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“We All We Got”: The Black Church As an Oasis in Baltimore’s Food Deserts

By Kasai Rex

…n’t—keep them safe. In Baltimore, symbolic gestures on the pulpit are best complemented by concrete actions in our streets. In coming years the black church’s role in the struggle for justice might be less pivotal than it may have been in earlier eras. It remains to be seen whether the engagement of black churches in issues that directly affect black people will call more people to the pews on Sundays. But if these actions are consistently success…

Is Accreditation of Religious Institutions a “Farce”?

By Eric C. Miller

…rofessor and former Wheaton College professor Alan Jacobs. Photo via Amazon.com. Unsurprisingly, Conn’s piece prompted a strong backlash, including a rejoinder from Baylor University English professor – and former Wheaton faculty member – Alan Jacobs. Writing at The New Atlantis, Jacobs argued that Conn had created a false dichotomy. “The idea that religious faith and reason are incompatible can only be put forth by someone utterly ignorant of t…

‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons

By Catherine Wessinger

…of the YFZ community. There are many examples: a story published on ABCNews.com April 16, 2008, countered the measured voices of H. Newton Maloney, professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Nancy Ammerman, professor of sociology at Boston University, critiquing assumptions about “brainwashing,” with statements from an anti-cultist with no advanced degrees in the relevant fields of religious studies, psychology, or sociology. Joe…

Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

By Mary Barker

…act on the ability of senior couples to serve missions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFI5J-W7Wc Science of morality… immoral In 1966, 25-year-old Charles Whitman went on a killing spree at the University of Texas. In a suicide note left behind, Whitman asked that an autopsy be conducted on his body as he was convinced that something biological accounted for his actions. The autopsy found a tumor on his brain that was suspected of preventing hi…

The “Scandal” of the Catholic Vote

By Kate Childs Graham

…hurch since Vatican II…” – My Fellow Catholics, Brian Burch of CatholicVote.com Some attempted the high road: “I write to you, in my capacity as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, to express our congratulations on your historic election as President of the United States. The people of our country have entrusted you with a great responsibility. As Catholic Bishops, we offer our prayers that God give you strength and wisd…

Five Things We Can Learn From Creationists

By Nathan Schneider

…r your birthday, he has given birth to 200thanniversaryofdarwinismscollapse.com, where users can celebrate the utter and final demise of evolution while watching you, dressed up as a clown, singing “Jingle Bells” on repeat. All of this madness, I submit, is a testament to the power of your idea. But, as in every madness, there is method too. By now you are doubtless familiar with the wrongs done in the name of evolution. Your cousin, Francis Dalto…

DC Attorney General Goes ‘Religious Freedom’ Route to Investigate Catholic Church

By Patricia Miller

…e announced the establishment of an online portal (ReportClergyAbusetoDCOAG.com) to accept abuse complaints, and on Monday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu announced the establishment of a hotline and email address to collect reports of abuse by clerics of any faith. Also on Wednesday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced that he had opened an investigation into clerical sexual abuse in that state, citing the rece…

Q Shaman’s New Age-Radical Right Blend Hints at the Blurring of Seemingly Disparate Categories

By Susannah Crockford

…so many different marches, as well as his page on acting website backstage.com, have been held up as evidence that Angeli is a crisis actor, a paid agitator, or an Antifa thug in disguise. Since so many on the right engage in climate denial, his presence at a climate protest with a sign affirming the existence of global warming may seem contradictory. However, in his Arizona Republic interview, Angeli connects environmental problems such as pollu…

A Public Monument to Atheism—In Florida

By Becky Garrison

…radford County Courthouse. How did this come about? As reported by news4jax.com: American Atheists had sued to have the aforementioned Ten Commandments monument taken down, and in an effort to mediate, the county asked the monument’s sponsoring group, the Community Men’s Fellowship, to remove it—but the group refused. Rather than incur the expense involved in dismantling this 5-foot, 6-ton stone slab, Bradford County, Florida decided to establish…

The “G-Word”: Genocide’s Slippery Nature

By Tom Hogan

…g that makes us so sick—before it turns fatal. Illustration: Burning village painting at encampment for Darfur, courtesy of futureatlas.com. Used under a Creative Commons license….