a review of religion and media
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Religious sensitivity training that masks, rather than fixes, problems in our healthcare system. Continue Reading →
Patrick Blanchfield reviews Considering Hate by Kay Whitlock and Michael Bronski Continue Reading →
Links from around the web. Continue Reading →
by Austin Dacey The trick with monotheisms is that competition comes not just from neighboring gods, but even from our own ideas about the One. Continue Reading →
by Austin Dacey The trick with monotheisms is that competition comes not just from neighboring gods, but even from our own ideas about the One. Continue Reading →
We do not know what the first blasphemer said. We do know that he was a stranger who came among the Israelites. Continue Reading →
We do not know what the first blasphemer said. We do know that he was a stranger who came among the Israelites. Continue Reading →
Russian gay extremists; Patronizing employers; A Brownback woman; Jesus’ juice; Milquetoast Patel; Other, the world’s 12th religion; Liberty wolves; ideology-smashing samaritan; Damn anarchists; Government by any other name (like the presidency); Tolerance ponies. Continue Reading →
The organization People for the American Way (PFAW) has a new report out on how religious groups are working to end tolerance and anti-bullying education in schools because they believe it normalizes non-traditional gender and sexual behavior. The arguments to end such education, as summarized by PFAW, are that 1) anti-bullying training indoctrinates children into non-normative behavior that is harmful, 2) it gives LGBT students special rights, 3) it discriminates against those who oppose LGBT rights, and 4) it removes shame from LGBT students. Continue Reading →
The organization People for the American Way (PFAW) has a new report out on how religious groups are working to end tolerance and anti-bullying education in schools because they believe it normalizes non-traditional gender and sexual behavior. The arguments to end such education, as summarized by PFAW, are that 1) anti-bullying training indoctrinates children into non-normative behavior that is harmful, 2) it gives LGBT students special rights, 3) it discriminates against those who oppose LGBT rights, and 4) it removes shame from LGBT students. Continue Reading →