Religion Dispatches
There are certain theological implications to the black hole. Not that it confirms any literal or conventional belief in a deity. God need not be real for divinity to be an applicable concept, for it’s good enough that the black hole is real.
Read MoreThe federal government cannot attack the scourge of hate without understanding the role Christian supremacy plays in white nationalism behavior.
Read MoreWhile LDS leadership rescinded its prohibition on baptizing children of LGBTQ parents, they bizarrely claim that neither the church’s nor God’s will have changed. You can all but hear them say, “Look, don’t blame us for the fact that God finds your gayness abhorrent! We’re just messengers!”
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That a state legislator’s prayer was meant to intimidate non-Christians seems self-evident, but it’s probably less clear to many observers that the prayer is also a symptom of a virulent strain of Christian nationalism.
Read MoreThough Democrats have recently sought to condemn antisemitism, by defining it solely in the context of Israel they ironically force American Jews into an impossible situation.
Read MoreIf you don’t understand that the Religious Right’s conservatism does not stem from honest differences in faith, if you don’t get that it’s about particular structures of power, you badly misunderstand the situation, and you are not ready for prime time.
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It makes no difference whether or not Tarrant or Breivik were card-carrying members of racist organizations. They imagined themselves as triumphant warriors in a great social struggle.
Read MoreSpeaking about her faith in a recent CNN town hall meeting the senator managed to avoid the mistakes of so many of her predecessors.
Read MoreWhen we fail to remember our plural origins in the West, we help white terrorists erase our own history.
Read MoreOur focus should be on the capture of the debate over U.S.-Israeli relations by a dominant narrative in which a single set of authorities (both political and religious) claims exclusive access to a rich and fluid set of political and religious traditions.
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