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The Agenda in Making John Paul an Insta-Saint

By Patricia Miller

…an Diaries author John Thavis, argue that the sex abuse scandal shouldn’t define the pope’s legacy. “One of the questions here is whether a pope can be a saint and also make managerial mistakes, and I think Vatican officials would say yes,” he told Religion News Service.  Some supporters of the canonization argue that John Paul’s “management mistakes” illustrate his humanity and therefore amplify his greatness. Apparently John Paul is more or less…

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The Agenda in Making John Paul an Insta-Saint

By Patricia Miller

…an Diaries author John Thavis, argue that the sex abuse scandal shouldn’t define the pope’s legacy. “One of the questions here is whether a pope can be a saint and also make managerial mistakes, and I think Vatican officials would say yes,” he told Religion News Service. Some supporters of the canonization argue that John Paul’s “management mistakes” illustrate his humanity and therefore amplify his greatness. Apparently John Paul is more or less…

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Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance

By Carolyn Gallaher and Priya Dixit

…e likely to become more extreme. [45] They may go underground for a time, refocusing their efforts on local action.[46] While many contemporary militias cut their teeth on defending “local sovereignty” from a presumably tyrannical federal government, their current efforts to seek formal recognition from county boards of supervisors and establish relationships with county sheriffs suggests they now hope to gain direct access to local levers of powe…

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Dreaming Cyborg Dreams: Virtual Identity and Religious Experience

By Rachel Wagner

…inima are Second Life, Halo, World of Warcraft, The Sims, and even Grand Theft Auto. Because of its self-reflective and journalistic style, Molotova Alva has been dubbed “the first documentary shot entirely in a virtual online platform.” The Second Life avatar who stars in the production, Molotov Alva, is physically modeled after Douglas Gayeton, the producer of the series. However, Alva is now marooned in Second Life, gradually losing his grip on…

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As We Survey the Damage of Yesterday’s Violence, What Will Christian Nationalist Politics Look Like in 2021? New Report Offers Clues

By Chrissy Stroop

…tection of youth from religion-based harm as areas of particular concern in 2021. With respect to the latter, child marriage; female genital mutilation; sex education; medical neglect due to beliefs prescribing faith healing only; anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy; promotion of Christianity in public schools; and the lack of sensible regulation of homeschooling are all singled out for attention. As the report states, “unfortunately, but unsurprisingly…

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2021 National Prayer Breakfast: A Kinder Gentler Christian Capitalism

By Becky Garrison

…ence, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions—or The Family’s growing relationship with countries like Russia. Even though Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) referenced people of all faiths in his introduction of President Biden, the NPB remains decidedly Christian. In his decades of research into The Family, author and journalist Jeff Sharlet observed how this secretive organization behind the NPB promotes a “specif…

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‘Theological Porn’: The Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 is a Tie

By Mary E. Hunt

…choice are implemented. Doctors whose medical practices include abortion live in fear of their lives. High suicide rates among LGBTQ people tell all. Bullying, restricted access to jobs, housing, and health care are common results of the homohatred reflected in the Michigan letter. Real people suffer real consequences from these ideas. If religion watchers, journalists, and activists do our work, perhaps the category of “most egregious religious…

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Sacred Texting: When Religious Writ Gets Wired

By Rachel Wagner

…cholars nervous. The University of Southern California offers a searchable online hadith collection, in English, which is prefaced by a “warning” issued “especially for Muslims.” The warning explains that the early scholars of hadith were experts in the “critical science of collecting and evaluating ahadeeth,” and that students were required first to learn from the scholars how to utilize the hadith correctly. Today, however, “there is a real dang…

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After Michael Jerryson (1974-2021) Nobody Will Ever Look at Buddhism the Same Way

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…than about the Buddhist tradition. There’s been an image of a pacific and reflective Buddhism that’s been marketed in the West, often by itinerant Buddhist teachers. Not that this image is incorrect—there is much in Buddhism to admire and to share with peace-loving people everywhere. It is not, however, the whole story. And for a scholar of Buddhism, what’s left out of the popular image is as interesting as what’s included. Jerryson’s interest in…

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