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Shocked by Aung San Suu Kyi’s Insensitivity to Ethnic Cleansing? Don’t Be.

By Michael Jerryson

…within that state…. Since the 5th of September, there have been no armed clashes, and there have been no clearance operations. Nevertheless, we are concerned to hear that numbers of Muslims are fleeing across the border to Bangladesh. We want to find out why this exodus is happening. As State Counsellor for her government, Aung San Suu Kyi’s words are, at the minimum, disturbing. In her speech, she cites several times Kofi Annan’s final report of…

Status Updates at the End of the World: The Religious Imagination and Our Latest Apocalypse

By Spencer Dew

…tor of Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, quoted in the Washington Post, polices Christian orthodoxy by insisting “There’s no such thing as a Christian numerologist,” despite myriad examples of such, from ancient times to the present. As Stetzer virtually excommunicates Christians with whom he disagrees, experts employed by watchdog groups perform another kind of excommunication, dismissing fellow citizens as either duped victim…

Steve Bannon and the Conservative “Cafeteria Catholics”

By Patricia Miller

…a practicing Catholic. As America magazine’s Michael O’Loughlin notes in a Washington Post profile of Bannon’s somewhat opaque relationship with Catholicism, while Bannon proclaims that both the Catholic Church and the West are suffering from a crisis of faith and morality, he has been divorced three times and to the best of many of his associates’ knowledge doesn’t attend church—pretty much the definition of a practicing Catholic. The conservativ…

Australian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Brazilian greats such as Candido Portinari and Lygia Clark – of promoting blasphemy, paedophilia and bestiality, charges its curator vigorously denied. “They are passing the limits of tolerance and we are giving them a response,” said Silas Malafia, a leading evangelical pastor. Brazil’s artistic community has attacked the protest as dangerous censorship in a country that lived through 21 years of military dictatorship. “It is an exhibition that d…

Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the 19th century when modern-day Italy came into being. The community now numbers between 25,000 and 40,000 believers, mostly in the north of Italy. Malta: Marriage Equality Law Takes Effect A marriage equality law went into effect in this officially Catholic country on Friday, September 1. Chile: Marriage Equality Law Introduced President Michelle Bachelet introduced marriage equality legislation last Monday, which ABC notes was a week after the…

Bulgaria and Orthodox Church Cancellation of Louvre Exhibit is Classic Authoritarian Move

By Katherine Kelaidis

…e Christian civilization of the West, but as its sole modern defender; the last holdout of Christendom in the face of an increasingly secularized and immoral Western world. Putin has even proposed that Orthodox Russia is a “bastion of traditional values” that can and must serve as a “moral counterweight” to the United States. Though born in Russia, this view of Orthodoxy is now an integral part of nationalist movements in many traditionally Orthod…

The Evangelical Pluralism Problem and its Media Enablers

By Chrissy Stroop

…found among right-wing Christians, given that the latter have much greater numbers and far more power. Yet, unless we count the evangelicals who’ve been candid enough to simply dismiss pluralism as “heresy,” I cannot think of another case in which an evangelical has so openly and honestly stated that evangelicals don’t deal well with pluralism. For that reason, I asked Fea if he would be so kind as to further unpack and clarify his observation, an…

How the Religious (and ‘Nones’) Vote May Tip 6 Swing States

By Daniel Schultz

…esented among rural residents and members of the white no-college working class, both of which are firmly in the Trump column. So which matters more, religion, race, or social location? The point is they all tend to go together. That being said, it can’t be denied that religion plays some role in these outcomes. White evangelicals of any age or any location in the nation tend to be more conservative than their unaffiliated counterparts. In fact, s…

What Happens When An American President Believes He is Above the Law?

By Spencer Dew

…ump dramatically escalates the assault on these limits.” Speaking with the Washington Post, former U.S. Attorney in Arizona Paul Charlton said the pardon “speaks volumes about the President’s disregard for civil rights.” But as Jonathan Blitzer reminds us, Trump and his administration have “spent the last six months trying to force local law-enforcement agencies to collaborate with ICE as Arpaio did.” His attitude on civil rights has been clear fo…

Catholic Bishops Tackle Racism, But Is It Too Late?

By Patricia Miller

…as emanated from many Catholic pulpits. But, as Anthea Butler noted in the Washington Post, the real issue may be in the pews: The major challenge may actually be those in the Catholic community who voted for President Trump and continue to support his policies on immigration and race. As Thomas Edsall notes, racial identification among whites has skyrocketed in reaction to the nation’s shifting demographics and the racially polarizing Obama years…