Religion

From the Archive: Missing: The ‘Right’ Babies From the Archive: Missing: The ‘Right’ Babies

Christian-right activists look at falling birthrates among whites and rising Muslim immigration in Europe and warn of a looming "demographic winter."

Feb 14, 2008 / Feature / Kathryn Joyce

Gimme Shelter Gimme Shelter

Immigrants facing deportation find shelter with the religious New Sanctuary Movement.

Feb 7, 2008 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive

Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.

Feb 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Christianizing US History Christianizing US History

With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.

Jan 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges

Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex

Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.

Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate? From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate?

The main threat to democracy isn't “Islamofacism” but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious...

Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Gary Younge

‘Bad for the Jews’ ‘Bad for the Jews’

A paradox of American Jewish political behavior: they think like liberals, but they let belligerent right-wingers who demonize and distort their values speak for them.

Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

Playing the God Card Playing the God Card

It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.

Dec 13, 2007 / John Nichols

Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House

My top-ten list of reasons why I gave God the old heave-ho.

Dec 12, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch

Beyond the Veil Beyond the Veil

A new book examines headscarf hysteria and the politics of identity in contemporary France.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

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