Matthew Yglesias of Vox reviews Edward Baptist’ new book: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. The article references
News of the horrific violence perpetrated by members of the group ISIS, or IS, on Muslims, Christians, and other minorities continues to shock the world, and their deft use of social media propels their message. Now comes news that young people from the US and UK are among their most ardent recruits. How do we make sense of this phenomenon?
Many people have speculated about the climate of Ferguson before the shooting of Michael Brown. An NPR story by Joseph Shapiro looks at the high
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Executive Religion Editor of The Huffington Post, published an article called “How These Righteous Religious Leaders in Ferguson Are Giving Us Hope“.
Cindy Brandt explores the virtues of irreverence in Huffington Post:
Michael C. Dorf thinks the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (the statute cited in the Hobby Lobby case) can be fixed. He writes in Verdict on
“Who wants to devote life and loyalty to a religion that debates trifles and bullies the outsider?” So asks Tom Ehrich in his latest article
Darlena Cunha wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post provocatively entitled, “This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps”.
From Randal Maurice Jelks’ op-ed to CNN Belief Blog:
Tom Ehrich watches the conflict going on at the Episcopal Divinity School and observes that this is no way to teach seminarians how to manage conflict.