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McCarthy, Born Again and Retooled for Our Time

By Sarah Posner

…s Crusade for Christ, now boasts 400 students and is hoping to double that number within a few years. The college proclaims that it “educates students to lead with principle as they aspire to make America better. We prepare students for principled leadership. And nothing else.” But King’s made headlines in September after its new president, the conservative writer and pundit Dinesh D’Souza, argued in a Forbes cover story that President Obama is mo…

Taking to the Streets for Darfur

By Jonathan L. Walton

…Over 2,000 persons began the week marching through the streets of Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in order to raise money and awareness concerning genocide in the Sudan. “Walk for Darfur” is organized each year by the Jewish World Watch. The crowd was comprised primarily of members from about 60 area synagogues, yet was led by about a dozen Sudanese from Arizona….

Judge Rules Law Prohibiting Picketing Outside Military Funerals Unconstitutional

By Julie Ingersoll

…e the trip from the Midwest to the west coast to protests to at Comicon in San Diego where they were met with a mocking counter-demonstration. At issue is the right of families of the deceased to mourn in private against what is clearly political speech—although legal efforts to stop the church’s protests were not raised when the target was gays but only now the target is the families of soldiers. Of course, if you watch South Park (or if you are…

Larry King’s Immoral Debate on Homosexuality and the Bible

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…sin. Botsford, who is the senior pastor at Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego, unfortunately paints himself into quite a corner when King quizzed him over things considered sinful in the Bible that we all do these days: KING: You paint the picture. Your—in the Old Testament—I’m not a Biblical scholar—you can’t eat shellfish. Do you eat shellfish? BOTSFORD: Absolutely. KING: You’re a sinner. BOTSFORD: No I’m not. There are some things, Larry…

Jerry Falwell Jr. Is Corrupt, but Liberty U’s Problems Go Far Deeper

By Will E. Young

…our university president, addressed us afterward. Two days prior, a duo in San Bernadino, California carried out a mass shooting with AR-15 rifles, killing 16. Falwell’s response that day would change the trajectory of Liberty’s public image for years to come: “I’ve always thought that if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in, and killed them.” He was drowned out by applause from the st…

As Culture War Rages, What’s the Status of LGBT Rights on Catholic Campuses?

By Jamie L. Manson

…ents raise their hands and come out during that class session.” Of course, Santa Clara may be an exception to what is typically a stricter rule. The Bishop of San Jose, Patrick McGrath, puts effort into maintaining a collegial relationship to the religious studies faculty. The faculty is equally respectful of McGrath’s position as leader of the diocese. “It’s not that we’re not going to raise challenging issues,” said Crowley, who previously serve…

The Exorcist Files, Getting Mad at God, The Obama Prayer…

By Michael J. Altman

…n atheists. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found a war memorial cross in San Diego unconstitutional because it was a government endorsement of religion. The Army’s “spiritual fitness” test is coming under fire from church-state organizations who claim it is unconstitutional. Despite the new Republican majority in the House, the religious makeup of the 112th Congress is about the same as the previous one. Like the rest of the country, Congress ha…

How Evangelicals Pick Presidents

By Sarah Posner

…rty; Hagee has made political contributions to Perry and hosted him at his San Antonio church. Sullivan reports that the call in which the support was pledged to Perry took place in early June; that coincides exactly with the timing of Perry’s announcement of his prayerfest, The Response, an event not theologically dissimilar to Perkins’ FRC’s “Call2Fall” this past weekend, at which attendees at churches across the country pledged, “I will answer…

Buddhism And Politics in Myanmar: An Author Interview

By Matthew Walton

…mese monk asked this American to talk with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi about vipassana (insight) meditation, as she had recently started to rediscover this part of her heritage. This was a time of incredible intellectual ferment for her—you can see it in some of her writings and speeches of the period—when she was attempting to weave together Buddhism, democracy, rights, etc. Hearing about these discussions fascinated me, and while the retreat was sort o…

“Liberal Nazis”: The Republican Crusade Against NPR

By Paul Harvey

…ired rhetoric of liberal bias. But the point here isn’t to bean count partisan representatives on All Things Considered, but to look at the kinds of religious rhetoric behind attacks such as Lamborn’s. The real animus is toward projects of civil conversation in a public realm not dictated by “market forces” and corporate media. An example comes in religion, where public radio is one of the few venues of electronic media where thoughtful and extend…