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Unintended Consequences: Overturning Roe v. Wade May Endanger This Cherished Evangelical Practice

By R.L. Stollar

…cidence that the Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization leading the crusade to overturn Roe in the Supreme Court (and which is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center) is run by evangelical homeschool advocate Michael Farris. Homeschoolers, who are overwhelmingly evangelical Christians, have long been forced-birth advocates. But on the cusp of victory, these forced-birth advocates might ironically be undermining the fou…

“I Speak to God in Public”: Are Young Black Millennials Reclaiming a Theology of Resistance?

By Joshua L. Lazard

…ack Church Studies has officially sponsored the service titled “Seven Last Words: Strange Fruit Still Speaks” (a reference to the Billie Holiday song “Strange Fruit” about Jim Crow lynchings in the South), and it is now a staple of the programmatic calendar. These venues give opportunities for black millennials to craft their own public theology and hear public theology that is directly designed for them. If the numerous think-pieces and essays on…

From Voting Rights Act to Today’s DOMA Repeal—LGBT Orgs Are Missing the Rainbow

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…, only to send out major singular agency statements on the DOMA and Prop 8 rulings. Did yesterday’s ruling not deserve the same measure of response? What is more, to see the attachments to these mailings asking for contributions to further the work of “equality for everyone” means little when there exists only a modicum of understanding of the interrelatedness of oppression. How do you jump and shout today after such tepid response yesterday? Time…

What Can a Real Life Haunting Tell Us About American Religion? [Updated]

By Daniel Wise

…s this haunting is typical in the US, and I would suggest that by studying American hauntings, we can better understand the American spiritual landscape. ### UPDATE 1/24/22: Readers have been asking, with varying degrees of urgency, whether there are any updates or resolution to this story. The author, Daniel Wise, writes: “Maria and Mark moved out of the Lancaster house in December of 2021 for reasons unrelated to the haunting. A couple days befo…

How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?

By Shaul Magid

…m of Zionism. Ask a Hasidic Jew touting Trump’s moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem whether he is a “Zionist” and he will think you’re crazy. Anti-Zionism has been part of the very fabric of Hasidic Judaism for a long time, even now in muted form. But somehow without abandoning that, they found a way to support Israel and deem left-wing anti-Zionism a form of antisemitism, while their form of anti-Zionism is protecting Judaism. The Trumpization of…

The Landmark 85-Year-Old Report Absent From Debates Over Missionary’s Death

By Amy Fallas

…ve” justifies the means. As a scholar of missionary history, I’ve seen how American missionaries have assisted those in need. During World War I, American missionaries across the Middle East were key protagonists in forming the Near East Relief, which administered aid to millions displaced by war and conflict. Into the mid-twentieth century, missionaries and faith-based organizations were at the forefront of addressing global refugee crises follow…

Betrayed at the Polls, Evangelicals of Color at a Crossroads

By Deborah Jian Lee

…d be fine. But George was more than fine. He was having fun. But then the grumpy drunk stumbled over, pointed at the beanie on George’s head and barked, “Why don’t you take that hat off. You look like a fucking terrorist.” The white partygoers grew silent and waited for George to react, which he eventually did, diffusing the conversation with politeness. Though he lowered the heat a few notches, the man continued to call him a terrorist so many ti…

A Head Full of Monsters: American History as Horror Show

By W. Scott Poole

…believe in monsters, not in some Fortean sense, but rather as social constructions that take place at the intersection of religion, politics and the American way of violence. The America that has sold, lynched and bombed human beings has had a head full of monsters. So let’s be done with the language of symbolism. It’s weak tea. Did you have a specific audience in mind when writing? Two audiences. Educated readers of history interested in explor…

Fear of U.S. Marriage Equality Exported to Africa

By Kapya Kaoma

…blic attention from corruption and economic inequality. Since 2008, I’ve researched how American right-wing evangelical groups have unceasingly attacked and undermined LGBTQI rights and reproductive justice in the name of Christianity. I’ve personally witnessed and filmed American conservative Evangelicals in Kampala, Uganda teach religious and political leaders the myth that Western gays are “recruiting children into homosexuality” on the contine…

Repurposing the Gospel Aura: Eminem’s Chrysler Ad Borrows Some Spirit

By Douglas Harrison

…glory in their journey from on high. As the rapper takes the stage, the chorus crescendos, breaks off abruptly, and then resumes vocalizing in a low, reverent hum, all heads bowed, as if in deference and awe. Enveloped in this reverential aura, Eminem swivels toward the camera, points his finger at us, and intones—Uncle-Sam style—“this is the Motor City, and this is what we do.” Whatever “this” is meant to be exactly, the host of herald angels fra…