https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to torture en https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/16/christians-more-supportive-torture-non-religious-americans A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that Americans, by a 59-31% margin, believe that CIA “treatment of suspected terrorists” in detention was justified. A plurality deemed that “treatment” to be “torture,” by a 49-38% margin. Remarkably, the gap between… Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:48:24 EST Sarah Posner dba5bad9-7f0d-45a3-86eb-e9c703b2c8a5 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/10/torture-denial-us-flunks-religious-acid-test The U.S. has been publicly, globally, shamed in consequence of the gut-wrenching disclosures in the Torture Report. And, oh my, how we dreaded this day of revelation, especially coming on the heels of ample further confirmation that Black lives matter… Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:29:23 EST Peter Laarman 698596b1-2f65-4a14-9777-4dab5ac1449c https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/fight-death-and-go-hungry-hunger-games-camp Inmates at Guantanamo Bay are hunger striking in an attempt to make their suffering visible while children at a camp in Florida are using the fantasy of hunger as entertainment. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 06:11:43 EST Jodi Eichler-Levine 27e9007e-e090-4485-b99d-8bf540678844 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/15/why-60k-and-torture-beats-changing-divorce-law The holy work-around. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:40:23 EDT Rob Shryock 7b15e937-2c61-4697-9e46-2bbb5f195535 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/24/undercover-ed-religion-13-stories-went-missing-2012 An RD holiday sampler of stories & viewpoints we would have liked to read in 2012. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:54:59 EST Peter Laarman 09f995aa-5ad0-4743-8abc-16bbb851740b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/10/23/does-romneys-religion-condone-torture-updated The “Mormon Mafia” helped develop Bush-era tactics, and Romney could help bring them back. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:18:45 EDT Joanna Brooks 191fe519-ce2e-4c82-a2a1-5548c528a726 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/17/bin-ladens-death-does-not-prove-torture-works The assassination of Osama bin Laden has revived the so-called torture debate. Even if it did help in his capture (which it didn’t), torture is still wrong. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:24:23 EDT Sarah Sentilles c742b790-6b86-4acb-b450-df2e7e934a98 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/21/does-inquisition-explain-modern-world A new book of popular history provides an exhaustive and detailed history of the brutal yet bureaucratic Inquisition, arguing that it helps explain what the world is today. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:43:34 EDT Gordon Haber 47f07530-17f4-4407-95fa-bffb02121a49 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/08/rep-pelosi-can-i-tweet-you-some-lewd-photos Why are we loathe to punish the sins of government torturers yet so eager to punish the sins of the Weiners? Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:40:08 EDT Sarah Sentilles c725f8bb-dea3-4272-ac5e-c0ebfb03b5fd https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/09/bushs-new-book-damn-right-i-okd-torture What message do we send when we don’t prosecute torture? Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:03:26 EST Sarah Sentilles a473a8b3-59f9-49db-b534-2d8e6fe422b9 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/08/waterboarding-living-room 22-year-old Trevor Case has been sitting in a Nebraska jail since late last month for allegedly waterboarding his girlfriend. According to police reports, after accusing Danielle Stallworth of… Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:58:51 EST Sarah Sentilles 5e827512-dc4e-40cc-900c-35940f4cdb75 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/11/everyone-should-know-story-alyssa-peterson Her Mormon faith made it impossible for her to torture. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:14:17 EDT Joanna Brooks 5b5c7ffb-3717-40ae-9b1e-0e0c4bca1cd5 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/07/religious-leaders-speak-out-against-physician-complicity-torture National Religious Campaign Against Torture renews calls for investigation. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:26:35 EDT Sarah Posner 2c0ca20d-dbcb-4752-aff4-295f8e8f3c4e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/02/25/john-yoo-and-jay-bybee-dodge-disciplinary-action-recall-nuremberg Justice Department attorney David Margolis rejected the recommendations of the investigation into the actions of two Bush-era lawyers claiming that the infamous ‘torture memo’ simply constituted ‘poor judgment.’ But John Yoo’s arguments are eerily reminiscent of the Nuremberg Defense and both men still face the judgment of international law and history. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:20:54 EST Bruce Ledewitz 2b349e20-97eb-4c38-a125-ec3e8889e9cb https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/15/new-poll-shows-religious-right-and-left-look-very-different Those on the religious right and left not only diverge wildly on everything from abortion to torture, but in their composition and distribution as well. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:19:09 EDT Daniel Schultz 519883c4-aa59-411b-975d-724e8b0c4c3e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/02/torture-and-just-war-theory-or-gary-bauer-horrible-little-man Conservative Gary Bauer’s recent attempt to justify American torture of prisoners using Just War Theory is found wanting. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:56:40 EDT Daniel Schultz 89b9e2c0-2e14-4b15-b58a-bf604e8cddb8 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/16/president-carter-religion-stop-harming-women-and-girls In a recent Op-Ed, Elders member Jimmy Carter noted that religion is used to excuse slavery, forced prostitution, genital mutilation, and more. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:05:32 EDT Frances Kissling e921f1f6-7502-4c74-952a-9e169a232a7d https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/rdpulpit-religious-bloggers-campaign-stop-torture Religious bloggers push the media to go beyond “soundbite theology” to challenging questions about torture and America. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:13:25 EDT Daniel Schultz b877cf4b-a750-49f7-ad2c-31a638bfedf7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/st-paul-pacifist-christian-response-torture In light of a recent finding that evangelical Christians are more likely, statistically, to support the use of torture, a scholar proposes an approach to nonviolence based on the teaching of Christianity’s first theologian. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:59:12 EDT V. Henry T. Nguyen b4b2be27-272f-4ad2-853c-133ea503441e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/are-christians-theologically-prepared-accept-torture The results of a new Pew survey indicate that going to church increases the likelihood that people will support torture, especially if they are white evangelical Protestants. This is not good news. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:36 EDT Sarah Sentilles ad064b15-3d19-4565-85ab-0fe33495ca07 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/talmud-v-torture-jewish-case-against-enhanced-interrogation During the Bush Administration, Rabbi Melissa Weintraub wrote a definitive condemnation of torture according to Talmudic teaching and Jewish collective memory. With the release of the CIA “torture memos,” these essays are worth revisiting. And, as Israel celebrates the 61st anniversary of its independence how does the Jewish nation itself stack up to these ideals? Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:28:01 EDT Benjamin Weiner 505f966e-c4d3-4ae2-b201-56fdb706fd52 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/23/torture-utilitarian As politicians argue, and our pragmatist-in-chief tries to find an angle, we can agree that not all moral dilemmas can be reduced to a cost-benefit analysis of pleasure and pain. There are some kinds of pain a morally serious person ought never to inflict. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:16:49 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht 1b16f4d5-42f1-44fc-9381-3b52e102b07e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/22/disco-reggae-abu-ghraib-music-bible-and-torture What does it mean when a country that likes to proclaim itself a defender of freedom plays a song about liberation to people it is torturing? Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:26:15 EDT Erin Runions 181b9346-31ff-4759-9a3d-fa821fe6cfc1 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/22/rdpulpit-torture-needs-you Relieved that Guantanamo Bay is closing? Don’t rest easy. Until we accept our collective responsibility for torture, and the fact that it requires not just the torturer’s denial, but ours, it will prevail. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:20:40 EDT Sarah Sentilles b183dfe8-5d74-4a98-b858-1eb6d40054fe https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/11/rd-news-round-september-22-2008 Evangelicals on torture; BornAliveTruth.org targets Obama; Focus on the Family and gays; the Evangelical Youth Vote; Regnery’s Islamophobia; the Religious Left Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:47:53 EDT Bill Berkowitz c38b4b6d-f441-423c-8617-5082ad32a331