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Taqwacore Roundtable: On Punks, the Media, and the Meaning of “Muslim”

By Shahjehan Khan

…f treating “Muhammad as punk rocker?” BU: What an ignorant question. Anglophone world? Punk is ten times bigger in Kuala Lampur than it ever will be in the UK, France, or Germany. Or America. No, the reason for forming the Dead Bhuttos, and the rush to put a single online was to show, at least cosmetically, that Pakistan was as capable of putting out punk rock as Turkey, Malaysia, Japan, and Lebanon. The USA is good to sell obscure Malaysian and…

Lou Engle’s Bizarro Esther

By Katie Toth

…to come together to “release the pain,” a process through which political change will be possible. At face value, Engle seems to be calling on some conservative Christian reconfiguration of girl power—uniting women so they can refine their political voice. Problem is, for these Esthers power is only realized through the humiliation of themselves and their peers. The biblical Esther doesn’t really do any ‘pain-releasing.’ She’s busy using her cle…

The Anti-Gay Highway

By Kathryn Joyce

…anted them to vote a certain way. The Africans have become a powerhouse to change the direction of the American churches. They have to depend on Africa to bring change at home. You will have a situation where an American might not say something, but Archbishop Akinola is free to say whatever he wants to say against LGBT persons in America, so he becomes a spokesperson. [US conservatives] say it’s not me saying it, it’s him. This is the same thing…

After All the Handwringing We’re Now Seeing Exactly Why Conservative Christians Supported Trump

By Hollis Phelps and L. Benjamin Rolsky

…vatives were provided with new tools and resources for enacting wide-scale change in American society. While racial justice largely defined social justice at the time, reproductive rights would soon gain prominence in the public eye as a form of social justice–and also become the target of conservative backlash, as seen in the mobilization against abortion. Although numerous other factors contributed to his rise to the presidency, one could argue…

Can Eurovision’s Rainbow Arch Undermine Ukraine’s Orthodox Value System? This and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…that protect LGBT people in prejudice,” he said, “which is not annulled or changed by laws, but must be made through a cultural change.” Canada: Stamp marks marriage equality as milestone in country’s history A postage stamp commemorating marriage equality is one of ten being released to celebrate the country’s 150th birthday. The series honors “10 milestones that together have helped shape the story of Canada.” On another front, Gortnacul House p…

On the Ethics of the Tibetan Self-Immolations

By José Cabezón

…ht out of a sense of despair as they are proactively trying to bring about change. The Tibetans who have chosen this path have given no single, unanimous reason or motive for their actions. But most of the individuals who have left behind written statements or “testaments” (khachem) tell us that they have given up their lives to unite the Tibetan people, for the return of the Dalai Lama, and for the preservation of Tibetan culture, which they see…

Back to School at The First Public School In the Country To Require a World Religions Course

By Joseph Laycock

…(including Diane Moore, Stephen Prothero, and myself) have suggested that change must begin in the schools. The establishment clause does not forbid teaching about religion from a non-devotional perspective and, in theory, students are already required to learn about world religions as part of world history. But whenever someone proposes a high school world religion course, naysayers chime in: “Conservative Christian parents will never allow it!,…

Christian Responses to COVID-19 Raise Old Religion v. Science Questions

By Chrissy Stroop

…Church that communion is magic. The miracle of transubstantiation does not change the material properties of the bread and wine. That is the miracle.” When pressed on how she can state that the Orthodox Church has never taught “that communion is magic” when some of its leaders are clearly doing so, Kelaidis clarified, “It’s not the historical consensus of the Church. And I would argue it’s not the Orthodox position that a single bishop can overrid…

You Gotta Have Heart: A Response to Critics of “Why I’m Not an Organ Donor”

By Kristel Clayville

…inds of support. This kind of work is an uphill battle. I don’t anticipate changes any time soon. But isn’t it the case that not being a donor just makes the organ scarcity worse? Maybe. But almost all aspects of the economy run on scarcity, either real or imagined. Since I interpret the organ donation system as an economy, I assume that even a lack of real scarcity will lead to the creation of imagined scarcity. Does anyone really think that when…

Rising Influence of New Apostolic Reformation Teachings is Ominous Sign For the US — Especially For LGBTQ Students

By Jonathon Sawyer

…gside other conservative efforts, in Louisiana and elsewhere, to radically change the landscape of American education and to ultimately transform society into the anti-democratic image of the New Apostolic Reformation. And America’s education system is just one of the core institutions under attack by the NAR, a global neo-charismatic and Pentecostal movement of leadership networks that are, according to Frederick Clarkson and André Gagne, on the…