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Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to Diversifying Witch Community

By Daniel Wise

…ise in modern witchcraft, yet the magic has been with us all along; the tendency for witches to identify as pagan is what’s actually new—this side of the medieval period, at least. Many Christians will tell you witchcraft is forbidden in scripture. They might point to the magical book-burning Paul orchestrates in Acts chapter 19, or quote the King James Version of the famous passage from Exodus 22, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” Christia…

What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling

By R.L. Stollar

…es to push local, state, and federal authorities to be noticeably and profoundly hands-off when it comes to homeschooling—to the detriment of children’s lives. The majority of states do not require any assessments whatsoever of homeschooled children, let alone home visits from hostile social workers as portrayed in We The People. In the few states that do have assessments, most include exemptions allowing parents to bypass the requirements. And th…

What Does the Catholic Church’s Patriarchal Structure Have to Do with the Failure of the Amazon Synod?

By Mary E. Hunt

…e on which century). At worst, these meetings become one more occasion to reinforce and reinscribe a hierarchical model of church with bishops in league with the pontiff to make few if any substantive structural changes, indeed to keep change at bay as it turns out too often. Regrettably, this was what happened in Rome of late. The crucial needs of a planet in trouble were addressed. But the fact that church men are still arguing over women’s role…

Kavanaugh’s ‘Jesuitical’ Response to ‘Abomination’ of ‘Roe v. Wade’ in 2006

By Mary E. Hunt

…Senator Chuck Schumer asked now Supreme Court Justice nominee a direct question: “Do you consider Roe v. Wade to be an abomination?” Mr. Kavanaugh replied: “If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the Court. It’s been decided by the Supreme Court.” Nary a trace of his own view surfaced. He and the most recent appointee to the Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch, are graduates of…

Should Christians Confess to Plants? A Cranky Meditation

By Greg Carey

…ip, I have experienced this situation too many times. To be sure, I feel uncomfortable with worship every week. I’m asked to affirm things I desire to believe when the truth is that I carry doubts and reservations. May I please have an asterisk? I’m asked to voice devotion at a depth of aspiration rather than lived reality. This sort of discomfort is a good and necessary thing. I further need worship to challenge me. I believe in democracy, but de…

How (Not) to Understand Romney’s Time as an LDS Bishop

By Joanna Brooks

…moderate. Given the scrutiny of Romney’s time as bishop, it also helps to understand more about the roles of bishops in LDS communities. There are about 28,000 LDS congregations worldwide, each with it’s own bishop (except for smaller congregations, called “branches,” which are headed by “branch presidents.”) Bishops are unpaid lay clergy who serve three to five-year terms. Since all Mormon congregations are organized geographically—most have a f…

Graham Whistles “Dixie” on Morning Joe

By Anthea Butler

…hen host Christiane Amanpour interviewed him, complaining that he couldn’t understand why President Obama had not produced his birth certificate. He also took the opportunity to brag about his own Christianity and to question Obama’s definition of what a Christian is against his own. Moreover, he continued to repeat, and he did on Morning Joe, that Obama’s Muslim heritage was conferred because his father was a muslim. Franklin Graham however, is e…

God’s Body, God’s Plan: The Komen Furor and Abortion as Black/Latino “Genocide”

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…Foundation launched a nationwide billboard campaign dubbed “TooManyAborted.com” that targeted communities of color with billboards characterizing abortion as “black genocide.” Mother Jones recently reported that a House Bill advocating the prohibition of “race-selection abortions” has been proposed to Republican lawmakers. The Bill argues that “abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community.” Protecting Minority Life Along those lin…

Romney’s Religion of Happiness vs. Gingrich’s Religion of Grievance

By Sarah Posner

…that took a small amount of money ($5 or $10 million, he said) to launch a company like Staples. Gingrich earned $1.6 million lobbying for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, companies that contributed to the housing bubble. When he was launching Staples, said Romney, the headquarters was in the back of an old shopping mall, and he had to sit in second-hand naugahyde chairs (oh, the sacrifice!). Solyndra, on the other hand, was like a “huge Taj Mahal.” (N…

Manhattan Declaration Asks: What If Jesus Had Been Aborted?

By Sarah Posner

…“the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and America’s legal and political foundation are dramatically influenced by Jesus birth” and therefore the United States would not have been founded; Israel would be “a different place;” what’s more, “America would not be the biggest Alli [sic] and protector of Israel without the conviction of Christian leaders in the US who have historically believed that Christians should support God’s Chosen People;” we wo…