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Naked Mormon Women Go Viral, Talk Back

By Holly Welker

…thought that nudity is the distraction. Kara likewise was intrigued by the way the project managed to strip away the artifice of the corporal. When there aren’t distracting elements like clothing to give context like class for example, you are forced to engage with the actual person—who are they really? MWB gives us the clue of their homes, but even then, I think the viewer is more engaged with discovering the personality of each subject than they…

Faith for Fuck-Ups? A New Book Explores a Broader Vision for Christianity

By Jason J. Stellman

…hich. What’s your next book? I have this idea for a book that subverts the way we usually think about the relationship between faith and practice. What if, instead of starting in the clouds with a bunch of esoteric, lofty propositions about some God way up in heaven, we begin on the ground, in the trenches, amid the dirt and grime of our everyday earthly lives? What if, rather than saying, “God is A, B, and C” and trusting the trickle-down sanctif…

Why the Culture Wars Aren’t on their Way Out, Despite Rise of “Nones”

By Sarah Posner

…er than the 21% of 30- to 49-year-old “nones” who describe themselves that way, and more than twice the 15% of 50- to 64-year-old “nones” who do. Similarly, PRRI found that those 65 and older make up just 8% of the unaffiliated, and just 12% of them identify as atheist or agnostic; on the other hand, 18- to 29-year-olds make up 35% of the unaffiliated, and 40% of them are atheist or agnostic. Just 30% of 30- to 49-year-old unaffiliateds are atheis…

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…h means the sacred law, a whole set of approaches to living your life in a way that brings you closer to God.’” The Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, which, like many religious organizations including the Union for Reform Judaism, has worked with ISNA, said, “ISNA understands and supports democracy and the freedom with responsibility that beats at the heart of the American experience,” adding that “few organizations do as go…

Bush Has Helped the Scarecrow of American Religion

By Hussein Rashid

…ophisticated vocabulary to talk about religion. One’s religion defines the way one governs. It can’t inform, it is the way one governs. If you are religious, and you can’t not be religious as a politician, then your religion has to be able to give rules on every matter of life and these must be the way you will govern. Ironically, it is the creation of a law in Christianity, and Jesus reviles the law in the synoptic gospels. The one Christian trad…

As Gaza Burns, Jews Disagree, Protest & Pray

By Sam Kestenbaum

…ssiles Hamas has fired (2,270)—some reaching as far north as Jerusalem—the number of Hamas’ smuggling tunnels uncovered (31), the number of Israeli soldiers killed in action (29). These numbers will likely change every hour. In the weeks leading up to the Israeli invasion of Gaza and now as increasingly grisly accounts and bloody images emerge of Palestinian homes and hospitals blown apart, American Jews are conflicted—alternately protesting again…

The End of Trust: YouTube, Lies and Videotape

By Trey Lyon

…ing to me, and not for the same reasons as it may be to you. There are any number of fact-checking errors with this video — the sources are unviewable in detail, and when they are discernible, they refer to journals that have no scholarly backing. There is no German Office report suggesting they will become an “Islamic state by 2050”, only a few sociologists and cultural experts suggested that, not the “German Department of Statistics, but Deutsch…

RDPulpit: Israel in Gaza: Right but not Smart

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…s that have led to the current situation that has killed or maimed a small number of Israelis and a huge number of Palestinians? The first step is for the world to demand an immediate cease-fire. That cease-fire should be imposed by the United Nations and backed unequivocally by the United States. Its terms must include the following: A. Hamas stops all firing of missiles, bombs, or any other violent action originating from the West Bank or Gaza,…

Speaking for Hinduism in the Absence of a Conversation

By Murali Balaji

…pseudoscience), her misinterpretation of key texts, and an unusually high number of factual inaccuracies (by some independent estimates, up to 500 errors). Doniger had every right to publish her book, and like every academic work, it will have its supporters and detractors. However, by dismissing her intellectual critics outright and not fully explaining the inaccuracies of her book, Doniger did a fundamental disservice to the nature of academic…

Don’t Misread Russell Moore’s Disavowal of “Christian Nation” and Anti-Trump Stance

By Daniel Schultz

…blican candidates cover to differentiate themselves from Trump. Maybe that way they can survive the wrath that is to come in November. We’ll see. Ted Cruz opened door number three on Tuesday: “This man is a pathological liar,” Mr. Cruz said, ticking off Mr. Trump’s distortions, his infidelities, his penchant for conspiracy theories. “The man is utterly amoral.” As I mentioned the other day, the rejectionist route seems to be the one Baptist leader…