In Focus: The Symbol is Argentine
Rossana Reguillo | Revista Anfibia Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the option of a Catholic Church that perceives itself as threatened. By choosing the Argentine as new pope, the Vatican sent …Continue reading
In Focus: Identity Politics—Reasonable Accommodation and Québec Elections
ALON WEINBERG | UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA In the midst of the last Québec election held this summer, there was a sudden resuscitation of debates over “reasonable accommodation,” harkening back to the …Continue reading
En Foco: Educación trastornada
Iván Smirnow | Universidad de Chile ¿Tiene miedo que se homosexualice la vida? Manifiesto (Hablo por mi diferencia). Pedro Lemebel. La educación chilena está revuelta. Va más de un año …Continue reading
Mexico 2012: Fishing for Votes, Sowing Illusions
Omar Feliciano | Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE) “In the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost…I place you in their hands…in the sweet …Continue reading
In Focus: Beneath the Veil: Niqab Policy Reveals Disparate Canadian Interpretations of Freedom
Alon Weinberg | University of Manitoba Less than a year after winning their first majority, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is starting to reveal a more nationalistic face, espousing a ‘freedom-loving’ brand …Continue reading
Mexico 2012: “With God’s forgiveness, the State is a load of rubbish,” Obispo Onésimo Cepeda
Evelyn Aldaz and María Consuelo Mejía | Catholics for the Right to Decide/Mexico “The Church does not care about making the secular State vulnerable… we are for defending the most defenseless …Continue reading
Mexico 2012: Catholicism’s Shadowy Influence in the Mexican Elections
Gabriela Rodríguez | AFLUENTES There are some new developments with respect to religion and sexual rights among the contenders for Mexico’s presidency. Here I review the political agendas that were …Continue reading
In Focus: La reforma religiosa en México — modificación de los artículos 24 y 40 de la Constitución
Armando Díaz Camarena | México El pasado día 28 de marzo se aprobaron las reformas al artículo 24 y 40 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. El …Continue reading
In Focus: Visita de Ratzinger a México
Armando Díaz Camarena | México Durante las últimas semanas de marzo hubo varias discusiones acerca de las implicaciones políticas de la visita del papa Benedicto XVI a México. Los hechos …Continue reading
Team Spirit and Ol’ Time Religion: Sports and Christianity in US Public Life
Rannting with Ann Pellegrini This week, I took time out from watching one great American sports story unfold—namely, how do Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum say all those things with …Continue reading
In Focus: Public Faith in the US Presidential Elections
Zena Bibler | New York University Tension is building as Republican presidential candidates struggle to define conservatism in the months preceding the 2012 election. At a speech in Traverse City, …Continue reading