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Category Archives: Politics
Franklin Graham and the irrational
It is very sad to see the Graham “brand” so pathetic and so tattered. Sad. Very sad. From Christianity Today: Samaritan’s Purse president Franklin Graham addressed questions about President Obama’s birthplace and religious beliefs on ABC’s This Week that aired … Continue reading
Catholics and the next election
Great discussion on Bloggingheads.tv about American Catholics as swing voters. Visit the links below to access the entire discussion. [Added bonus: You get to listen to a lilting Irish accent.]
Posted in Catholicism, Politics, Religion Blog
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Gentlemen! Synchronize your watches!
No. This isn’t a Photoshop mashup. Three world leaders, representing two of the three Abrahamic religions, are checking to see if it’s sunset yet. From HuffPo: Prior to the start of their working dinner with President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Rituals
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Covert courting
I had high hopes that President Obama would do more outreach among US Muslims. There are only 24 hours in a day. I get that. But I was hoping that we’d see a more overt form of engagement. Perhaps the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
Tagged Muslims, Obama, outreach
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A discussion of Christianist militia groups
I’m not up on my contemporary American eschatology, but some of the comments here pinpointed some rather nuanced, for me, distinctions. The most startling comment was by Prof. Butler from Univ. of Pennsylvania when she made the distinction between merely … Continue reading
Posted in Church and State, Politics, Religion Blog, Violence
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Suicides in India
Another epidemic it seems. This time of “genuine” suicides as opposed to “suicide bombers”. “Young people see this as a way to give meaning to what seem like meaningless lives,” said Sudhir Kakar, a prominent psychoanalyst and novelist who has … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, Politics, Protests, Religion Blog, Suicide
Tagged India, separatism
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World Religions 101
Maybe it would be a good idea for California political candidates to take SFSU’s PHIL 502 World Religions course. Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO and current Republican candidate for California governor, made a Passover faux pas.
Update: Iraqi Elections
Super good news re Iraqi March election: Sunni leader *will* participate. NY Times: http://nyti.ms/cC43bE
Neda, dictatorship and Iran
Today a student objected to my calling Iran a dictatorship. “It is a democracy,” he said. He did have a point. There are plenty of other places worse than Iran. Travel plans? Nope. I’ll stay right here in greatly flawed … Continue reading
SF response to Westboro Church
Someone told me that they were in town. They were protesting at the Twitter HQ. Glad to see the Bay Area respond with an “in kind” protest. Apparently they were going to protest in front of the theater where Fiddler … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Politics, Protests, Religion Blog
Tagged Laughing Squid, protest, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church
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