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Gen Z’s Religious Affiliation Stats Are Confusing … But Only When Viewed From a Christian-Centric Perspective

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…violence has been directed against Sikh Americans, or how Buddhist temples are targets of anti-AAPI violence. Religious choice is, on some level, a white privilege. So “belief” is inaccessible and exists in a complex relationship with practice; and our own religious “affiliation” or lack thereof doesn’t necessarily count for much in the world at large. Why then do we persist in trying to count American religion? My goal isn’t to get rid of these s…

2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

By Peter Montgomery

…r, the mayor of Lampa, had violated the Zamudio law and engaged in illegal arbitrary discrimination by mocking transgender councilmember Alejandra González Pino over her gender identity and not using her chosen name. Nepal: Legal commission calls for full implementation of LGBT equality The International Commission of Jurists “has called on the Government of Nepal to fully implement the court’s ruling on the protection o the rights of lesbian, gay…

Swimming Against the Tide: Religious (Non) Affiliation Might Not Mean What You Think It Means

By Timothy King

…Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, agnostic, something else, or nothing in particular?” Pews researchers said they believe, “by explicitly offering respondents the chance to identify as atheist, agnostic or ‘nothing in particular,’ the Religious Landscape Study question may make it easier for marginally religious people who once thought of themselves as Catholics, Protestants or members of another religious group to identify as religious ‘nones.’”…

If You Liked The Martian You’ll Love These 3 Sci-Fi Shorts

By Andrew Aghapour

…s The Martian just had a massive $55 million opening weekend. Matt Damon stars as Mark Watney, a stranded astronaut whose limited supplies are made up for by an abundance of wit and ingenuity. The film has received wide critical acclaim, with many praising its grounded, human focus which, in contrast to Scott’s previous sci-fi thrillers, Alien, Prometheus, or, arguably, the awful Exodus: Gods and Kings, is devoid of aliens, mysticism, and supernat…

Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ll organise the program. The radio show will discuss human rights and the needs of the LGBT communities, such as the right to get legal recognition for married status. “LGBTs are also human beings, they are not deputy humans,” said Kanharith. “They are part of society.” Kanharith on Tuesday organised a meeting with representatives from the Ministries of Health, Education, Interior, and Women’s Affairs. He told them that it’s important to engage LG…

Five Social Media Trends that are Reshaping Religion

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ed into face-to-face relationships. If the folks at Nielsen are correct, smartphones will continue to overtake, uh, dumb phones, making app-based connection and information-sharing a continuing growth area. Religiously-themed apps are certain to be an important part of that, but unless they grasp the digital trinity of social engagement, spiritual meaning, and incarnational potential that makes such apps truly worthwhile for believers and seekers….

White Evangelical Leaders Already Distancing Themselves from the “81-Percenters”

By Neil J. Young

…ge of the election results mirrored this consistency, making absolutely clear—particularly in an election season marked by white ethno-nationalism—that it was white evangelical voters who had so overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump. But more broadly, the inclination to downplay and complicate evangelical involvement in the 2016 election stands in marked contrast from how evangelical leaders have historically characterized their faith members’ influe…

RD News Round-Up: October 27, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…? You betcha’. Built on fear and based in church-initiated intimidation, Scaremare—the first Hell House project—was started in the late 1970s in Lynchburg, Virginia, by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. Since then, hell houses have sprung up in all parts of the country. For those unfamiliar with the concept, Hell Houses are fairground haunted houses with a twist: the scary stuff isn’t the usual ghost or goblin, but is some enactment of sin, or the torm…

As Psychedelics Experience a Renaissance, Emory’s New Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality Seeks a Novel Approach

By Hollis Phelps

…depression, PTSD, and substance abuse disorders—as well as in palliative care. A number of prominent institutions in the United States currently host centers devoted to studying the mechanisms, effects, and efficacy of psychedelics, including NYU’s Center for Psychedelic Medicine, Johns Hopkins’s Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics. In addition, and anticipating the legal and…

Lessons from the Defeat of the Oklahoma Personhood Bill

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…lvanized against, say, ALEC? Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes surprising events are flukes. Sometimes they’re the start of a trend. Finally, it’s interesting that SB-1433 enjoyed such strong support from Archbishop Coakley of Oklahoma City, considering that the Mississippi bishops had been far more ambivalent during that state’s recent personhood battle. This could mean any number of things, of course: from the simple and unsurprising non-news that som…