Religion UnpluggedRight now, across the waters of the world, massive cargo ships are floating from Hong Kong to Houston, from Marseille to Newark, from San Diego to Seoul. The ships carry everything from bananas to coal to toothbrushes. Some estimates claim that...
Religion UnpluggedFor four million Deaf South Africans and millions across the world, a long spiritual silence has been broken. Many in the Deaf community say they yearn to connect with God, but earlier versions of the Bible, usually available in only text or...
Religion Unplugged(OPINION) Days of protest across Iran left hundreds dead as authorities imposed an unprecedented internet blackout to suppress dissent. Social media nevertheless shaped mobilization, documentation and global awareness through diaspora networks...
Religion UnpluggedSeven years after assuming the presidency of the Moody Bible Institute in a time of crisis, Mark Jobe has announced he’ll step down at the end of the institution’s fiscal and academic year.
ReligionProfI was going to include “My Year With ChatGPT” at the end of my previous post, but in the end decided that that post was long enough and this should be a post of its own. “My Year With ChatGPT” is a summary that that chatbot generates. Here are a...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraHow Pope Leo XIV is extending his consensus-based approach (which made him Pope) to international relations The post A New Direction in Vatican Diplomacy? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsHow Pope Leo XIV is extending his consensus-based approach (which made him Pope) to international relations The post A New Direction in Vatican Diplomacy? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) You’ve probably heard of Thomas Aquinas, a prominent medieval scholar who combined Christian theology and Greek philosophy. However, you may not be familiar with the renowned Jewish scholar Moses Maimonides, whose ideas significantly...
Good Faith MediaOur goal is to provide level-headed, proactive commentary and resources so that we can engage in public conversation from a place that’s well-informed of the nuances of the topic and affirming of our trans siblings. The post Faithful Pride...
Good Faith MediaWhen the annals of history look back and shine its spotlight on me, I want it known that I chose a side and acted accordingly. The post Does Love Still Work? Shaky Faith, Parenthood, and Lament in Violent Times appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaAs Texas faith leaders oppose SB 11’s prayer mandate in public schools, a YouGov poll highlights sharp partisan divides over religion in education. The post Americans Split on Role of Religion in Public Schools appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Lots. And no expert is better equipped to portray the turbulence than Washington University political scientist Ryan Burge.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Divinity schools hardly mention the huge issue of reuse and redevelopment of faith properties in their curricula, nor do urban planning programs, at least not yet. Perhaps a curriculum that engages experts and examines relevant case...
Religion UnpluggedChristians are bringing light amid the evil, with many treating the wounded at homes to avoid certain arrest at hospitals. Christians are also taking food and water into crowds of protesters amid Iran’s humanitarian crisis. One Christian couple...
Religion UnpluggedHistory nerds rejoice! An incredibly detailed land-use survey and census from the 1500s, commissioned by none other than Henry VIII, will soon be digitally available to everyone, including genealogists, educators, researchers and community...
Religion Unplugged(OPINION) Christian Reconstructionism was a small but influential movement within conservative Protestantism that argued society should be governed by biblical law. Originating with R. J. Rushdoony, its ideas spread through churches,...
The Domination ChroniclesThe Founding of an American Imperium"—a dominion, state or sovereignty that would expand in population and territory, and increase in strength and power.”
The ConversationChristian Reconstructionism, a little-known movement to rebuild society on biblical law, can often shape US debates over religion, politics and education.
Ancient Jew ReviewCaesarea Maritima [Image Source]. Robin Darling Young and I believe that the Contra Celsum is a largely neglected masterpiece of political philosophy that continues to speak to us...
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Political TheologyEventually, we all need others, leaving cooperation, humility, and patience the only lasting realities of human access to power. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that power can abandon any of us, at any moment - even and...
Good Faith MediaThe Trump administration is actively trying to erase African American history and make the present insufferable for persons who are marginalized, criminalized, and dehumanizingly categorized as “illegal” and “alien.” So, I work for a future I can...
Good Faith MediaHe may very well not be a racist, but instead a political animal playing to the worst impulses of the U.S. psyche. Nevertheless, there is no denying he has done and said racist things. The post Action Trumps Intent: Does it Matter if the President...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaWe don’t have to accept that a life between a rock and a hard place is the best we can hope for when it comes to embracing both our queerness and our faith. The post Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Where do Queer People of Faith Fit? appeared...
Contending ModernitiesTargeting Jews for the way they express themselves as Jews is very clearly not part of a struggle against antisemitism, but antisemitic itself. The post Letter from Scholars of the Holocaust, Jewish History, and Antisemitism Against the Adoption of...
ReligionProfI have been wondering for a while, but especially in the past couple of days, about what to call those who tend to be labeled as “conservative Christians” and yet are neither conservative nor Christian in any meaningful sense. As a scholar of...
PaleoJudaicia ReligionProfWhy would I say that “Evangelicals View God as Like Donald Trump”? It struck me quite suddenly recently that there is a parallel between how Evangelicals view “faith” and how they approach political leaders. When we realize this, we understand what...
Political TheologyThe ability or inability of insiders to hear the silences that arise on the other side of the borders drawn by colonizing societies around themselves, to perceive them as the echo of missing voices, may constitute, for the victims of colonialism,...
PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaAfter a deadly ICE encounter in Minneapolis, escalating immigration raids are spreading fear and unrest across U.S. cities. The post A Climate of Fear and Distrust: Responding to Escalating ICE Raids in America appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Canopy ForumThe West Virginia State Capitol Building by O Palsson (CC BY 2.0). Since 2020, a foster family from West Virginia fostered, and eventually adopted, three girls. In 2023, the girls’ newborn biological brother, M.B., was immediately placed with the...
Barth NotesFrom the Daily Mail: An alleged fantasist has been charged with perverting the course of justice ten years after accusing various politicians of raping her. Esther Baker, 43, made allegedly ‘malicious’ claims of child sexual abuse at a time of...
White Too LongTrump's deadly lies represent a new stage in the backsliding of America away from democracy.
The ConversationPo'pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the United States.
ReligionProfIt strikes me that the best way to think about the process of faculty grappling with the new technology of LLMs (Large Language Models) is by analogy to the process of working through grief outlined by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her well-known five...
Good Faith MediaThe time has come for common-sense citizens who love their country and recognize blatant injustice to engage in the political process. The post The Week The United States Fell appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaHow can the United States credibly speak about protecting Christians in Nigeria, Syria or Iraq if it overlooks the ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians for the sake of expediency? The post From Saving Armenian Orphans to Funding Their...
Good Faith MediaOn Thursday, Minnesota faith leaders from various traditions gathered at the site where an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good on the streets of Minneapolis, amid a surge of ICE raids. The post Minneapolis Faith Leaders Call for Peace, Urge ICE to...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Canopy ForumCarlo III di Borbone visiting the Pope Benedetto XIV in the coffee-house of the Quirinale, Rome (US-PD). As the eighteenth century unfolded, theories aimed at limiting the Roman Catholic Church’s authority, shaped over the previous centuries and...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraEnormous—and it's attendance that tells us more than denomination or religion The post How Big Is the God Gap on College Campuses? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsEnormous—and it's attendance that tells us more than denomination or religion The post How Big Is the God Gap on College Campuses? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
The ConversationThough they lived centuries apart, Aristotle and Tsunetomo both explored what it means to live virtuously, and the risks of wanting praise or recognition.