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The Real (and More Interesting) World Behind Magic in the Moonlight

By David Walker

…might they continue to represent or perform spiritualism? In what ways are spiritualists and anti-spiritualists already married? To these ends Billy Robinson might be as good a guide as any. In my humble opinion the man deserves a movie—if not precisely this one. Go to top *The best account of Billy Robinson’s career is Jim Steinmeyer, The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer”…

Voodoo’s Quest for Respect

By Spencer Dew

…ikewise disturbing are two central practices: the sacrifice of animals and spirit possession. The former is bloody, the latter theatrical and sometimes violent, as dancing practitioners lapse into ritual trances and are “ridden” by loas from the Voodoo pantheon. Such acts strike many outsiders as “Satanic,” an inaccurate but nonetheless damaging label with which Voodoo is frequently plastered. Compounding the problem is Voodoo’s symbolism, promine…

Where Did White Evangelicalism’s Hatred of Critical Race Theory Really Begin?

By Andre E. Johnson

…other postmodern “virtues” have begun to edge out the actual fruit of the Spirit in the language and conversation of some of our wokest brethren.” But it was John MacArthur’s repudiation of social justice in the infamous Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel (Dallas Statement) opened the floodgates for critiques on CRT. In Article 1 it reads: We deny that Christian belief, character, or conduct can be dictated by any other authority, and we…

Dying in Dirty Places: How to Honor the Dead in the Era of Ecocide

By Ryann Croken

…t leads to ecological ruin. It is possible that, in order to conserve this planet, we need to consecrate it, and perhaps one thing we could do towards this end is simply bear in mind the fact that all around us, our ancestors are trying to R.I.P. I see great potential in this morbid idealism because, for whatever reason, homo sapiens appear almost hard-wired to venerate things that are either invisible or no longer exist. From time immemorial, our…

An Evangelical (Millennial) on the Canterbury Trail

By John Schmalzbauer

…oing further than many younger evangelicals, Evans actively celebrates the spiritual journeys of LGBT Christians. A strong supporter of the Gay Christian Network, Evans no longer feels at home in conservative evangelical congregations. Such discomfort has contributed to religious disaffiliation among millennials (31 percent say that negative treatment of gays and lesbians may have led them to leave a childhood faith). In After the Baby Boomers, so…

Do White People Think Black People Are Magic?

By Joseph Laycock

…One test showed that subjects associated the words “ghost,” “paranormal,” “spirit,” “wizard,” “supernatural,” “magic,” and “mystical,” more frequently with black faces. In another test, subjects were shown two faces and forced to answer such questions as: “Which of these people has supernatural quickness that makes them capable of running faster than a fighter jet?” Here too, subjects were more likely to attribute superhuman powers to a black face…

Biblical Inerrancy: Responses to “What Do ‘The Christians’ Believe?”

By C. Joshua Villines

…ro-American about the elevation of cultural and political issues over more spiritual concerns. Perhaps over the long haul the influence of the global South, in conjunction with little-known but powerful Christian convergence on so many old doctrinal issues, could take Christianity in a very different, and less divisive, direction. That’s my own Easter hope. _____________ The Rev. C. Joshua Villines, Coordinator of Progressive Clergy of Georgia (fu…

I Want a Perfect Body

By Jeremy Biles

…mprovement shifts the aims of asceticism; the body is no longer a means to spiritual illumination but an end in itself. “The new idea offered by the contemporary culture of cosmetic surgery,” writes Mead, “is that it is the vessel itself that we must value, rather than the soul or spirit that it contains.” Modern body perfectionists seek to transcend the limits of the “natural” body (if ever there was such a thing) through drugs, exercise, diet, a…

New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right

By Greg Carey

…ults extend beyond personal moral failings and “virtually no evidence of a Spirit-filled life.” Other Republican candidates shared conservative policy values, and with greater consistency than Trump, and possessed far more compelling spiritual bona fides. Yet before Trump defeated Hilary Clinton, he defeated those conservative Christian candidates. White evangelicals still support Trump. Fea walks a fine line between empathy for his fellow evangel…

Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”

By Nyasha Junior

…Hayes Georgetown University Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality Theologian Diana Hayes traces the development of African-American spirituality within Protestant and Catholic traditions. She explores how faith traditions have served to nurture and sustain African-American communities. African American women’s spirituality is deeply rooted in a community of the born, the yet to be born, and those who have already passed over….