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A Furious Sadness: Conversation with Christian Protester of Nazi-Saluting Trump Supporter

By Daniel Schultz

…raction with the woman at the Trump rally, but was there anything else you left out/remembered later that you wanted to say? That there is no way she was looking at anyone else other than me when she shot her arm up in that manner. It never even occurred to me that people would question whether or not she Hailed Hitler. It never occurred to me we might be photographed, but that might be my only addendum. The rest I’ve left for those with eyes to s…

The “One True Christian” of His Age?

By Susan Stinson

…are also vivid, compelling stories the years after Edwards and his family left Northampton, and in his grandparents’ generation, as well. I wanted to include them, but, again, it was too much for one book. What are some of the biggest misconceptions about your topic? Readers who come to the book thinking that they know everything that matters about Jonathan Edwards because they’ve read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ” are likely to be star…

Transforming America’s Israel Lobby

By Dan Fleshler

…like much of the human rights advocacy community, people in the pro-Israel left generally view the region through a prism that reflects Israelis’ sense of permanent vulnerability and their determination not to be vulnerable. If we object to the missiles that repeatedly killed innocent women and children in Gaza or Lebanon, we will be assured that Israel has done everything possible to avoid collateral damage, has been much more careful about shedd…

Tribal Trouble: The Changing Nature of American Jews’ Relationship to Israel and the Question of Jewish Unity

By Shaul Magid

…n it comes to Israel. This “engaged critique” by many Jewish groups on the left has evoked harsh responses from the Jewish establishment, responses that often draw a correlation between the state of Israel and “Jews” more generally, suggesting that a critique of the former amounts to delegitimizing the latter. For example, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer said, of gift packages comprised of products manufactured in Israeli settlements, “This year I d…

Atheists Gone Wild

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…to object to Warren’s seating on very different grounds. I worry that the Left that Newdow and his ilk represents is so fundamentally allergic to religious belief, and so theologically non-literate, that the only terms of debate they can imagine are religion versus no religion, and its implicit conception of the secular as a religion-free space. These are a winless propositions. The real objections to Warren’s offering is theological, not secular…

Islam=Peace: What’s in a Slogan?

By Brie Loskota

…he nearest hospital. He explained what took place in the aftermath: When I left hospital the following day, I watched the news. The attack had claimed over 80 lives and left 76 injured. Investigations were underway, and later suspects were paraded for trial. All suspects and accomplices were Muslim youth. I was so puzzled and asked myself so many questions. Why would people believe that when you kill someone you get a passport to heaven? Why would…

YOU Are Spiritual But Not Religious: The Secret Spiritual History of the Choose Your Own Adventure Books

By Daniel Silliman

…oices they made, Montgomery believed. There are reasons that others on the left would come to be critical of this faith in individual choices. With a globalizing economy and mounting concerns about environmental crises, it often seems that the neoliberal structure, which places all moral responsibility on the shoulders of individual consumers, is itself to blame for some of the intractable, systemic problems. Emphasizing individuals’ choices can b…

Were You Born Selfish?: An Interview with Frans de Waal

By Benjamin Hale

…ind. People come up with all these distinctions, and one by one we have been knocking them down. There’s not so much left now. I think language is the big one that is left, and that will probably remain, but other than that there’s not a whole lot that’s been left standing….

Religious Belief Or Mental Illness?

By Jay Michaelson

…lets buried in the New World, containing a history of Canaanite tribes who left absolutely no archeological record? The sun and the moon standing still? Not to mention the holiday season’s wild story of a “magic baby” birthed by a virgin (wittily parodied by a fake Kristen Stewart video that’s currently going viral). Progressives are supposed to respect fundamentalists’ hyperliteral readings of scripture, even if they defy all logic. But then agai…

The Tebow Superbowl Ad: Offense, Defense, or Interference?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…d and its broadcast slot. Similarly, you don’t say that politics should be left out of the Super Bowl. Tom Brady advocated very publicly for George W. Bush; Barack Obama himself ran an ad during the Super Bowl. So maybe it’s religion. Maybe religion should be left out of the Super Bowl. Maybe, and yet even here, there’s encroachment. Think of the players all staging group prayers before and after games, or all the coaches and players thanking thei…