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From Empire to Shire: Rod Dreher’s Nostalgia for Middle-Earth

By Gustavo Maya

…ut it betrays Dreher’s perspective. Not all Christians, or for that matter Americans, have had a hand in running the American Empire. Black and brown Christians have generally not thought of themselves as responsible for the empire. Notably, African Americans and Latinos have been denied citizenship, and the rights of citizens, much less have they had political power. Too often they have merely tried to survive and resist Empire’s demands, dominat…

Buddha as Scientist, Entrepreneur & Self-Improvement Guru

By Michael Schulson

…t read this story,” he explains, “it was obvious to me that this was about business. It was about leadership.” Later, Colonna, who works as a coach for entrepreneurs, recasts the Buddha as the ultimate coach for (you guessed it) entrepreneurs: To me dharma teaches us to live in that gap of hope without attachment. To believe that you can take on an entrenched institution or power structure, knowing that 99.99% of the enterprises fail and you get u…

Romney Credits “Culture,” “Hand of Providence” for Israel’s Economic Superiority over Palestinians

By Sarah Posner

…son at the head of the table, said he had read books and relied on his own business experience to understand why the difference is so great. “And as I come here and I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the people of this nation, I recognize the power of at least culture and a few other things,” Romney said, citing an innovative business climate, the Jewish history of thriving in difficult circumstances and the “hand of pro…

Sex Comes For the Archbishop: Rembert Weakland’s Unflinching Memoir

By Mary E. Hunt

…ange from within the hierarchy. Alas, we will not see his like soon in the American episcopacy, as the current appointees are by and large conservative company men who have been well vetted on questions of abortion, homosexuality, and women’s ordination to make sure they toe the line. Consensual, Legal, But Still Out of Bounds Memoirs are tricky literary business. This one is no exception. The opening and closing pieces deal with what was undoubte…

Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya

By Peter Montgomery

…ademy of Sciences. After the summit, Rep. Karen Bass met with LGBT African American activists to discuss the best ways that African American LGBTs can support LGBT people in Africa. According to Frontiers LA’s Karen Ocamb, the question that dominated the discussion was asked by Pastor Kevin Sauls: “How do we as activists—as people of faith—respond to this so it’s in the long-term interests of our brothers and sisters on the continent, so they are…

Note to GOP Voters: “Political Freedom” Comes With Social Responsibility

By Marcia Pally

…want to make government somewhat smaller, reducing taxes and de-regulating business and banking to prod growth and jobs. Or they can vote for candidates who pledge to make government, as Rand Paul said in last week’s debate, “really really small.” Paul lambasted even Marco Rubio’s support for the child tax credit on the grounds that it’s “liberal spending.” Oddly enough, however, for the party of conservative values, a prime principle of conservat…

Toward a Non-Malignant Faith: An Interview with Brian McLaren

By Peter Laarman

…ir midst to get to know some poor people—to get to know what being poor in American is really about, which is losing their voice and losing their personhood. Invite the business community leaders to apply their smarts and their hearts to shaping something new, to creating new opportunities for the lost and the least. We American Protestants have a strange idea about what the “priesthood of all believers” means. We think it means giving people litt…

James Dobson and a Tale of Two Women

By Sarah Posner

…, giving a speech that lavished praise on Karen Santorum and asked whether Americans really wanted Callista Gingrich — “a woman who was a man’s mistress for eight years” — as their First Lady, according to sources who attended the meeting. Sources told Business Insider that Dobson’s speech was a “startling moment” that left many in the audience — particularly those who support Gingrich — floored. One source described Dobson’s tone as “angry,” and…

Baptist Resolutions Signal More Culture War

By Paul Harvey

…elical and Catholic groups: religious freedom defined as the right to deny business services or recognition to others, or medical services to those in one’s employ. Noting that “any law that directly contradicts natural law and biblical truth is an unjust law,” the resolution “On Biblical Sexuality and Freedom of Conscience” continued: WHEREAS, The Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision in 2015 purporting to redefine marriage does violence to the Con…

Why Christian Fundamentalism Is Still a Big Deal in U.S. Politics, And How It Got That Way

By Eric C. Miller

…ent as a monolithic and mischievous force that crushes the dreams of small business owners, the relationships between individuals and doctors, the rights of parents, and the freedom of religious believers. At the same time, he spoke of “millions of courageous conservatives” and “born again Christians” whose votes could restore an idealized constitutionalism and drive the big-government bureaucrats out of the American temple. Part of my goal in Sup…