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Trump Floated Dastardly Deal With Erdogan

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…whether Gulen or any members of his Hizmet movement were complicit in any way. I still don’t have any evidence of that one way or another. But more importantly, no one else seems to know either. There’s been no evidence released publicly that would clearly implicate Gulen in the coup attempt. If the Turkish government has some evidence of his involvement, they’ve been unwilling to make it public in a way that would convince the U.S. State Departm…

Betrayed at the Polls, Evangelicals of Color at a Crossroads

By Deborah Jian Lee

…ave a little more remorse…this is white evangelicalism revealing itself in ways that are deeply dysfunctional.” Their mission field, not their church This is the context that has prompted so many evangelicals of color to change course. But not everyone is leaving. As a growing number of minorities redefine their associations, many have chosen to see white evangelical spaces as their “mission field,” but not their source of spiritual nourishment. T…

‘Leaving is Never So Simple as Stepping Over a Line’ — A Conversation with the Author of ‘Rift,’ a New Memoir on Christian Patriarchy

By Audrey Clare Farley

…not only your neckline, but also your every thought. You write, “Dad was always watching, which meant God was always watching.” What effect do you think this voyeuristic conception of God has on girls? I remember from a very early age being sexualized and objectified. My purity was of utmost importance to my father. I was told my value was in being sexually pure until my wedding night. Even kissing was forbidden. I held a lot of shame about my bod…

Sarah Palin: Bus Tour of Destruction

By Anthea Butler

…the picture. Whatever you think about Sarah Palin, you have to admit, any way it goes, the dice have rolled right by her, even when it seems she has crapped out. Palin may have taken a hit for quitting the governorship, but hey, when you’ve got your own tour bus like Brent Michaels in “Rock of Love” with your picture painted on it, who wouldn’t quit Alaska and smelling like salmon? Besides, she’s not even riding the bus, she’s flying to each loca…

Will Mindfulness Change the World? Daniel Goleman Isn’t Sure

By Jay Michaelson

…s his goal. That alone is good in itself. I don’t look to mindfulness as a way to change the way people think about the planet. You know, I once wrote a book called Ecological Intelligence which argued that if the environmental effects of what we do and buy were easily accessed at decision points, that that would be enough. But I think that’s wrong. I think that’s necessary but not sufficient. I think we need a different motivational system on to…

Gambling with God: Ryan Bell’s Atheist Bet

By Linn Marie Tonstad

…sible reaction to doubt is to see whether it can become as all-embracing—a way of life—just like faith. Pascal’s wager suggests that faith has long been part of a marketplace: in effect, Pascal shorted atheism. Bell’s marketplace looks very different. We might invest in Christianity, or in atheism, or in Buddhism. The choice is ours; we decide one way or another. Bell was an adjunct teacher at Azuza Pacific University and Fuller Seminary. His cont…

How To Engage Politics As A Community?

By Daniel Schultz

…ming opinions about public policy and arguing with people on the internet about it. Like the Guatemalan strategy, this approach is premised on individualism: if the debates have a point, it is to change people’s opinions, one by one, so that they will then vote the right way. When I look at things that way, I wonder if maybe prayer and fasting is the way to go. I’m not quite at that point, but yeah. What is the alternative to an individualistic, c…

Red Riding Hood Arouses Man’s Inner (Were)Wolf

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…but with a twist. The red-clad heroine has been matched in a most spirited way to a local woodcutter since childhood; the two dream of running away together, to escape the small town and its wooded environs. But the girl has recently been betrothed to a well-to-do blacksmith in the town, so the lovers decide to leave. On the very day of their departure, the wolf strikes, killing Red’s sister. When the men go hunting for the wolf it strikes again….

New York Times Columnist Peter Steinfels’ Letter To RD; With Author Response

By Mark D. Jordan

…f the St. Andrew Day’s Statement have not quite engaged their critics, The Way Forward? operates at a level far above the usual battling about a handful of biblical passages and the usual volleying of stereotypes and sentimentalities. Yet to read these essays is almost to despair. “For one thing, simply by way of contrast, they bring to mind how rarely it is acknowledged that the current debates about homosexuality involve matters that remain unse…

Khalifah: We Really Do Have Control Over Our Own Destiny

By Amina Wadud

…y she said again, “if the Lord tells me.” So, I asked her if there was any way she could speak to the Lord and she turned to me with indignation and said “I speak to the Lord, every day.” I think the way she explained it was, ‘I speak to him’ but I don’t tell him what to do. And I wait for him to speak to me, on this, that (and the other). Honestly, I found this very curious. Because I have always been taught, even as a Christian, that I had respo…