No to Church, Yes to Jesus?
Is the lingering importance of “Good Samaritan Jesus” for the religiously unaffiliated a yearning for a more ethically engaged, prophetic Christianity?
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Forget About #HotJesus, Material Objects Speak Loudly in Son of God
Material objects have long played a role in Jesus films, but in the latest retelling, adapted from a History Channel miniseries, coins and the temple itself play a crucial role.
Read MoreMillennials Invent New Religion: No Hell, No Priests, No Punishment
So, right off the bat, this generation has dumped its religious leaders, its priests or gurus, and has dispensed with the obligation of coming together each week as a community. I guess, if there’s no one there to deliver a sermon or wisdom talk, what’s the point of gathering together once a week?
Read MoreTwo Women and a Mosque: A Convert Community Grows in Panama City
Panama’s Muslim converts work to carve out space for themselves, in a country that doesn’t seem to know they exist. In this report, Aliyya Swaby meets two black Muslim women who have founded a mosque in Panama City and describes the unique mix of religion, race, class and gender at play in the growth of their community.
Read MoreGiving Up God—Not Just a Spiritual Stunt
“One of the perks of being an atheist is not having to do [traditional worship] anymore. I’ve been in the religion business all my life and I just need a break.”
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U.S. Bishops’ 15–year Battle For ‘Conscience’ and Against Contraception
How Viagra and the Pill brought the U.S. Bishops back into the battle against birth control and into the ‘religious freedom’ business.
Read MoreOn Whistleblowing, MLK, Jr., and the Politics of Resistance in the Digital Age
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to co-operate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.”
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Pigging Out: What ‘Radically Unkosher’ Jewish Foodies Like Michael Pollan Are Missing
While Jewish foodies frequently use “traditional cultures” to critique everything from the cruelty and impact of modern agribusiness, to the lack of pleasure and meaning we derive from our food, they flout their own tradition when it comes to eating pig meat to the detriment of their greater goals.
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Climate Change is a Sin—Here’s How to Repent For It
The mistake isn’t that progressives don’t see climate change as a sin. We do, even if we don’t call it that. The mistake is that we respond to it the wrong way.
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Naked Mormon Women Go Viral, Talk Back
“I’d be lying if I didn’t have the occasional moment of shock and shyness, or wondering what on earth I was thinking when I decided to put my boobs on the internet, but aside from worrying that my mother-in-law or my boss is going to find out some day, I don’t fear what anyone thinks about it.”
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