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Evangelicals ‘Crossing the Tiber’ to Catholicism

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

…rustration with the lack of authority, structure, and intellectualism in many evangelical churches is leading them in great numbers to the Roman Catholic Church. This trend of “Crossing the Tiber” (a phrase that also served as the title of Stephen K. Ray’s 1997 book on the phenomenon), has been growing steadily for decades, but with the help of a solid foundation of literature, exemplar converts from previous generations, burgeoning traditional an…

The End of Trust: YouTube, Lies and Videotape

By Trey Lyon

…ubling to me, and not for the same reasons as it may be to you. There are any number of fact-checking errors with this video — the sources are unviewable in detail, and when they are discernible, they refer to journals that have no scholarly backing. There is no German Office report suggesting they will become an “Islamic state by 2050”, only a few sociologists and cultural experts suggested that, not the “German Department of Statistics, but Deut…

Why Religious Exemptions Matter

By Sarah Posner

…ations, it clearly looks like the administration is trying to maximize the number of women who have coverage. Women who work for religious employers, such as universities and hospitals, that have a separate tax-exempt existence from a church, will have access to contraception coverage separately from their employer’s plan. But Catholics for Choice is raising a broader, long-term question: under what circumstances should religious exemptions be gra…

Speaking for Hinduism in the Absence of a Conversation

By Murali Balaji

…itations we make in our own paper presentations or journal articles, how many of those citations were influenced/shaped by one special interest or another? And this is true in any field of study (activism, for example, led to the creation of African-American Studies, women’s studies, queer studies, and other ethnic studies), which is why Shukla’s innocuous call for more engagement with Hindus in the study of Hinduism is hardly as ominous as Jerrys…

Don’t Misread Russell Moore’s Disavowal of “Christian Nation” and Anti-Trump Stance

By Daniel Schultz

…ejectionist route seems to be the one Baptist leaders are taking as well. Any of these options involves some risk, but door number three is a particularly dicey maneuver. It’s basically telling Trump and his supporters to kiss off. Since those supporters make up a fair portion of the conservative movement, anybody hoping to lead it in the future has to hope they will have enough of their own people remaining to do so. That’s the gamble Ryan and Cr…

Hajj Journal: Using the Toilet at the Grand Mosque

By Amina Wadud

…pers are mostly not Saudi, so they detect an accent, but usually think I’m Egyptian, the dialect I use the most. My roommate said many of the shopkeepers are Urdu-speaking, but she got better service when she spoke English, especially in the jewelry shop. Anyway, by now I hope you see that it helps always to have a plan. Today, I encountered something I was hoping at all costs to never have to plan for: a visit to the water closet, the women’s toi…

Lesbian Rabbi to Lead SoCal Board, Includes Orthodox

By Benjamin Weiner

…odox) Jews who have plenty of sympathy for gays and lesbians, and probably number many of them among their friends, but can’t yet see a way to harmonize this personal sentiment with their larger religious commitments. It’s important to bear this denominational scorecard in mind when considering Eger’s appointment, because a “board of rabbis” is, in its essence, a trans-denominational body. Existing in most major Jewish population centers, the enti…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…urope: Governments begin accepting refugees from anti-gay violence in Chechnya The German government began to grant special humanitarian visas to gay people from Chechnya. Other Chechens fleeing anti-gay persecution by the region’s Islamist government have been welcomed in Lithuania and France. Activists said other countries were considering doing the same. From the New York Times: Gay men in Chechnya, a deeply homophobic republic, have long been…

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

…beliefs, just not necessarily about theistic entities; they have just as many “values” as any other group; and their presence is firmly rooted in American history in helping create the world’s first secular republic. Although the unaffiliated should not be conflated with atheists, it’s worth concentrating on them as they’re clearly the most feared subcategory. When atheists support same-sex marriage, for example, it’s not because they don’t believ…

Great Moments In Bipartisanship: Bible Edition

By Daniel Schultz

…is show, “Oh sure, they claim to be saviors. But are you going to trust an Egyptian donkey license? We could be importing terrorists across a porous border!” Democrats refer bills back to committee. [Luke 2:1-8]: Persistent questions about the birthplace of Jesus distract from his soteriological agenda. Hearings produce a number of shepherds willing to testify that Jesus was born in a Bethlehem-area stable, but doubters refuse to concede, pointing…