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Catholic Sex Teaching is No Laughing Matter

By Marian Ronan

…upsurge. At the same time that anti-gay violence is growing in Africa, the number of African Christians, including Roman Catholics, continues to increase. Catholics now comprise twenty percent of the population of the entire continent, or 185 million people. It would, of course, be unfair to blame increasing anti-gay violence in Africa entirely, or even primarily, on the Roman Catholic Church, given the pivotal roles played in this crisis by some…

Seeing the Future: Can Religion Evolve and Survive in a Changing World?

By Peter Savastano

…o oblivion or become a private matter, religion is front and center in the new millennium, especially since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Still, while it isn’t going away any time soon, it is also true that if we humans are going to collectively survive and flourish living in the information age of a globalized world, our understanding and practice of religion will have to change. While we can’t know for certain what shape or form relig…

Are Evangelical Films Destined to Leave Secular Audiences Behind?

By Daniel Silliman

…ider audience, selling millions of copies and reaching the top slot of the New York Times bestseller list. The films should be able to appeal to anyone who liked a good thriller, which would require higher production values, actors known more for their acting than their religious commitments, and a real understanding of the business of movies. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court. Paul Lalonde got the rights to make the movie again and…

Religion vs. Science: America’s Perilous Fight

By Edward J. Larson

…nment without the intervening hand of God. In the face of Darwin’s work, by 1870, the legendary English theologian John Henry Newman acknowledged, “I believe in design because I believe in God; not in a God because I see design.” Scientists, in contrast, had come to define their discipline as the study of naturalistic explanations for physical phenomena. They rushed to embrace Darwinism. Many Christians, however, clung to some form of creationism….

Global Anti-Gay Forces Plot Against ‘Satanic’ Equality Movement

By Peter Montgomery

….” The spokesperson’s comments reportedly were in response to a story from New Zealand about a Maldivian asylum seeker in New Zealand who had become an award-winning drag queen in Wellington. Abraham Naim told the Dominio Post that he had been granted asylum in 2013 after facing persecution in the Maldives. The article quotes New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment as stating that Naim was “at risk of serious harm from state…

The Rage Behind Outrage

By Becky Garrison

…eel that they can suffer some serious consequences if they speak out. In a number of cases, someone would start an interaction with me and then go, “Look. I can’t even speak with you.” They didn’t even want to go off the record. Have you received any backlash from some of the subjects profiled in the film? So far, there hasn’t been any backlash. These are very savvy politicians and they got to where they are by ignoring this issue. I would be surp…

Gaza Play Sparks Mixed Reaction Among Jews

By Benjamin Weiner

…ewish Children,” will moderate a reading with scholar Alisa Solomon at the New York Theater Workshop, to be attended by representatives of the Israeli and Palestinian communities. The Jewish world, in light of the horrendously disproportionate body count of the last war, the number of victims who were women and children, and the latest allegations being voiced by soldiers returning home from the front, could do with some soul searching—even if for…

Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…obvious skin colour seems like its entitlement to ethnocentrism. Garifuna spirituality is what it is, it is Garifuna spirituality. It is part and parcel of a rich heritage called Garifuna Dugu. Much of the black and indigenous cultural practices were destroyed by the forceful introduction of those Eurocentric believes as early as the 15th century. Those days are gone Mr. Speaker, the pastor’s utterances are obvious signs of the time; if you can’t…

As Pat Robertson Retires, Here Are 10 of His Most Cringeworthy Moments

By Chrissy Stroop

…top Calling non-Christians “termites” who don’t belong in government In his 1991 book The New World Order, Robertson wrote, “When I said during my presidential bid that I would bring only Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. What do you mean? the media challenged me. You’re not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in Christian values are better qualified to govern America…

Along Came a Spider: What the Pope Doesn’t See

By Anthea Butler

…y, as many of the dioceses in the United States become uninsurable and the number of Catholic churches dwindles. As membership shrinks, the number of ordinations decreases, and the coffers dry up, perhaps the Vatican and its leadership will be forced to look at its decrepit, hierarchical structure, and fix it. I doubt it, however. Like the spider who crawled across Pope Benedict’s robes this weekend in Prague, everyone except the Pope can see the…