Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Sri Lanka, the Spiral of Violence, and Global Turn to Strongmen Messianic Solutions: The Temptation of This Moment

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I grieve — so very much — the carnage we've just seen enacted in Sri Lanka, on the day many Christians consider the holiest day o...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Killing of John Allen Chau, Controversy re: Pope Benedict's View of Jewish-Christian Relations, Claim of Franklin Graham That Trump Defends the Faith: Idea of Religious Mission Now in News

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With the killing of John Allen Chau on North Sentinel Island and controversy about EPope Benedict XVI's understanding of Jewish-...
Friday, June 17, 2016

"All I Hear in These Conversations Now Is Death": Queer People Continue Engaging World Religious Leaders and Their Institutions in Light of Orlando

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. @JamesMartinSJ on solidarity w/ #LGBT community in wake of #Orlando shooting | https://t.co/k58PvyCGhL pic.twitter.com/Ny6Ye1Uaan —...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

"LGBT Experiences Have Been Erased and Nullified": More on Who's Erasing Queer People from Discussion of a Massacre of Queer People, and Why This Is Being Done

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More observations on who's erasing queer people from the massacre of queer people in Orlando, and why they're doing this:
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Orlando Atrocity As Teaching Moment for American Culture: Religious Roots of Toxic Definitions of Manhood, Homophobia, Transphobia, Misogyny, and Racism

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I know that many regular readers of this blog are highly informed people who read and think about news reports on a daily basis. I don...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Alan McCornick on Why Religion Is the Problem: "Imagine a World Where Cherry-Picking Does Not Take Place and You Have the Kind of World Which ISIS Is Trying to Create"

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An early Christmas gift: Alan McCornick's smart, wonderfully dense (think an outstanding slice of dark, rich fruitcake), fetchin...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"The Whole Thing Is Simply Beyond Comprehension": Post-Paris Discussions and Lessons from History Not Learned and Unlearned

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US Jul ’38: What’s your attitude towards allowing German, Austrian & other political refugees to come into the US? pic.twitter.com/7hM...
Monday, November 16, 2015

bell hooks on Worship of Death As Central Component of Patriarchal Thinking: The Events in Paris and Our Response to Them

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On my retreat the last two weeks, I read bell hooks' book All About Love: New Visions  (NY: William Morrow, 2000). The following ...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Christianity, Islam, Violence: Three Thoughtful Reactions to Mr. Obama's National Prayer Breakfast Remarks

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Three thoughtful quotes from three thoughtful articles responding to the manufactured right-wing outrage after President Obama told t...
Friday, February 6, 2015

Islam, Christianity, and Barbaric Violence: Discussion of the Issues in a U.S. Catholic Forum, National Catholic Reporter

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In response to an article by Sister Maureen Fiedler in National Catholic Reporter  this morning about the bogus controversy followin...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Commentary on Charlie Hebdo Attack: Freedom of Speech, Economic and Social Oppression, Violence, and Religion

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Here's a selection of commentary (running a wide gamut) that has caught my eye about the murder of the staff of Charlie Hebdo  by t...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Richard Rodriguez, Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography: "Until the Desert Religions See the Woman as Father, the Father as Woman, Indistinguishable in Authority and Creative Potence," They Will Continue Opposing Homosexuality

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I'm reading Richard Rodriguez's book Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (NY: Viking, 2013) right now. A theme running through...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Wil Gafney on Rape Culture, Kidnapping of Nigerian Schoolgirls, and the Bible:" We Must Teach the Bible’s Iron Age Theology Because It Permeates Our Culture and Society"

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I find Wil Gafney's approach to the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls to force the girls into rape-marriage illuminating. Gafne...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Week's-End News Round-Up: Catholic Bishops and Shutdown, Exporting of Anti-Gay Hate by U.S. Religious Right, Malala Yousafzai

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As the work week ends, valuable news commentary I've noticed in recent days, which adds new information to discussions we've ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Benedict Builds Alliance with World Religions to Combat LGBT Rights and Shore Up Patriarchy

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In linking this article to his Facebook feed, my friend and fellow theologian Michael J. Iafrate observes,