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Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…the Church of England.) Campbell accuses Cameron of embracing a “tactic in search of a strategy,” concluding, “if this is leadership, God help us.” In the U.S., we have no established church; in fact our constitution forbids such a thing. Yet such religious talk is far more commonplace among American politicians, even when it is met with objections from church-state separation advocates. There’s a cautionary tale in this Cameron effort, but it’s n…

Paranoia Over Foreigners in Egypt Eclipsed by Cooperation

By H.A. Hellyer

…– one road block I encountered profusely apologised for having to stop and search me, but that he found Russians and Israelis the night before with a lot of cash, drugs and guns. I confess, I’m not too sure I believe him – but it shows the worry about the role of foreigners. It’s a type of concern that I am not particularly worried about, though. Egypt has always been incredibly welcoming of foreigners, and the respect for the stranger in traditio…

Atheists Gather in Burbank: A Humanist’s Response

By Anthony B. Pinn

…many atheists will reject this suggestion), attention should be given to a search for common ethical ground that brackets the harsher presentations of both theistic and atheistic views. I am not asking for a “can’t we all get along” rejection of debate and a suspension of aggressive wrestling over ideas. It is important to challenge beliefs as a way of safeguarding human accountability and integrity; but there must also be a push for more than des…

Why Is Obama Reaching Out to Ravening Wolves?

By Peter Laarman

…astic. By now everyone knows that Mr. Obama reveres Mr. Lincoln. He should search his soul for some Lincoln-like steely resolve not to be all things to all people—and especially not to be conciliatory toward the ravening wolves, who (by the way) are not talking about giving up their entitlements. Again, the 1862 Lincoln quote from above: “The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty…

Is ISIS A Sign of the End Times? It May Only Matter That They Believe So

By Haroon Moghul

…n. The Muslim ummah will be weak and divided, though nearly uncountable in number. In the darkest hour, a Mahdi—a ‘rightly-guided’ descendant of Muhammad—will be identified at Mecca’s Great Mosque. He will rally Muslims against oppression without and within, but his success will provoke a bloodier counter-reaction, led by the ‘False Messiah,’ the anti-Christ. When even the Mahdi will be unable to turn the tide, then Jesus, Islam’s actual Messiah,…

Hip-Hop Religion and Spiritual Sampling in a “Post-Racial” Age

By Josef Sorett

…r.” An account as much about leaving the American ghetto as it is about a search for God, The Tao of Wu is one part memoir, one part spiritual narrative (the preferred form for asserting black subjectivity back to the days of Equiano), and one part hip hop history (tied to a history of the Wu Tang Clan). If I were to play on the value that MCs place on wordplay, than I might describe it as his-story—that is, this is RZA’s account of rap’s rise fr…

We’re All Episcopalians Now

By Diane Winston

…relates, Anglican parish priests and American laity. He contextualizes his search by considering history, theology and sociology. Amazingly, and in spite of his own affinities, he is able to discuss all sides with deep sympathy and respect. But he decides that the current crisis is, at best, a sideshow or, at worst, a distraction from vexing problems whose solution would require more than arms’ length indignation. For that reason, the church’s pre…

Religion, Marriage, and Maine’s Tortured Soul

By Peter Montgomery

…roded. That interested me.” He says that when you try to tell a story, you search for a human connection, and that as a gay person, as someone who was adopted, as someone who is Jewish, he was able to feel that common humanity, that common experience of feeling marginalized, with some of the anti-equality volunteers. That sentiment is echoed in the voice of a No on 1 volunteer, who in the midst of her grief over the success of the vote to repeal t…

On Whistleblowing, MLK, Jr., and the Politics of Resistance in the Digital Age

By Kevin Healey

…is not a message that plays well in commercial media, yet it is a necessary argument since, as Cage argued, the violent opposition to established power leads us not toward liberation but merely allows us to “change prisons.” As today’s activists search for a firm moral ground, the most difficult task may be to resist the easy payoff of cybervigilantism in favor of the sustained transformative force of a loving and non-violent counter-obedience. Th…

Women Have Abortions Whatever Their Religion

By Dennis S. Ross

…h our breath, step back and take a broader perspective. There’s an ongoing search for “common ground” on abortion, dreams of reaching an agreement that, once and for all, satisfies everyone involved. For those seeking this elusive “common ground,” a recently released Guttmacher Institute study holds the key. The study finds that women of a wide range of faiths have abortions, even when the “official” faith teachings are opposed. So it’s time to…