In Haaretz, Judith Butler gives a long and personal interview to American-Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni.
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Global warming and evolution deniers unite
by Nathan SchneiderThe New York Times reports today that, in several states around the U.S., global warming deniers have found common cause with creationists in a way that may prove beneficial for both causes.
March 4, 2010
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Prominent Pakistani cleric condemns political violence
by Charles GelmanJohn Esposito reports at On Faith that Muhammad Tahir Qadri, an influential Pakistani cleric, has "issued a 600-page fatwa, described as an 'absolute' condemnation of terrorism without 'any excuses or pretexts.' He declared that terrorists and suicide bombers were unbelievers and that 'Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence and it has no place in Islamic teaching and no justification can be provided for it, or any kind of excuses or ifs or buts.'"
March 5, 2010
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Christian militants wreak havoc on sex lives of Texans
by Charles GelmanAt Think Progress, Lee Fang reports on the recent actions of Repent Amarillo, an evangelical militia in northern Texas.
March 5, 2010
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Disgruntled Scientologists walk out with 999,999,987 years on their contract
by Todd KesselmanThe New York Times reports on abuse allegations within the Church of Scientology.
March 8, 2010
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Not a book about Jesus
by Nathan SchneiderAt Haaretz, David B. Green interviews Scott Korb, author of the forthcoming Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine.
March 8, 2010
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Žižek’s perverse Christianity
by Nathan SchneiderAt The Philosophers' Magazine, Carl Packman gives an overview of Slavoj Žižek's controversial "materialist theology."
March 8, 2010
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Glenn Beck now telling you what church to attend
by Rebecca SagerGlenn Beck has now decided to tell you what church to go to. In a recent episode, reports Politics Daily, Beck tells listeners to leave churches that preach social justice, equating efforts to help the needy with fascism and communism.
March 9, 2010
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A new twist in the Texas textbook case
by Charles GelmanJustin Elliot of Talking Points Memo reports that Don McLeroy, the "top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of Education, who rejects evolution and has pushed for a revisionist right-wing U.S. history curriculum," has gotten the boot.
March 9, 2010
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Christopher Hitchens shows God how it’s done
by Todd KesselmanIn the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens takes a stab at re-founding western culture.
March 9, 2010