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Trump’s Pathological Devotion to Border Walls Isn’t Political, It’s Theological

By Alana Massey

…’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” It was the kind of doomed proclamation an Old Testament king or emperor might have made, unaware in all his pride that neither God nor his messenger traditionally takes kindly to builders of towers (Babel) or giant defensive walls (Jericho)—to say nothing of your garden variety gold enthusiast (see f…

Obama Fumbles on Uganda at National Prayer Breakfast

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…sed as a club to deny the human rights of girls and women from the Gulf to Africa to Asia and to discriminate, even advocating the execution of, gays and lesbians. I was almost as disappointed in Clinton as Obama since she failed to mention the country of Uganda at this point, but she continued: We are standing up for gays and lesbians who deserve to be treated as whole human beings and we are also making it clear to countries and leaders that the…

No Turkey for Me: Confessions of an Indian Militant

By Johnny P. Flynn

…d to recognize the stomp-down amazing fact that we not only have the first African American president, but the first tribal president in American history. Millions of Americans spend billions of dollars through genealogists or DNA tests trying to trace their ancestry to Indian tribes in America, or the tribes of Africa, and Barack Obama knows—and so do I. Ndaw nishnabe podwewadmi ewi chigwe dodem: I am a Potawatomi of the Strikes the Earth People….

Obama’s Jewish Problem

By Rabbi Michael Lerner

…economically viable, includes reparations for Palestinians refugees, and a South-Africa model of “truth and reconciliation” in both Israel and Palestine) the Democratic Party and Republican Party have traditionally vied during the election period to see which could appear more militant in its support for Israeli power and less sympathetic to the Palestinian people. While spiritual progressives support a Middle Path that is both pro-Israel and pro-…

Muslim Women and Family Law

By Fatemeh Fakhraie

…ning that several predominately Muslim countries are updating their family codes to reflect pushes for equality and fairness. But this assumes that it’s the laws that lag behind society, which just isn’t always true. Yes, there are men and women who want family laws in their countries to change. But that doesn’t mean society at large wants this, too. Many men are reluctant to dismantle the patriarchal interpretations that work in their favor, and…

Left, Behind on Obama’s Warren Strategy

By Nick Street

…ama’s pre-inaugural maneuvering: The world is a mess. Violence in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia threatens to further destabilize regions where chaos breeds religious extremism. The deep roots of the current economic crisis—a global economy powered by fossils fuels and unsustainable American and American-style consumerism—must be carefully but decisively eradicated. And a pernicious but largely unreported militarism at the leadi…

RDPulpit: A Test of Moral Leadership for President Obama at G-20

By Mark S. Hanson

…affickers so that their younger children can survive. In parts of Asia and Africa, mothers are forced to choose which of their children they will feed and which will go hungry. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recently reported that the economic crisis will increase the number of children who die before their first birthday by 200,000–400,000 annually. People of faith and conscience must call on the most powerfu…

The Irony of the American Studies Israel Boycott

By Jon Pahl

…dvocates of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement often point to South Africa as a case to support their claims for similar action in Israel. But the kind of “solidarity” the ASA has encouraged here smacks of moral self-serving and grandiosity (American exceptionalism in a new guise), and lacks the clarity, realism, and pragmatism that, for instance, the Kairos theologians and the recently sainted Nelson Mandela practiced on the ground t…

All You Had to Do Was Express Regret: Pope Benedict XVI’s Rocky Visit to Yad Vashem

By Adam Gregerman

…in the world. However, the benefits of a frank reckoning with the past, so valuable in other post-conflict settings, exemplified by South Africa, surely apply here as well….

Islam=Peace: What’s in a Slogan?

By Brie Loskota

…n, Jordan. I was there to participate in a convening of youth leaders from Africa and the Middle East under the auspices of the United States Institute of Peace, which had invited me participate in the meeting and to lead a training session on conflict communication. As we sat around a table in a hotel conference room, I was astounded by the stories of young community leaders doing work to change their neighborhoods and their countries against a b…