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Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’

By Peter Laarman

…ished historians whom Wilentz solicited for his letter but who declined to sign his angry screed for all the right reasons.] Sean Wilentz has a distinguished CV. He comes from a distinguished family. I still find value in Chants Democratic, the 1984 Wilentz work on the formation of working class consciousness in New York during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. But Wilentz’s drift into the what a great country this is! school of historiograp…

For Some of Us, the Biggest Religious Event of 2016 Was the Gilmore Girls Revival

By Isabel Fattal

…d action I’ve seen on Facebook since the election is certainly a promising sign. A cynic might predict that one day these Internet communities will be all we have. I’m not so sure. People did trek to the Luke’s Diner pop-ups, and to an almost immediately sold-out fan festival in Connecticut shortly after that. And I probably would have too, if logistics had allowed, despite my tradition of sacred loneliness. Ultimately, it’s the sacredness of the…

No Zombies Here, Just a Bunch of Women Talking to the Dead

By LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant

…the book? I cannot think of an alternative title, which I think is a good sign. The title originally incorporated some of the Gullah/Geechee dialect, but that just did not work in terms of flow and feasibility of actually being able to find the book. “Talking to the dead” is the phrasing that perfectly captures the relationship between the living and the dead without compromising the active nature of the practice. So, I love it! How do you feel a…

Paranormal Vodka, Exorcists and a Demonic Doll: Welcome to Paracon, Based on the Work of the Demon-Hunters Who Inspired the ‘Conjuring’ Series

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…ox: a demon-possessed doll so dangerous it’s locked in a glass case with a sign that reads “Warning Positively Do Not Open,” yet here it sits in a casino ballroom before 5,000 fans and potential possession victims. The crowd around Annabelle is huge, so I snap a quick selfie with the doll, and Joe and I continue on our way. There are other objects in the Warren Museum exhibit, including a skull used in “Satanic rituals,” the “Necromonicin” (a ridi…

What the Hell is Wrong With Us? A Muslim Response to America’s Failure to Change

By Haroon Moghul

…icle is property, of course, and the individual right to property is quite significant in Islam, but it isn’t absolute. If your property can harm someone, then the right to life supersedes the right to engage in commerce or build wealth. So consider the question of speed limits again. As cars become safer and smarter, maybe the speed limit can go up. But as traffic increases, maybe it should go down. (I don’t know, I’m not a traffic engineer.) The…

LGBTQ Victory at Christian Azusa Pacific U. Leaves Significant Questions About Future and Faculty Security

By Chrissy Stroop

…stian as well as Christian students, and thus does not require students to sign its statement of faith. This in particular may have made it untenable for the school to hold to overtly discriminatory rules with respect to student conduct in the face of public scrutiny. Before the latest change, APU alum and Brave Commons leader Erin Green, who has worked closely with APU students from the beginning of the push for change, began encouraging students…

Yom Kippur Prayers for Corporate Atonement at Occupy Wall St.

By Sarah Posner

…Living. In addition, Sieradski is a writer, photographer, filmmaker, and designer whose work explores themes of post-normative Jewish cultural expression. I see from the Facebook page you put up for the Kol Nidre minyan at Occupy Wall Street that you already have more than enough people for minyan. To your knowledge, is this the very first Kol Nidre service in the history of the world that takes place in solidarity with a protest against economic…

Pro-Life Tempest Over Obama’s Notre Dame Speech

By Mary E. Hunt

…things such coverage? A quick look at the Newman group’s Web site with its sign-on petition ticking like a doomsday clock is enough to cast doubt on the veracity of its claims. So what if X number of people say to rescind the invitation? Last I heard, Holy Cross Father John Jenkins was hosting the party. Obviously, this is not simply about a graduation speaker. The President of the United States is being instrumentalized in a long Catholic theo-po…

Will Texas Really Be Able to Undermine Marriage Equality?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…its decision cannot abridge the rights and benefits that a state must afford to same-sex couples. It remains to be seen how effective this particular case—with its backing from powerful Republican leaders in Texas—will be in gutting the freedom to marry in the Lone Star State. But it does signal the latest, and clearest to-date, sign that marriage equality is far from legally settled. As long as there are right-wing politicians and civilians will…

Indonesia: As Volcano Erupts, a Spiritual Loss

By Mark Woodward

…ries of natural disasters that have struck Indonesia in recent years are a sign that the end of the world and the Day of Judgment are at hand. Others report having visions or dreams in which victims ask them for prayers. Some survivors tell miraculous stories of be warned by spiritual beings of the coming danger and being told to pray and recite the Qur’an. One family who lived only a few hundred yards from Mbah Marijan’s compound escaped with onl…