Stewart on the Founders’ Cosmic Beliefs
Jon Rowe notes author Matthew Stewart’s piece on America’s Founders’ cosmic beliefs and considers some present day implications for science, technology and religion.
Category: Religion
David Barton’s Misleading Footnote #1
Jon Rowe examines how David Barton misleads while he attacks better credentialed scholars.
National Gay Marriage & Religious Rights
Jon Rowe wonders how a national right to same sex marriage might affect the religious consciences of those who disagree with such.
Cosmic Religions
Jon Rowe ponders the cosmic implications of Islam and Mormonism, and their cosmic relationship to Christianity.
A Prime Opportunity For Resolution Is At Hand
The wisdom of a sports movie and the insight of a litigator show that the best time is now — right now — for the nation to reconcile some of its deep social fissures.
Ben Franklin on the Quakers & Lack of Need For Govt. Support of Religion, Etc.
A brief gloss of the complex intellectual and spiritual harmony between the Founders and the Quakers.
Steven K. Green, Next Notable Book in Christian Nation Debate
It’s entitled “Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding”…
Why Lawyers Need To Conduct All Job Interviews For Everyone From Now On Forever
If an employer sees that a job applicant seems to have some sort of religious need for accommodation contrary to the employer’s policies, isn’t the safer thing for the interviewer to do to avoid dealing with the applicant’s religion at all? Antonin Scalia answers that question and Burt Likko breaks down today’s moderately surprising 8-1 decision.
SIHTAF: Pleading Prisoners’ Plasticity of Personal Piety
When an atheist prisoner self-identifies as Jewish, it provides an insight into the engine driving what Burt Likko predicts will become the next wave of litigation by the incarcerated against their jailers.
Minimum Beard, Maximum Deference
Turns out, a Muslim prisoner has a right to grow a beard even if the warden doesn’t want him to. Burt Likko digests today’s big SCOTUS case of Holt v. Hobbs to reveal something about what this means for those of us who aren’t Muslims in prison.
Tyranny of the Majority
Dennis Sanders shares an episode of This American Life that everyone interested in education should listen to. This is the story of East Ramapo in New York State.
Beyond “McCainism”
A gay blogger learns that reforming the GOP means focusing on bread and butter issues first, social issues second.
Everything I Believe about Religion III: The Personal Turn
Just how close do I get to religion? Let me tell you.
Michael Bay Answers Critics of His Upcoming Easter Movie
Advanced showings of Michael Bay’s upcoming Easter movie, which depicts the events immediately preceding and following the crucifixion of Jesus, has come under fire from critics and religious scholars alike. Hoping to stave off protests, Bay has issued both an apology and explanation. Will it be enough?
The Irrational Logic of Christ
Should the total, unconditional self-emptying exemplified by Christ be the logic of the Christian life?
The Church Militant
What does the sword have to do with the Christian spiritual life? Everything, according to Michael Voris, the producer of an internet television station. The faithful, he believes, are born for combat.
