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After Mumbai: Winning the Global War on Terror

By Mark Woodward

…wars; both have nuclear weapons aimed at the other. Speaking by satellite phone, one of the attackers explained that he loved India, but that Muslims could not stand by while their mothers and sisters were killed. This indicates that revenge was one of the motives for the attacks. One of the consequences of this cycle of violence is that Mumbai is now a highly segregated city, so much so that Hindus now refer to traveling to a Muslim area as “goi…

An American Muslim Abroad, Or, Things I Saw in Dubai

By Haroon Moghul

…l or not, echoes other Islamicate structures of the past—and conveying softness. There’s a new Donald Trump development in Chicago which appears to copy the style of the Burj Khalifa, but appears to be the worst architectural xerox copy job in history—the same firm built both buildings, starting right around the same time. Talk about luxury on the cheap; it’s hard to deny a feeling of similarity. (The tower is to the Burj as a certain toupee is to…

Burying the Future: Youth Violence in Chicago

By Ibrahim Abusharif

…Hutu-Tutsi (Rwanda), or underground oil-no oil (Iraq), or views on human ownership and cheap labor (North and South), or urban struggle for abandoned storefronts. Et cetera. When people kill to gain some material boon, for example, what do we make of it? If we don’t conclude enough then it’s probably because, in part, we all feed from the materialist canon that places an unnaturally high premium on what we have, own, and can throw away as an act o…

“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage

By Anita Little

…learn what it meant to be a witness to social injustice— and how to reimagine divine justice. As I sat in a frigid hotel conference room in Bridgeton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis that represents the outer edge of the city’s white flight, I took stock of the 30-odd people surrounding me. An interesting mix, some of the attendees were longtime activists of color, some seemed to be defectors from the traditional black church, some were white Chri…

Everything You Think You Know About the Dark Ages is Wrong

By Nancy Marie Brown

…hared a dream. Gerbert encouraged Otto to see himself as a second Charlemagne—one with royal Byzantine blood. Otto could reunite Rome and Constantinople, expanding the Holy Roman Empire (then just parts of Germany and Italy) to recreate the vast unified realm of the Caesars. Otto and Gerbert brought two of the scourges of Europe—the Vikings in the north and the Hungarian Magyars in the east—into the Christian fold. They established the Polish Cath…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…t publicly opposed marriage equality and declared she would boycott Qantas airline “where possible” to protest the company’s support for marriage equality. She also told a Christian radio station that “tennis is full of lesbians.” Navratilova has said that while Court was “an amazing tennis player,” she is also “a racist and a homophobe.” Court charged that money from America was behind the “conspiracy” against her. Myanmar: Prejudice and a bit of…

Introducing the Dr. Who Media Club

By James F. McGrath

…veler. His time machine is the Tardis, which looks like a police box—think phone booth—but it’s bigger on the inside than the outside, can fly, and may actually be a living creature. He adventures through time and space, usually accompanied by one or more human companions who assist him in righting wrongs, liberating the oppressed, fighting alien menaces, and averting unspeakable disasters. His alien origins give him a sharp mind and extraordinary…

Closed-Door Conference in Poland Shows How US Conservative Christian Networks Export ‘Conversion Therapy’

By Antonia Gross and Rina Nikolaeva

…practices, youth centers, and the psychological training they offer to the next generation. Before publication, we reached out to all speakers mentioned here. Only two responded, both essentially making the same points they’d made in their conference lectures. “People who experience their same-sex attractions as incompatible with their life goals have the right to the same autonomy and opportunities as those who do not,” writes Carolyn Pela, who a…

Religious Affiliation, ‘Mankind’: India’s Anti-Corruption Activist Leads Second Freedom Struggle

By April L. Bogle

…ago for a conference. No Prima Donna Something told me to silence my cell phone and bury it in my handbag as I drove to meet Bedi at her hotel. It turned out to be a good move. When I got to the lobby another something told me to dig out my phone and check it for messages. Sure enough, I had one from an unfamiliar number. A woman’s voice said Bedi was still sleeping, exhausted from the previous day’s overseas flight, and needed to reschedule our…

Covering Religion in The New Year: The Atheist Bus And More

By Diane Winston

…the eyes of needles. We’ve also had an ambivalent attitude toward those in need, never sure whether they’re blessed or cursed, saints or sinners. How churches square biblical teachings, American values and new economic realities will say a lot about the present changes and emergent trends. I’d start by looking into what’s being preached and what’s being practiced. Where are resources directed and who is deemed worthy of help? What questions are be…