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Defending the Helpless: New Bible Highlights Poverty and Justice

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…it’s a verse from the Bible, Proverbs 31:8-9 to be exact. The poll is in service to the American Bible Society’s latest vanity Bible — the Poverty and Justice Bible that features a cover depicting breaking chains. On the inside you’ll find more than 2,000 verses that deal with issues of poverty and justice bolded by a bright orange highlight. “The Poverty and Justice Bible seeks to challenge the notion that the Bible is outdated and proves that…

Oppose Afghanistan But Not a Pacifist? Tough.

By Gabriella Lettini

…e trivialize our broader commitment to morally responsible public life. President Obama asserted that a just peace can only last if it is grounded in the “inherent rights and dignity of every individual.” It is time our nation granted the individual women and men in the Armed Services the right of freedom of religion and conscience, the right to object to a particular war. They undertake tremendous risks and hardship to protect the nation. Let us…

Upside Down Judaism: Why Are Progressives Studying Talmud?

By Aryeh Cohen

…; groups like California’s Progressive Jewish Alliance, Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps, the environmental group Hazon, American Jewish World Service, Jewish Funds for Justice, the New York group Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Jews United for Justice in Washington DC—the list goes on. In addition, the eminence grise of Jewish social justice organizations, Chicago’s JCUA, hired Jill Jacobs, a Conservative Rabbi, as Director of Outreach and…

The “Nones” Are Here… And Have Been for Over 100 Years

By Emily Mace

…inent Jewish leaders. Adler’s reason for holding such ritualistically bare services are surprisingly relevant, perhaps, to today’s religious “nones.” Said Adler: “You may have holier moods on a Tuesday than on a Sunday; you may enter into larger communion with the spirit of nature in the woods or by the sea. You may! But, as a matter of fact, actually do you?” Wouldn’t it be better to attend any kind of service—even one as secular as theirs—to inc…

Chilean Mine Rescue: Largest Global Spiritual Event Ever?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…rs and voter interest. But the real juice was online, where live-streaming service Ustream reported that more people viewed the rescue than had logged on to Michael Jackson’s funeral. Other video streaming platforms were likewise inundated, with an overall increase in online traffic of 15 to 20 percent, according to Web monitoring services. And, what’s more, they did so over the course of a 23-hour drama that allowed the event to engage viewers ac…

3 Reasons the SCOTUS Challenge to Contraceptive Mandate is a “Religious Liberty” Stalking Horse

By Patricia Miller

…rilli noted in the government’s petition, the issue is whether a religious freedom law like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act “entitles petitioners not only to opt out of providing contraception coverage themselves but also to prevent the government from arranging for third parties to provide separate coverage to the affected women.” On a practical level, this would mean that women who work for organizations that refuse to provide coverage hav…

Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram

By Matt Hamilton

…of a priest felt right. I wanted to make the priest’s total commitment to service, especially a service so rooted in wisdom, social justice, and peace. That this commitment entailed celibacy didn’t seem to matter—it was a sacrifice, after all. The vows only legitimated my deeper desire. Until I had a chance to live it out. Something about the politics of living in community coupled with the nobility of the cause—the work of God! – put a sour tast…

Science, Syphilis, and the Evolution of Ethics

By Arri Eisen

…en be tested on them. First, infected prostitutes were identified and made freely accessible to ‘volunteer’ prisoners for sex. When this didn’t work so well, attempts were made to infect patients in an asylum for the mentally ill, through such methods as abrading the skin on men’s genitalia. Reverby stumbled on the story while researching the better-known and just as disturbing experiments on black men with syphilis in Alabama from 1932-1972. In A…

LDS Church Asserts Trademark of “Mormon”

By Holly Welker

…that it’s endorsed by the leaders of the LDS church. How does providing a service to Mormons hurt the Mormon church? Especially since that service—helping faithful Mormons meet and marry other faithful Mormons—is in line with the church’s goals and objectives? The church has been happy to leave LDSSingles.com alone; why is it going after Mormon Match? The church also objects to the fact that the company is using a picture of the Salt Lake temple…

Celebrate Jesus with Weird Merchandise!

By Gwynne Watkins

…ration and new beginnings and people coming together—concepts that get lip service during even the most secular Christmas celebrations. Easter is about death and resurrection. It’s the highest holy day of the Christian calendar. That’s not an easy thing to package, which is probably why there’s a such clean break between the bunnies-and-eggs version of Easter, and the church-service version. Merchandisers are wise to define Easter by marshmallow c…