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Two Women and a Mosque: A Convert Community Grows in Panama City

By Aliyya Swaby

…ion, but a 2009 international report estimated the number of Muslims at around 24,000, comprising less than one percent of the country’s population. Most are of Lebanese, Palestinian or Indian descent. Though small, Panama’s Muslim community has grown increasingly ethnically diverse. The first Muslims to come to Panama were African slaves brought over by Spaniards in the mid-sixteenth century to work in the mines. Throughout the twentieth century,…

No to Church, Yes to Jesus?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…s not understood as a universal ethic centered in an exclusive (even if welcoming) community, but as a multiversal one—as an ethic for a pluralistic postmodernity much defined by encounters with wide varieties of ethnic, racial, national, gendered, and religious others. In this cosmopolitan spiritual landscape, Jesus is just alright with Nones—othered as they are by choice or circumstance from traditional religions—to the extent that he is seen as…

Global LGBT Recap: Religious Leaders Support Persecution as Countries Vie in Homophobia Olympics

By Peter Montgomery

…tion have been afflicted by storms and floods.” Silvester told the BBC on Sunday that being gay was a “spiritual disease” that could be healed and that gay marriage was the latest law that would anger God, similar to abortion. “I believe as a Christian I should love gay people and indeed, I do,” Silvester said. “My prayer for them is they will be healed. It is nonsense to say it is homophobic. If you love a person enough to want them to be healed…

On Whistleblowing, MLK, Jr., and the Politics of Resistance in the Digital Age

By Kevin Healey

…ers’ actions defaulted to “public,” Mark Zuckerberg said that people had become comfortable with openness and sharing, and Facebook had simply “decided that these would be the social norms now.” Confusing privacy policies, and rhetoric extolling the benefits of data disclosure amount to a form of coercion that undermines the basic principle of consent. The Sexual Politics of Disclosure Let’s focus on a key statement by Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “If…

Russian Orthodox Church Supports Referendum on Sodomy Laws

By Chrissy Stroop

…t voice among Orthodox Russians, and the message he consistently sends is that the absolute worst, most violent and oppressive elements and tendencies within Russian Orthodoxy, even when their demands go beyond what the (hardly liberal) Russian state will countenance, have the moral high ground. It’s a reprehensible message, and, while a referendum on the reinstitution of sodomy laws—they existed in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation from 193…

The Creepy Surveillance of Elf on a Shelf

By Kelly J. Baker

…to Santa, but everyone around us did. His twinkling eyes and red suit are completely unavoidable.) While I have mostly come to terms with her affectionate attachment to Santa, the elf added a new wrinkle to Santa’s involvement in our family life. Her imaginary elf is a version of The Elf on the Shelf ™, an androgynous, rosy-cheeked elf toy that monitors children as Christmas approaches. It is available in light or dark-skinned varieties. Accessor…

Maybe Millennials Are Just Realizing That ‘God is Dead’

By Hollis Phelps

…y interested in their responses, since I’ve found that knowing where my students are coming from makes me a more effective teacher. In a class of thirty, I was able to get about three-fourths to respond. With the exception of one, each expressed a negative view of “religion.” I don’t teach in some secular bastion of higher education, where such responses to “religion” might be par for the course. I teach at a small, church-affiliated school locate…

Arab Spring: Countering the Naysayers

By Maryam Jamshidi

…imit, I was unable to include images or other visual examples of the work being done by the organizations I profiled. To compensate for this, I created a supplement for the book, which is available online and includes relevant photos and videos. The word limit also restricted the book’s scope. If I had more space, I would have profiled more organizations (there are so many) and provided additional detail on the initiatives I did include. Some of t…

LGBT Affirming Christians Issue Prebuttal to Values Voter Summit

By Peter Montgomery

…hurch home when they were asked to sign an anti-gay document in order to become deacons. The Sunday after they declined, the pastor distributed copies of an article he had written calling Christians who didn’t share his anti-gay views “heretics.” John said that led him to further study of the Bible, and his conclusion that Christians routinely ignore some passages that run counter to the great commandment of love and compassion. Catherine said th…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…n the cold while men and young boys passed us by would be,” Ordain Women founder Kate Kelly wrote on the group’s blog Sunday morning. Although Peterson remained affable through all the exchanges, the doors to the Tabernacle closed promptly at 6 p.m. when the priesthood session started, even though about twenty women remained in line. Immediately thereafter, a small garbage truck was parked in front of the door, barring women any access to it. The…