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Affordable Care Act Needs “Fix,” Clergy Say

By Daniel Schultz

…larly conservative ones like the SBC, but so far, nothing. Maybe that will change as religious leaders start to lobby Congress. On the other hand, it might not. I notice two influential groups missing from the list of supporters for the fix: non-denominational evangelicals, whose churches might be self-insured or find other ways to insure their pastors, and the Catholic Church, whose diocesan plans might be large enough not to be affected by the p…

Not Breathing Much Easier … But Still Breathing: A Modest Plea For Hope to End 2020

By Peter Laarman

…to turn things around is very short. And wokeness by itself does little to change the toxic power relations that are killing us. One way I cope with all of this is to pray for a deeper faith—for myself and for others. I pray every day for fearlessness and for the courage to fight on. But there remains a side of me that suspects the only chance at survival we have is to pass through an apocalyptic event of some kind—something far more apocalyptic t…

If Hillary Wins Big It Won’t Be a Moral Victory—And That’s a Crying Shame

By Peter Laarman

…ock that has blocked urgent action on so many fronts, ranging from climate change to immigration and women’s rights. I’m a Robert Frank fan, but as I read his thoughtful assessment of the House challenge I could not escape the realization that the kind of electoral surge needed to wrench the House from the Republicans is just not going to materialize. More to the point, I felt, quite viscerally, the loss of this opportunity. I felt what a doggone…

Is Trying Really Good Enough? ‘The Good Place’ Has a C-word Problem

By Daniel Albert Joslyn

…ber, this is a show that has clearly demonstrated its concern over climate change, to which the wealthy disproportionately contribute (even as they’re less likely to suffer the consequences). I understand the rage In this final season, because the show runners are brilliant, thinking people who engage with many of the possible critiques of the show and the theology they’re selling, the show introduced Brent, who represents the embodiment of evil t…

Mass Bible-Based Sexual Dysfunction as Root of Culture Wars? Frank Schaeffer Breaks It Down

By Frank Schaeffer

…ossible. For one thing belief is a snapshot of just that day since beliefs change and we also change our minds. So instead I use the fundamentalist chains binding my brain as a point of creative departure, as the context that generates (as it were) letters from prison sent to the outside world. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? To be true to what I hope is the heart of the best of the universal religious message, I want to s…

Soft Supremacy: When “Liking” Love Is Not Enough

By Peter Laarman

…lyzes and understands power, and love that builds power to make structural change? I’m hearing lots of talk in white liberal circles about drawing a “moral bright line” against the Nazis, KKK, and other haters. I suggest that we draw for ourselves another kind of moral bright line that commits us to active and ongoing and strategic opposition to the power centers that oppress Black people and brown people and working class white people alike, albe…

Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause

By Andrew L. Seidel

…xecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer working on this case.) The change in the Court’s personnel should never change the law, but that’s precisely why the Court was packed. So what happens when the Supreme Court adopts the Institute’s weaponized version of religious freedom? Just how bad could it be? In this case, the impact could be devastating. Public education is a sacred trust. Parents of all religions and none can confidently send t…

Teaching World Religion in the Dumpster Fire

By Kate Blanchard

…stern supremacy, a little less Islamophobic. In other words, yes, I do want to indoctrinate students. I certainly wouldn’t want to overplay the importance of religion in whatever ails humankind, nor do I have delusions of grandeur about the ability of a religion professor to change the course of history. But the way I see it, any reduction in fear (at least about anything other than climate change) is a net gain for the world. Maintaining some lev…

Catholic Church is Lucky it’s Just Same-Sex Marriage

By Marian Ronan

…used. “Well, I used to be a lesbian,” she added, “but my partner had a sex-change operation, so now I’m not exactly sure what I am.” And that was just the beginning. Next there was a newspaper article about women Olympic athletes being eliminated from competition because tests revealed that they were genetically male, something about which they themselves hadn’t a clue. Then there was Suzanne Kessler’s groundbreaking article in the feminist journa…

Dear Mr. President: We Get It. You Really Love White Conservative Christians

By Sunnivie Brydum

…o be settled (for a time, at least) by this time next year. What will have changed by then? The Supreme Court will have issued its ruling in at least one (and possibly more) major cases directly addressing the Constitutional right for, say, business owners to turn away customers based on the owner’s “sincerely held religious beliefs.” That’s a question directly addressed in the DOJ’s memo handed down Friday, but it’s also a question that will be a…