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Bishop Sends Shockwave, Slaying the Sacred Cow of Individual Salvation [Includes an online comic]

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…riety of individualistic messages of prosperity, moral superiority, or feel-good sermons about godly self-esteem. I hope not just the Episcopal Church, with all its problems, but every church will hear and heed Rev. Schori’s brave words—we are each other’s keepers and if we forget that, it will surely be the demise of us all. From Integrity USA, in partnership with Douglas Gould and Co., comes this comic, “The Ripple,” connecting the history of th…

Satanists Want You to Respond to the Pandemic with Compassion. And Reason.

By Joseph Laycock

…ring in their respective holes, how is The Satanic Temple (TST) faring? On March 15, TST co-founder Lucien Greaves released a statement announcing that all in-person meetings were cancelled and urging everyone to engage in social distancing. The statement invoked the first of TST’s Seven Tenets, that “One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason,” and reminded readers they have a moral duty to…

The Journalist and the Bishops: CNS Editor Fired For Tweeting Opposition to LGBT Discrimination

By Patricia Miller

…tions. It’s hard to image senior officials at the USCCB ignoring the editor-in-chief of the CNS publicly contradicting the conference’s stated position, especially as bishops in states like North Carolina have backed the bathroom bills and concern about “gender ideology” has surpassed the contraceptive mandate as the conference’s ongoing obsession. In December the USCCB issued a statement on “gender ideology” that called it “a position on anthropo…

A Catholic’s Eulogy for the Harvard “Black Mass” Controversy

By Craig A. Ford Jr.

…ld be obvious from the fact that, in protesting the event, we were able to march the Blessed Sacrament down the streets of Cambridge in full public view. Another is the ability to dismiss non-Christian religions without proper engagement. Many of my Christian friends, for example, believed that the Satanic Temple somehow worshipped “Satan,” either as an actual being or as a collection of the forces of evil. Had they taken the time to visit the Tem…

Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection

By Robert P. Jones

…ll awaken from the fevered nightmare of white supremacy and finally choose a future in which we work shoulder to shoulder with our Black and brown brothers and sisters to achieve the promise of a multi-racial, multi-religious America. This article was originally published on Jones’ #WhiteTooLong substack newsletter. To read more or sign up, go to robertpjones.substack.com….

Why the Women’s Ordination Question Will Shape the Future of Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…nch of Ordain Women’s website featuring pictures and testimonials from rank-and-file Mormons who support ordination and a more equitable role for women in LDS Church leadership and service. Today, the global operations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are governed and directed by an all-male organizational chain of command. Mormon women may participate in some decision-making at the congregational level. But at all levels most…

Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam

By Mark LeVine

…many friendships that will last a lifetime. What’s the most important take-home message for readers? The most important take-home message is that there are three intertwined struggles that are sadly continuing along tragically parallel paths. The first and most talked about struggle is that between Western governments and violent Muslim extremists who have declared war against the United States and its allies. That’s the one most people write, re…

The Cubit Vs. “New Age Colbert,” JP Sears

By The Editors

…. Dressed in a purple T-shirt and pale green headband, with a flower tucked into his chest-length red hair. Ultra Spiritual JP delivers earnest, convoluted advice on everything from vegetarianism to ayahuasca to the psychology of the selfie, all in pitch-perfect deadpan. In March, Cubit co-editor Andrew Aghapour interviewed Sears, both in and out of character, at Sears’ Charleston, S.C., home. Last week, Andrew traveled back to Charleston, this ti…

Crossing the Rubicon? Mar-a-Lago Raid Enflames Right Wing Fantasies of Christian Caesarism

By Annika Brockschmidt & Thomas Lecaque

…e crossing of “the Rubicon”—thereby painting Garland and the FBI as wannabe-dictators marching to Rome—they would only be too happy to welcome a Caesar, so long as he was their own. As with “law and order” rhetoric, it becomes clear: consequences and laws are not for their own, not for conservatives. As Thomas Zimmer astutely points out: Calling for the law to treat different groups differently is hypocritical only if you believe in equality befor…

The Vatican ‘Doubts’ Same-Sex Love, But More Doubt The Vatican

By Mary E. Hunt

…may regret not staying quiet. I foresee story after story of good Father So-and-So who blessed Bob and Bill, Olivia y Cristina, Jacques et Georges. More common are the stories not of priests, many of whom remain too timid to bless themselves, but of lay people, indeed whole communities that gather to affirm the goodness of couples who love. Some of those celebrations are actually weddings, the Sacrament of Marriage, which is alluded to with trepid…