Religion Dispatches
…ardian titled “Green Islam”) that contemporary Muslim scholars like George Washington University’s Seyyed Hossein Nasr have been advocating Islamic environmentalism since the 1970s while Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan has been evolving a thoughtful understanding of “spiritual ecology.” Some might say, rightly, that our green legacy has been forgotten as the race to industrialization has created environmental devastation and dead zones in more- and l…
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…e practice certainly hasn’t died out. And last month, Christopher Smith, a Washington, DC-based Jesuit scholastic* who’s fully on board with the Catholic teaching that “homogenital” acts and transgender identities are sinful, took to Twitter to suggest that Catholics should do the same thing: https://twitter.com/Chris_SmithsJ/status/1397528844748345348?s=20 Christians always have a visible presence at Pride. Seeing those who are there to represent…
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…ture. Sometimes, though, it’s a bit more interesting. Which brings us to a Washington Post report by Caitlin Dewey: One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.) recently quoted the New Testament to question the strength of current work requirements. The biblical passage, 2 Thessalonians 3-10, was a rebuttal to one of the hearing’s expert witnesses, a rep…
Read More…eep it alive to harvest its brain” is not quite accurate, according to the Washington Post, although in one video, a technician “described witnessing a scene similar to Fiorina’s description.” But no matter—Fiorina’s full-throated condemnation of the reviled Planned Parenthood plays well with social conservatives. Here’s Charmaine Yoest, president of the influential anti-abortion group Americans United for Life: Huge moment in the debate tonight….
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…spoke before a conference held by the Gay Christian Network in Washington DC in 2007. At that time, it was a big deal for Jay, the son of Praise the Lord television ministers Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, to be speaking before a crowd of gays and lesbians. In fact, it was scandalous. Bakker took a lot heat for coming out in full support of those in the LGBT community seeking acceptance in their religious communities. But, Jay Bakker is used to takin…
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…mon. He stood close to the spot where King stood for the historic March on Washington, calling America back to “God.” Wright did the same, criticizing the government for treating Native Americans wrongly, for many acts, but all of his criticisms in the “God Damn America” sermon rested on God’s judgment and the Bible, and what happens when nations kill innocent people. To quote Wright: “God damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God a…
Read More…he trendlines. Besides all that, I seem to remember hearing something somewhere along the line about “where two or three are gathered in my name” and God choosing what is weak to confound the strong, but nothing about church being a popularity contest. To summarize: if you actually read the numbers, they don’t back up the hypothesis that Christians are rejecting liberal traditions in favor of conservative churches, and numbers aren’t actually a me…
Read More…and the unique perspective of a “hockey mom” with which she will “clean up Washington DC,” she is currently under investigation, not just for an expensive wardrobe, but for the serious abuse of executive power. So this answer is a non-answer. Second, he had to deal with the Powell nomination itself. He began by saying what he has said before, that while he was disappointed, he is honored to have the endorsement of five previous secretaries of stat…
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…tian rock concerts, gatherings of religious leaders, campus visits and telephone conference calls to bring together voters of all ages motivated by their faith to engage in politics.” McCain, on the other hand, has had a rocky relationship with conservative evangelical Christians dating back to at least the campaign of 2000 when called the Rev. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson “agents of intolerance.” Earlier this year, the dust-up over the endorse…
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…bitter criticism from religious conservatives. He spoke this week with the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers about a recent petition demanding that the Obama administration remove him: More than 30,000 people have signed the petition since a group of Dominican evangelicals posted it to the White House’s website last week. A group of Catholic bishops in the Dominican Republic on Monday urged the country’s government to formally complain to the U.S….
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