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Religious Leaders On Anti-Muslim Frenzy: “Silence Is Not An Option”

By Sarah Posner

…ders, including Mattson, spoke at the press briefing, which was one of the most highly attended press events relating to religion that I’ve seen — except for events hosted by religious right groups. Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, speaking to evangelical Christians engaging in or promoting anti-Muslim bigotry, said, “Shame on you . . . as an evangelical I say you bring dishonor to the name of Jesus…

Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ve about concerns around violence against LGBT people in Jamaica, claiming most violence against LGBT people is committed by other members of the LGBT community…. Dr. Carolyn Gomes of the CVC [Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition] points to the connections between many elected officials and the Christian right, saying that their placement ―in seats of high power‖ is essential to ―maintain[ing] the status quo.‖ The Jamaican Solicitor General…

Raelians’ “Clitoraid” Met With Suspicion in Burkina Faso

By Joseph Laycock

…sed to present the evidence of its alleged clone. Susan J. Palmer, the foremo*]}*st scholar on the Raelians, notes that the movement intentionally stirs up controversy both to gain media attention and to foster unity among its members by maintaining an identity as an embattled group. In this sense, Clitoraid is the direct result of the West’s fascination and horror with female circumcision. Western attitudes toward female circumcision have provided th…

What Does Darwin Mean to You?

By Arri Eisen

…t would be hard to argue with the assertion that his ideas are some of the most influential of any Homo sapien to date. For this Darwin Day, to celebrate the double anniversary—the 200th of his birth and the 150th of his magnum opus—RD asked a few scientists to reflect on this question: How does Darwin affect what you believe? Though they differ in presentation, the following responses share a conceptual thread. For more Darwin Day coverage see De…

Catholic Sex Teaching is No Laughing Matter

By Marian Ronan

…ng the Holy See’s opposition to “all grave violations of human rights against homosexual persons, such as the use of the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.” And there is some possibility that the latest version of the bill does not include the capital punishment provision, though Peter Montgomery’s sources indicate that it does. As Timothy Kincaid notes on Box Turtle Bulletin, however, none of this means that…

Seeing the Future: Can Religion Evolve and Survive in a Changing World?

By Peter Savastano

…we presently recognize it) in a rapidly globalizing, postindustrial and postmodern world? Back in the 1960s, sociologists predicted that the advancement of science and technology would usher in a secular worldview and that religion would eventually fade into the past. Or if it did manage to survive, they imagined, religion would become the purview of a small segment of the population that, kicking and screaming, has refused to enter into the cont…

Religion vs. Science: America’s Perilous Fight

By Edward J. Larson

…estion is asked, research also shows that about half believe in evolution. Most of these see God involved in the evolutionary process, at least to the extent of designing the initial laws of nature that make the evolution of life on Earth either possible or inevitable. Many might concede that this is not a scientific proposition, but still maintain that science does not (and perhaps can not) preclude it. Conflict is the inevitable result when prop…

New Report: Angels & Aliens in Texas Schools

By Mark A. Chancey

…ly religious in nature, sometimes openly promoting particular beliefs. The most successful courses typically had several characteristics in common. They recognized that no single religious tradition had a monopoly on the Bible, but that Protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Jews all have very different collections they called by that name. Likewise, they taught students that different religious traditions approached the bi…

Gaza Play Sparks Mixed Reaction Among Jews

By Benjamin Weiner

…e charges of anti-Semitism in an email to a Jewish-American director.) The most interesting reaction, to my mind, is represented by those Jews who have chosen to court controversy by appropriating the appropriation, participating in staged readings of Churchill’s play in Jewish settings. The Jewish Community Center in DC held one such event last week. Playwright Tony Kushner, a champion of “Seven Jewish Children,” will moderate a reading with scho…

Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) and the Rise of Extreme Evangelicalism

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…ity is about the mission field itself as a chance to put the body to the test. Just how treacherous was the mission field became the measure of one’s faith. Fulfilling the Great Commission meets adventure travel. It was in the mid-twentieth century that the switch from muscular to extreme occurred, as the global expansion of U.S. power aligned with the rise of Billy Graham (his famous New York City crusade was in 1957), the founding of Campus Crus…