I had mixed feelings last month when Interfaith Worker Justice’s DC office received furniture donations from the ACORN office. While I appreciated the donation of well-used furniture (I’m sure the furniture had been donated to ACORN long before it got to us), I was saddened to be the…
“Taking aim” at both the Religious Right and the New Atheists, a new book aims to make progressive politics safe for the religious, and religion safe for progressive politics.
Whether or not we believe in evil as a supernatural force it cannot be denied that when we as a culture project the idea of evil outwards, onto others, it gives us license to engage in extreme forms of cruelty—witch-hunting, racism, nationalistic hatred.
Anouar Majid invites us to consider for the possibility of real communication—unscripted, improvisational, unorthodox—among Muslims and non-Muslims in America.