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Paul Ryan Is Like Jesus, But It’s Not What You Think

By Sarah Posner

…claim Francis’s apostolic exhortation does not undermine their devotion to free market economics. One of the best examples is the Rev. Robert Sirico of the free market Acton Institute, who released a video attempting to defend his views against Evangelii Gaudium. Best “who, me?” line: “Who is advocating a market without regulations, without law?” On the Eternal Word Television Network program The World Over last week, Bishop Robert Morlino, the bi…

Burning Man: Religious Event or Sheer Hedonism?

By Lee Gilmore

…acterizing the event as “religious.” My work sought to explore the tension between “spirituality” and “religion” in the narratives of Burning Man participants in order to better understand how religio-cultural systems operate and adapt. As a venue that emphasizes creativity and participation, Burning Man often inspires people to contribute their own unique talents and visions to the event. My particular art form is the academic study of religion…

South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Called “Raghead”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…as Obama did, but I apologize to both for an unintended slur.” But, as the Free Times reports, Knotts wasn’t quite as repentant in the moments after uttering his slur. With a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face outside a Columbia bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her…

The Mistaken Assumption Behind Employers’ “Right” to Not Cover Contraception

By Mary Barker

…d, we can rely on John Locke, the “Father of Classical Liberalism” (ie. American Conservatism), or The Little Red Hen, or even just common sense. When labor is alienated from production, the compensation it receives for services rendered are “given” by the owners of the enterprise, with the implication that it “belongs” to them (the owners), and they are thus free to dispense of what is theirs as they see fit. And if it belongs to them, then it is…

Biblical Law in Central Florida House Race

By Julie Ingersoll

…d mid-November. You can watch the first session of the seminar on-line for free here. But I already have done that for you. Gothard promotes an integrated world and life view drawn from the Bible, which he claims speaks to all areas of life. Especially prominent are his views on financial matters and marriage and family matters. For example, Gothard teaches that debt is unbiblical and “a hidden judgment of God; debt is always a judgment.” He cla…

Trump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America

By Hussein Rashid and Murali Balaji

…minorities, he is rhetorically (and literally) attempting to build a wall between white America and its others. Ironically, by doing so, he is cutting America off from itself. Religions like Islam have existed in this country since the 1600s, coming over with enslaved Africans, while Hinduism and Sikhism have been present here since the 1800s. Moreover, lest we forget, the entire Southwest was once part of Mexico. By idealizing a heteronormative…

Book Burning and the Scapegoating of Islam

By Eric Reitan

…serter, and denier. Therefore they faced a reminder that they too were not free of the sin that leads to the cross, and were in need of conversion. We Are All Betrayer, Deserter, Denier If Heim is right about this, then Jones and Phelps and their respective congregations are symbolically enacting the very thing that the passion stories central to Christianity were intended to repudiate. Where they are called to see the crucified Christ in those wh…

The Non-Existent Tea Party-Religious Right God Gap

By Sarah Posner

…he just wanted people to go out and vote in the mid-terms. That idea of America — the America that McDonnell described as founded at Virginia Beach when colonialists planted a cross in the sand and said “we claim this land for Christ” — is the “most radical idea since the Gospel,” said Reed. Tea party events don’t necessarily emphasize this view — although many people who speak at tea parties do. And as Michelle Tennery, an activist who told me sh…

‘Son Worry’ and the Hypocrisy of the ‘Purity’ Movement

By Patricia Miller

…apply to their sons, only to their daughters. That their sons should have free rein to let “boys be boys” or to “sow their wild oats” went hand-in-hand with the idea that chaste girls wouldn’t have to worry about such boys because their own sexual experimentation would be heavily policed. So the so-called “son panic” is really anger that their sons are no longer free to do whatever they want and get away with it—as long as they “do it” to the rig…

Muslim Beard Decision was a Boost for “Religious Liberty” Advocates

By Kara Loewentheil

…r not having a beard is a central element of Islam. And I realize that the free exercise in question need not be “central” to any religion for it to qualify for RFRA or RLUIPA protection, under current jurisprudence. What I’m trying to highlight is the erasure of a distinction between a plaintiff’s sincere belief (which is a question of fact, whether or not a court chooses to investigate it) and the question of whether a burden is substantial, whi…