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Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…th Joseph Adama and Vergis are “wearing their hearts on their sleeves.” By using tattoos on the body as a site for memory, the Tauron belief system, like the STO, is firmly rooted in ideas of embodiment, and what it means to be human. Joseph’s struggle to find his daughter’s avatar will test the strength of his religious faith and practice surrounding the body. Sister Clarice, on the other hand—with her idea about both the soul and the body contin…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…cis. The declaration and its concluding vow – “Bowing to no earthly power, using every just measure, we shall not falter or flag until the truth about marriage is embraced in our laws and honored in our lands” – feels a lot like a global version of the 2009 Manhattan Declaration, in which conservative evangelicals and Catholics pledged civil disobedience and vowed never to “bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnershi…

Going Beyond “No Duh”: Michael Schulson Responds to Kate Blanchard

By Michael Schulson

…efinitions of religion in the public sphere; it was to point out how, even using those imperfect day-to-day definitions, it is incoherent to argue that Islam is somehow not a religion, or somehow uniquely political. Along the way, I also hoped to challenge readers to think more critically about the boundary between the religious and the political. Blanchard seems to think that I didn’t go far enough in evaluating those basic underlying assumptions…

Call Yourself Evangelical, Isaiah 11, or Orville Redenbacher, But Don’t Organize Under it

By Daniel Schultz

…her. The answer was, of course, no. That would be a waste of time, because using a formal term only leads to arguing about that term’s definition and its applicability, rather than the substance of the matter being discussed. Instead, the professionals skip the label and point out the error itself: “You’re attacking me, rather than my position,” or “You seem to be confusing causation with correlation,” and so on. That keeps the focus where it shou…

Meet the New Christian Right, Same as the Old Christian Right

By Patricia Miller

…men’s health care they disagree with. Then there’s Ben Carson as head of Housing and Urban Development. Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist who is a long-time hero to the Christian right. He’s called rights for transgender people “extra rights” and suggested that going to prison can make people gay. Would-be Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as noted in RD, has said her work in promoting school choice is fueled by her desire to “confront the culture…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…rights around the world. Unfortunately, Trump’s cabinet choices include a number of stridently anti-gay figures, and his rumored pick of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State is sounding alarm for Tillerson’s close ties to Russia’s Vladimir Putin as well as the company’s historically poor track record on LGBT issues. C-Fam, the US based organization that is helping to lead an anti-LGBT backlash at the United Nations, attacked a spee…

Liberty University’s #NeverTrump Petition Is No Shot Heard ‘Round the World

By Anita Little

…ls out from the group, the defection looks lackluster. Soon-to-be released numbers sent to RD from the Public Religion Research Institute show that young evangelicals actually support Trump more than evangelicals over 50 do. Furthermore, if evangelical stronghold Liberty University is any indication, Trump can count on college-educated young evangelicals on November 8th as well. Since president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, Jr., endorsed h…

Equality Opponents Try to Reverse UN Progress; Anti-Gay Pentecostal Pastor Elected Mayor of Rio; Indonesian University Official Tells LGBT Students To ‘Normalize’ Or Be Punished; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…that were seen as criticising a Koranic verse. He said that Islamic groups using a passage of the Koran to urge people not to support him were deceiving voters, who will go to the polls in February. The verse is interpreted by some as prohibiting Muslims from living under the leadership of a non-Muslim. Mr Purnama has since apologised but formal complaints were lodged against him by Islamic groups for defamation. He is now being investigated by po…

WikiLeaks’ October Surprise: With “Spirit Dinners,” Conspiracy Goes Mainstream

By Carmen Celestini

…ites have provided “proof” to their followers through images of Presidents using the “famous devil horn sign” in public, or images or videos of Obama and Hillary Clinton with horns appearing while they speak. Conspiracists have long believed that Hillary Clinton is a member of a Satanic cult. Republican nominee Donald Trump has publicly referred to Hillary Clinton as the devil, and GOP nominee hopeful Ben Carson alleged Clinton was a supporter of…

Sexist, Homophobic Representatives of “The Black Church” Just Want to Make Black America Great Again

By Anita Little

…violence charges, or Rev. Jamal “These Hoes Ain’t Loyal” Bryant who likes using his pulpit to police black women’s sexuality despite his own well-publicized dalliances. Though they all claim to be Democrats or Independents, the signatories sure do have a lot in common with the staunch conservatives who would turn a blind eye to (valid) issues the letter addresses, like poverty and violence. That might be because the missive was spearheaded by the…