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Frank Schaefer, Phil Robertson and the Myth of Christian Unity

By Hollis Phelps

…ay or another take the Bible as a locus of authority, but how the Bible is read and how it functions as authoritative varies significantly for individuals and in denominations. We only need to look at the difference between Frank Schaefer and Phil Robertson to see that this is the case. We often frame such differences as differences of interpretation, but perhaps it would be better to ask the question: Are they (Schaefer and Robertson, “liberal Ch…

Duggar Daughters Talk Sex, Courtship, and Fear of Ungodly Men

By Myev Rees

…ust conform to some exacting standards. These standards are rooted in constructions of innate male brutishness and feminine virtue. It seems that in the Duggar construction, Godly men are required to be protectors and providers; in order to do this they must conquer themselves. In a truly Victorian model, men, unchecked by the gospel, are simmering volcanoes of testosterone. In order to be considered a potential suitor, a young man must honor the…

Why Christians Should Have a Passover Seder: A Rabbi Responds

By Evan Moffic

…be done thoughtfully, in consultation with spiritual leaders committed to mutual respect. President Obama has held seders at the White House every year of his Presidency. It is no accident Church seders have grown throughout this period. The deepest learning does not come through lectures or books. It comes when we experience the rituals and traditions of one another. Passover is wonderful opportunity to do so. Read Rabbi David Greenspoon’s respo…

Twitter Lovefest Blooms Among Anti-Gay Leaders in Uganda, U.S.

By Peter Montgomery

…s access to the media: he tweeted on April 7 that he’s starting a daily TV news talk show. Barber, who like Ssempa portrays gay people as threats to children, religious freedom, and civilization itself, is engaging in a Twitter love-fest with Ssempa. On April 6, Ssempa tweeted, “Homos are paid to spread the vice by hiding it under human rights gibberish! They are $$ by rich European sodomy groups!” Ssempa and his allies love to portray the gay-rig…

Mormon Church Finally Notes Black Elders, Still Offers No Apology

By Darron T. Smith

…ost, in honest conversation and a deep prophetic understanding grounded in mutual trust of the vicissitudes of the human experience, with all the raw emotion that flows from such meaningful discussion. It’s having the strength and courage to be “transformed by my experience as I have been by yours.” But there was no wrestling with weighty matters of a history of racist indoctrination. Church authorities merely ended the priesthood ban leaving, in…

Harry Jackson Shakes Religious Right Money Tree for “Below the Radar” Anti-Obama Campaign

By Peter Montgomery

…egies; retired Gen. Jerry Boykin, executive vice president of the Family Research Council; Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel and Liberty University Law School; Alveda King; and James Robison. On the call, Jackson said the Heritage Foundation would also be sending a speaker; his website says that Rep. Sandy Adams is scheduled to attend. Strang made a hard-sell pitch for help raising $1.5 million to fund Jackson’s campaign in Florida, New Mexico, North…

We Are All Nuns

By Mary E. Hunt

…w best) is simply ludicrous. As one observer asked me, “What Bible do they read?” The truth is, most Catholics no longer look to Rome for guidance on our personal lives, or anyone else’s. Nor do we live within the narrow conﬁnes of a cultic Christianity, or, as women, accept male leadership and priestly ministry as if theirs were God-given and ours were not. We appreciate the complexity of these matters and strive to create forums in which to list…

Does “Religious Freedom” Deserve Scare Quotes?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…that the Chicago Manual of Style says are “used to alert readers that a term is used in a nonstandard (or slang), ironic, or other special use.” At the very least, the clearly coordinated and targeted effort to rebrand the freedom to discriminate as “religious freedom” meets the Oxford English Dictionary’s criteria for the use of scare quotes (emphasis mine): Quotation marks used around a word or phrase when they are not required, thereby elicitin…

Who Killed Mars Hill Church? There’s One Suspect Evangelicals Simply Aren’t Prepared to Interrogate

By Cavan Concannon

…he podcast this juxtaposition remains a point of anxiety, since the show struggles to clearly demarcate the line between mature and immature forms of church success. Cosper notes on several occasions that many both within and outside Mars Hill failed to address the numerous allegations against Driscoll and other leaders because the fact of the church’s rapid growth justified the means. The show wrestles with the tension inherent in evangelicalism’…

Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

By Mary Barker

…concern prevailed. The brethren expressed considerable unease about a destructive bias in the news concerning Islam and deemed it imperative that the Mormon faithful be sensitive to Muslims and properly educated as to their beliefs. These aspects of the Mormon Leaks videos resonate with my own grassroots experience of the faith as an earnest community that seeks to be of service, and especially to be kind. While this may seem to clash with positi…