We’re Back In March
And in the meantime, there’s what promises to be a thoughtful and insightful interview about how the legal and political issues that underlie the series. I’ll be watching on streaming internet vision.
Religion
Et In Arcadia Erat
Archeological evidence of sacrifical worship of a god in Greece before Zeus. Titan-worship, perhaps?
Whan in Februar The Bishop Doth Speak
This is brilliant. It helps if you’ve read Chaucer (as will be immediately obvious upon clicking the link).
The Chambersburg Billboard War of 2007-2008
The small city of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania has become the latest battleground in the apparently silly but ultimately consequential discussion about religion in public life in America. The whole thing started with a series of advertisements, which I first saw back… Continue Reading
Hitchens Against UK Sharia
More discussion of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s remarks from Christopher Hitchens here. Hitchens provides an extreme example of why the public interest should be taken into account when a court decides whether or not to enforce a “parallel” court that… Continue Reading
Islamic Law Applies In The U.S.
Seems that my thoughts yesterday about the potential for a U.S. court to enforce Islamic law were shared by Prof. Eugene Volokh. It was, I thought, one of my more thought-provoking finds recently. Prof. Volokh, however, has considerably more research… Continue Reading
What A Surprise: A Headline In The Fish Wrapper Doesn’t Accurately Describe The Article’s Importance
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the equivalent of the Pope for the Church of England, says that the adoption of Islamic Sharia law in the United Kingdom is “inevitable.” This seems like the best we could hope for… Continue Reading
The Tom Cruise Test
There’s been a lot of talk about a truly bizarre Scientology recruitment video made by Tom Cruise about four years ago. (If you watch the video and are confused because you can’t make any sense of what Tom is saying… Continue Reading
God’s Constitutional Standards
So! Mike Huckabee thinks that we need to amend the Constitution to bring it in line with “God’s standards.” By “God,” I presume, he means Jehovah, as opposed to Allah, Ahura Mazda, Baal, Krishna, Odin, Quezacoatl, Tiamat, or Vishnu. Now,… Continue Reading
Muslims Against Sharia
Islam appears to me to be badly in need of a vigorous reform movement. Christianity has had several reform movements, from Martin Luther nailing a list of grievances to a church door to the Second Vatican Council. In a way,… Continue Reading