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When Blasphemy Was a Riot (But Didn’t Cause One)

By Sophie Gherardi

…ine as can be, beyond imaginable for most Americans. Its first issue came out in 1970, after its predecessor (called Hara-Kiri Hebdo) was shut down by the French censorship bureau because of a politically blasphemous headline. General de Gaulle, former French president and World War II hero, had just passed away in his country home in Colombey-les-deux-églises a few days after 146 young people perished in a huge fire that burned down a nightclub….

Pope Tweeted into Retirement

By Rachel Wagner

…ement on social networking platforms. Expressing again his deep anxiety about “authenticity” in the media age, Benedict warns that “the significance and effectiveness of the various forms of [online] expression appear to be determined more by their popularity than by their intrinsic importance and value.” One can imagine the pope wringing his hands in frustration at the lack of civility in online arguments about anything from celebrity divorces to…

“Equality is Not a Feeling”

By Joanna Brooks

…storic Mormon Tabernacle with tears streaming down their cheeks. A few minutes before the session’s scheduled six o’clock start, maintenance crews parked a garbage truck between the line of waiting women and the Tabernacle door. “I thought it was strange to have a truck weaving in and out of the traffic on Temple Square during Conference,” said Ordain Women participant Heather Olsen Beal of Nacogdoches, Texas. When the truck pulled away, a churc…

Houston’s Pastor Subpoenas: A Meme Made for Fox News

By Sarah Posner

…us should be only on communications related to the HERO petition process. But on Twitter, Greg Scott, ADF’s vice president for media communications, cautioned his followers not to believe that the city would narrow the subpoenas. Scott pointed to a Parker tweet time-stamped around midnight today, reading, “If the 5 pastors used pulpits for politics, their sermons are fair game. Were instructions given on filling out anti-HERO petition?-A,” suggest…

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ is Inspired by a Biblical Account of Divine Massacre: Welcome to the Jericho March

By Thomas Lecaque

…and claiming that this is “not about crumbling walls or infrastructure,” but about “softening hearts.” Previous Jericho Marches were not as benign. A year ago, in Edmonton, a planned Jericho March against pandemic restrictions was condemned by the conservative premier and questioned by anti-hate groups for their intention to march with tiki torches. It was joined by hate groups. One of the organizers asked “what happened when they marched around…

The Sacred and the Dead: Three Ways to American Beauty

By Aaron K. Kerr

…e since the good, the true, and the beautiful inform and form each other. But beauty can deceive, money talks, and power attracts. The Dead understand and critique this duplicity. In order to understand it they conjure American figures who exemplify this contradiction, a sort of courageous deceit. Jack Straw and his violent side-kick Shannon, the Me of “Me and my Uncle.” And to my mind the most illuminating expression of this is the tongue-in-chee…

“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage

By Anita Little

…ental racism. This is a type of violence that isn’t as visible as police brutality but is just as insidious. Flint, Michigan received a lot of media attention in early 2016 when it was brought to light that more than 100,000 residents were exposed to toxic levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. This type of environmental neglect isn’t just happening in Flint. For decades, chemical companies have been using poor areas in Missouri as dumping g…

NPR “Ex-Gay” Report Neither “Fair” Nor “Balanced”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…people for “therapies” that can destroy them psychologically, while buying tickets to Toscano’s shows might result in some good belly laughs, but no pressure to convert. What makes this story so shameful, though, is how the true message is completely glossed over in the pursuit of finding out who is “right” and who is “wrong.” Both Wyler and Toscano are Christian men who were given the message early on in their lives that being gay or lesbian was…

Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort

By Diane Winston

…eezing—were mandated. As a “guest” at Osho, I was expected to pay up and shut up. I’m not naïve. Religious institutions and spiritual movements need money. I’ve paid for High Holiday tickets, passed the plate at church, and dropped bills into the basket at yoga class. But Osho’s opacity and its denial of the obvious (robes and shampoos, wine and brownies, books and videos were all moneymakers) bothered me. My fuming was worthless. Orientation stil…

Why The Book of Mormon (the Musical) is Awesomely Lame

By Jared Farmer

…n” from the first season of South Park. Starvin’ Marvin worked as a paper cutout. A child actor performing the same role on stage would be appalling. I cringed in my seat at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre as I watched talented African American actors hamming up “African-ness” for cheap laughs. It brought to mind the long, shameful history of Americans—black and white—performing blackness (often in blackface) on stage for white audiences. The Book of M…