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LGBTQ Victory at Christian Azusa Pacific U. Leaves Significant Questions About Future and Faculty Security

By Chrissy Stroop

…stian as well as Christian students, and thus does not require students to sign its statement of faith. This in particular may have made it untenable for the school to hold to overtly discriminatory rules with respect to student conduct in the face of public scrutiny. Before the latest change, APU alum and Brave Commons leader Erin Green, who has worked closely with APU students from the beginning of the push for change, began encouraging students…

Yom Kippur Prayers for Corporate Atonement at Occupy Wall St.

By Sarah Posner

…Living. In addition, Sieradski is a writer, photographer, filmmaker, and designer whose work explores themes of post-normative Jewish cultural expression. I see from the Facebook page you put up for the Kol Nidre minyan at Occupy Wall Street that you already have more than enough people for minyan. To your knowledge, is this the very first Kol Nidre service in the history of the world that takes place in solidarity with a protest against economic…

Will Texas Really Be Able to Undermine Marriage Equality?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…its decision cannot abridge the rights and benefits that a state must afford to same-sex couples. It remains to be seen how effective this particular case—with its backing from powerful Republican leaders in Texas—will be in gutting the freedom to marry in the Lone Star State. But it does signal the latest, and clearest to-date, sign that marriage equality is far from legally settled. As long as there are right-wing politicians and civilians will…

Seven-in-Heaven Way, Hybrid Pope, & “Chrislam”

By Michael J. Altman

…e he claimed American pastors like Rick Warren and Robert H. Schuller were promoting a mix of Christianity and Islam he labeled “Chrislam.” A new survey from Pew finds that evangelicals in the northern hemisphere are pessimistic about their influence on life in their countries while those in the southern hemisphere see their influence growing. American evangelicals were some of the most glum about their ability to influence the country.At least on…

For Some of Us, the Biggest Religious Event of 2016 Was the Gilmore Girls Revival

By Isabel Fattal

…d action I’ve seen on Facebook since the election is certainly a promising sign. A cynic might predict that one day these Internet communities will be all we have. I’m not so sure. People did trek to the Luke’s Diner pop-ups, and to an almost immediately sold-out fan festival in Connecticut shortly after that. And I probably would have too, if logistics had allowed, despite my tradition of sacred loneliness. Ultimately, it’s the sacredness of the…

Indonesia: As Volcano Erupts, a Spiritual Loss

By Mark Woodward

…ries of natural disasters that have struck Indonesia in recent years are a sign that the end of the world and the Day of Judgment are at hand. Others report having visions or dreams in which victims ask them for prayers. Some survivors tell miraculous stories of be warned by spiritual beings of the coming danger and being told to pray and recite the Qur’an. One family who lived only a few hundred yards from Mbah Marijan’s compound escaped with onl…

Vandals Deface Easter Billboard in New Zealand

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…mber anything I said. . .’” Vandals were not amused by the church’s cheeky sign and again defaced it—only this time, the vandals didn’t just indulge in mindless destruction. Instead, as church spokesman Rev. Clay Nelson said, the graffiti was an actual rebuttal: “It took me a while to read the graffiti, but it’s definitely a biblical reference, rather than just a tagging. “Clearly they objected to the theology on the billboard because they wrote J…

I Agree With Douthat, Church Can’t Accept Gay Marriage

By Patricia Miller

…rishing other relationships, working to mend our broken world, and being a sign of faithfulness to their community.” I hate to admit to agreeing with Douthat, but he’s right. The church can’t retreat from its fight on gay marriage because to do so would take it back nearly 50 years to when it was on the brink of approving the use of contraception but backed down because it would codify the idea, which it had already tacitly accepted, that the purp…

Christian Colleges, Gay Faculty—and the Boy Scouts

By L Marston

…aks my heart. I am not ‘out’ where I teach; although I was not required to sign any document about my sexuality, it is not safe for me to be open. Am I the sole gay faculty at a Christian college? No, I am not. There are others. Someday, given the movement in the wider culture on LGBT issues, I think some Christian colleges will change and will welcome openly LGBT faculty, but for now, Christian colleges and Boy Scouts are running neck and neck in…

Global Islam, the Year in Headlines

By Qamar-ul Huda

…odox Muslims. 3. Moro Islamic Liberation front and Phillippine government Sign Peace Accord regarding the four-decade conflict, which has cost over 150,000 lives. 4. Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Al-Nahda in Tunisia Claim Victories in post-Arab Spring elections to establish new governments and constitutions. 5. Bahrain Continues to Crack Down on Dissent and peaceful protests, violate human rights, and issue extreme sentences on detainees. 6. Ri…