, native of Philadelphia, passed away on October 10 at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The contribution of both Walker and Burke to the development of gospel music and performance is undeniable. Walker’s good friend, Mahalia Jackson, encouraged her to go on the road and quit singing background for her. Walker took the advice, creating a…

Mormon Leader: ‘I’m Sorry’ For Hurtful Legacy of Prop. 8

By Joanna Brooks

…of 2008, when entire congregations were mobilized as precinct-walkers and phonebankers in the service of a political strategy that portrayed gay and lesbian civil marriage rights as a threat to religious freedom and “traditional” families. Still others debated the wisdom of publicizing the apology and the event, worrying aloud that within the highly disciplined LDS Church hierarchy, Jensen—a favorite among liberal Mormons—might suffer some conseq…

The High Church of Art

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…rk. He began working as a curator in the 1930s, first at the University of Chicago (1933-1934), then took a lectureship at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York (1935-1940). He was then appointed as director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art at the end of the Second World War (1945-1946). It was in the aftermath of that apocalyptic period that Sweeney (and others) began to reflect more explicitly on art’s pot…

Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero?

By Kambiz GhaneaBassiri

…ze in the United States. Webb’s efforts failed, but he was followed by thousands of immigrants from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and South Asia and by African Americans, who converted to varying forms of Islam, some of which, such as the Nation of Islam, were distinctly a product of African American experiences. They built American mosques and Muslim institutions in such diverse places as Brooklyn, Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ross…

Was George W. Bush the Last Hippie?

By David R. Williams

…s, even at the risk of death and madness. “Much madness is divinest sense” sang Emily Dickinson. “So man’s insanity is heaven’s sense” wrote Melville. Norman O. Brown carried this line throughout the sixties, that we must break out of the cage of rationality and “common sense” and dare the wilderness of madness if we are ever to be truly free and “break on through to the other side.” This, and not the vote, is what Freedom means. 4. For the histor…

Gun Ownership: ‘An Obligation to God’

By Julie Ingersoll and Sarah Posner

…nt over last week’s Supreme Court decision in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago, finding that state and local regulation of gun ownership must comport with the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The decision has also pleased the National Rifle Association, which sees it as ammunition for challenging gun control laws across the country. But for Titus, who thinks the NRA “compromises” on gun rights, the Second Amendment isn’t solely about “fire…