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Hussein RashidSeptember 12, 2011

No Such Thing as a Great 9/11 Work of Art

By Hussein Rashid

But 9/11 has changed the kind of art we’re interested in.

Joanna BrooksSeptember 8, 2011

Can Romney Win by Embracing his Mormon Masculinity?

By Joanna Brooks

Mormon GOP candidates give the debate its most reasonable moments.

(A)theologies, Books, Israel-PalestineAugust 9, 2011

Nonviolence, Muslim Style: From Ghaffar Khan to Tahrir Square

By Eric Stoner

While many books will no doubt be written about the momentous events that are unfolding in the Middle East, many of them will doubtless leave out the prehistory. By exploring the rich tradition of nonviolent resistance in the Muslim world—from Palestine and Pakistan, to Kosovo and the Maldives—Amitabh Pal dispels the oft-repeated misconception that what we are witnessing in the Arab Spring is without precedent.

Michael J. AltmanJuly 28, 2011

Breivik’s Religious Pluralist Vision: A COEXIST Bumper Sticker Without the Crescent

By Michael J. Altman

The killer sought common cause with Hindus, Buddhists and others.

Haroon MoghulJuly 10, 2011

Dispatches From the Site of a Massacre

By Haroon Moghul

My journey to Bosnia is deeply personal, and urgently universal. The war not only gave ammunition to radicals but it forced Muslims to question the compatibility of the West and Islam.

Politics/LawJune 17, 2011

What To Do When Fred Phelps Arrives in Your Neighborhood

By Susan Henking

While I support free speech, the lunatic fringe of Fred Phelps and all too many mainstream believers whose idea of the Bible is limited to particular portions of Leviticus speak all too often. What should we do on this particular Saturday and in the future when Fred Phelps announces he will picket in our neighborhoods? Should we throw glitter on Fred Phelps? Should we stay home? Should we even write articles or comment on the six o’clock news?

(A)theologiesMay 27, 2011

It’s Time to Reconsider Graduation Prayer in Public High Schools

By Bruce Ledewitz

Non-believers and the community of liberal believers, typically the ones attempting to ban religious imagery from the public square, have avoided specifying which forms of communal expression of meaning are appropriate.

Candace Chellew-HodgeMay 24, 2011