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America No Longer a Christian Nation: And Other Critical Data from 2015

By Daniel Cox and Joanna Piacenza

…icy. Majorities of many religious traditions—including Catholics (59%), non-white Protestants (54%), and white mainline Protestants (53%)—are opposed to these so-called “religious freedom” laws, with one important exception: a slim majority (51%) of white evangelical Protestants favor them. 5) …but Christians are divided on same-sex marriage. Similar numbers favor (46%) and oppose (46%) allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally—but attitud…

In 2012 Bishops Join Fight to Repackage Discrimination as ‘Religious Freedom’

By Sarah Posner

…en hired and assigned to the effort. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution last October, Bishop William E. Lori, chair of the Ad Hoc Committee, described LGBT equality and access to reproductive care as “serious threats to religious liberty,” that “represent only the most recent instances in a broader trend of erosion of religious liberty in the United States.” The problem, he went on, is like a disease t…

Looking at Death: Images of 9/11, Before, During, and After

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…of exploding buildings so much more forceful, but also confusing. As many news commentators suggested of the 9/11 events: “It’s just like a movie.” At first, that Tuesday morning, the billions outside the NYC area simply watched. And watched and watched and watched… the planes striking the trade towers. With a society full of camcorders, the images are endless. But while on the first day (the 11th) we saw planes striking buildings, people runni…

True or False: Less Religion Means Greater Diversity?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…k of diversity among the unaffiliated as well. It is here that the visually-compelling data-blending may become more obfuscating than just confusing. Among the affiliated, race is distinguished. So, you can see that older religiously affiliated are more white. But there’s no comparable distinction within the unaffiliated, who are mostly white as well (71%). The way the data is presented—mixing affiliation and race—can make it appear that the unaff…

Pro-Gay Christians Breaking Out

By Peter Montgomery

…lso says that slavery is a natural condition. Because St. Paul says in the New Testament, slaves be obedient to your masters… I mean, for goodness’ sake, the human condition and social conditions change. What is the fundamental principal of the New Testament? It is one of universal love, loving your fellow man, and if we get obsessed with a particular definition of that through a form of sexuality, then I think we’re missing the centrality of what…

Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative

By Eric C. Miller

…ractitioners difficult to understand, or even hypocritical. According to a new book by Michael J. Lee those tensions and contradictions have been frustrating for conservatives too. In Creating Conservatism, the Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston, traces the evolution of American conservatism across the middle of the 20th century, analyzing the notable books and authors that ushered the movement to n…

Evangelicalism Thrived Because it Enabled White Christians to Avoid Civil Rights Movements According to New Book

By Eric C. Miller

…Kelley’s argument—and Mohler’s endorsement—fall quickly into doubt. In his new book, Christianity’s American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular, historian David Hollinger turns the tables completely, arguing that evangelical churches grew during and after the 1960s precisely because they offered a less demanding alternative to the social justice and civil rights commitments of the liberal mainline. To put it anoth…

World Congress of Families Meets, Seeks a New Dark Ages

By Gillian Kane

…f-touch extremists. Scratch the surface, though, and what you find are well-connected and well-funded groups hard at work codifying their “traditional values” through national and regional legislatures and judiciaries. The conference theme, “Marriage and Family, the Future of Society,” echoed many of the concerns of conservative religious organizations here in the U.S. (the WCF, unsurprisingly, is headquartered in Rockford, Illinois). While droll…

Baby We Were Born for War: To Dominionist Christian Groups, No Election is Too Small — and Colorado is Just the Beginning

By Frederick Clarkson

…the other arms of Wommack’s political and educational empire—and their out-of-state partner, the Texas-based Wallbuilders organization. ‘Approved for use in churches’ As RD reported in October, this initiative targeted 17 school boards. Their visible source of support for their candidates came in the form of voter guides in English and Spanish intended for use with churches. Consistent with the culture warring themes of the Christian Right in the…

Colonialism and the Crisis Inside the Crisis of Catholic Sexual Abuse

By Kathleen Holscher

…. While in Texas in 2002, Graff was arrested for sexually abusing a fifteen-year-old boy he had employed in his rectory. Following his arrest, one investigator on the case was quoted as saying, “Graff would hire mostly Hispanic boys in their early teens to clean the rectory and mow the lawn.” The priest died in a Texas prison while awaiting trial. I want to highlight Graff’s time spent in New Mexico, as well as his work among Hispanic youth in Wes…