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Is This Tiny Divided Orthodox Nation the Next Front in Russia’s Religious War?

By Katherine Kelaidis

…ely places Putin would strike next, along with Estonia and the Republic of Georgia. All have breakaway regions with large Russian-speaking populations and historical ties to both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; and all are the site of complex jurisdictional conflicts between the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and local independent Orthodox bishops, usually acting with the support of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, a kind o…

Our Economic Theocracy

By Sarah Posner

…prayer at the Capitol was delivered by one Rev. Rick Postell of Brunswick, Georgia, the guest chaplain sponsored by Georgia Republican Jack Kingston, a backer of the Boehner plan rejected by House Tea Partiers. Postell prayed: Heavenly Father, We come to You in Jesus name on behalf of this great nation. We ask for your forgiveness of our transgressions, and to thank you for your blessings and favor upon America. Keep us mindful of your word, “Righ…

Could Orthodoxy Be Having its Vatican II Moment?

By Chrissy Stroop

…were surprised, perplexed and even shocked that the Churches of Bulgaria, Georgia, Antioch and Russia changed their minds about attending at the very last minute (less than two weeks before the opening of the council), especially when absolutely nothing had transpired in the meanwhile! The current mood in Crete is peaceful and determined. The Churches that have arrived for the official opening are already working on the draft message to be publis…

The Best Books Media of 2008

By Jeff Sharlet

…mbition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (University of Georgia) blooms from a careful, revelatory reconstruction of the spiritual and economic lives of black Baptists in Savannah, Georgia into a critical mediation on the competing philosophies of late nineteenth-century black nationalism that upends the simplistic notions of accommodation and resistance through which Jim Crow-era black leadership is often described. Her impress…

Books Must be Hardbound, Quotes Whole, and Genitalia Scrubbed

By Joseph Laycock

…rity to the case in Bronson. Last August, Hermant Mehta wrote on a case in Georgia where atheists objected that a cabin in a government-owned state park offered Bibles in the nightstand. The Bibles were initially removed, but governor Nathan Deal ordered them put back. He argued that that Bibles did not violate the establishment clause because they had been paid for by outside groups. He then added that, “Any group is free to donate literature.” T…

The Hyperreal Kimmy Schmidt

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…eth Parcell? He’s a flyover state native too, hailing from Stone Mountain, Georgia. He attended a Bible college. (He’s hundreds of years old.) Does his optimism, cheerfulness, and desire to do his best belong to a lost past as well—along with Kimmy’s cassette tapes, the 90s, Indiana, Georgia, scrunchies, and preachers named Gary? In The Future of Nostalgia Svetlana Boym discusses the remarkable etymology of the word “nostalgia.” It looks like it m…

Carter, Gore, and the New Baptist Covenant

By Bruce Prescott

…ptist Covenant.” This covenant encourages Baptists to unite in efforts to “Promote peace and justice, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and marginalized, welcome the strangers among us, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity.” They also determined to plan a meeting that would bring all Baptists in North America together; 16 million Southern Baptists were invited, but their leaders…

Painting Elephants

By Bruce Prescott

…ptist Covenant.” This covenant encourages Baptists to unite in efforts to “Promote peace and justice, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and marginalized, welcome the strangers among us, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity.” They also determined to plan a meeting that would bring all Baptists in North America together; 16 million Southern Baptists were invited, but their leaders…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Poverty Law Center released its report on the WCF’s gathering in Tbilisi, Georgia last month, which it said showcased anti-LGBT rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Mexico: President promotes constitutional guarantee of LGBT equality; Mormon Church objects As Mexico’s complicated march toward nationwide marriage equality continues, President Enrique Peña Nieto wrote in Huffington Post about initiatives he introduced in May to establish a constitutio…

The Tense History Behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address

By John Fea

…Carter for his infamous 1976 interview with Playboy magazine in which the Georgia governor and presidential candidate confessed that he had “committed adultery in my heart many times.” Falwell Sr. said that Carter’s decision to give an interview to Playboy “was lending the credence and the dignity of the highest office in the land to a salacious, vulgar magazine that did not even deserve the time of his day.” By 1980, Falwell Sr. was leading a co…