Category: Social Issues
The Truth of an Alleged Lie
In the midst of last month’s Chik-fil-A blow-up, I wrote a piece which attempted to clarify the particular reason so many LGBT people were actually upset. It wasn’t Cathy’s opinion about “trad... Read More
Colonial Genetics
Early British settlers in North America used the concept of vacuum domicilium to justify seizing acreage from the people already living on the land. The concept was supported by the Church: God had cr... Read More
Scientific Understandings in Theories of Religion: Which Science Ought We to Emphasize?
No one individual science can completely explain anything, especially religion. The interconnected nature of the universe is such that, in order to understand any single phenomenon, one must utiliz... Read More
Politicians Say the Darndest Things
Politicians say the darndest things. Of course, it’s never as cute as when kids say the darndest things. In fact, it’s usually downright awful. For example, on Sunday, Representative Todd Ak... Read More
Catholics at the Polls
Since Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced his vice presidential running mate as Represetative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on August 11, articles have been periodically appearing referenci... Read More
The World to Come
Shabbat is not only the way we as Jews sustain ourselves, it is how anyone dissatisfied with the world as it is visions and creates the world as they imagine it should be. In the fallout from the trag... Read More
What is the Face of Racism?
“White supremacy is the greatest danger we as Americans face as a source of domestic terrorism, and one of the least recognized,” writes Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite at the Washington Post&... Read More
Building a Sikh Paradigm for Interfaith Work: Part 2
"...I prefer to think about how Sikhs can contribute to, and renew a paradigm for, thinking about interfaith work. At the same time, we should also rethink our Abrahamic commitments, and move towards ... Read More