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What This All-Star Christian Movie Gets Wrong About Christianity

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…spired by a movie in which Christian belief and behavior works out for the best for everyone. Presumably, that feels good; perhaps it gives them ideas for how they might live out their faith in the vastly more complicated real world. Ah, but that’s the real problem. “Do You Believe?” is not up to the task of helping its viewers discern the differences between its movie-version of the world, and the world they live in. And that’s a big deal precise…

Gingrich and Hagee, End-Times Buddies

By Sarah Posner

…uff, because he was back the very next week with this: If there was ever a time to pray for America and Israel it’s now. If there was ever a time to support the preaching of truth in this millennium of politically correct deception; it’s now! I thank you for your faithful and loving support that has permitted me for 35 years to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations of the world. Today, the fight rages! The future of America hangs in…

Maybe Trump Should Pray About His Problems With Religious Voters?

By Daniel Schultz

…ll down 61% of the vote, but yikes. If you’re a Republican, that’s a scary number. You might reasonably intuit Trump’s miserable numbers with Catholic voters are the result of his poor showing with Hispanic voters, or stem from his “virulent” immigration policy. Certainly, getting scolded by Pope Francis or the likes of Cardinal Dolan (himself no left-winger) doesn’t help. But in fact, it’s white Catholics who have turned against Trump. He’s reall…

We May Be Sacrificing Our Children to the God of the Gun — But it’s Not That the God Requires the Deaths

By Stephanie Frank

…ents amounted to about seven minutes. Startlingly, he referred to God nine times in those seven minutes. These references did not seem to be overly theologically laden. He used the phrase “for God’s sake” three times and “in God’s name” four; in some forms of American English, these phrases are intensifiers. And there’s no doubt that the occasion called for intensity. But I think—particularly considering his emphasis and repetition—we should take…

Blame Muscular Christianity for Driscoll Fiasco

By Hollis Phelps

…’s misdeeds, from the charges of plagiarism, to his gaming of the New York Times Bestseller List, to his reputation as a hyper-masculine misogynist and homophobe with an authoritarian leadership style. [T]he scheme itself is part of an overall ethos that seeks to proselytize “by every means available.” What’s important, in other words, is that people hear “about Jesus”—however that might happen. Thus it was not surprising when Driscoll announced t…

The Right Wing Bible and the Politics of Impotence

By Christopher B. Hays

…ina’s butt, if you ask why?, you are likely to be met with blank stares at best, and accusations of insufficient patriotism at worst. Let me tip my hand. As someone who has lived and traveled all over the world, I find jingoistic calls to defeat other countries (whether militarily or economically) to ring very hollow. My wife is Chinese; if China conquers America, we’ll make our way in the new order. I teach Semitic languages; if some Middle…

What Religion Looks Like, Wisconsin Edition

By Kim Bobo

…e importance of balancing our state budget while continuing to provide the best services possible to our citizens. But because of my belief that far more is accomplished for the best interests of all those we serve when employers and employees work together, I am writing to ask you to reconsider your initiative which I believe would end the possibility for those who are government employees here in Wisconsin to negotiate settlement of labor and ma…

Dreaming Beyond the Madman: Reflections on the Revolution in Libya

By Haroon Moghul

…egan in 1911, when Italy seized Libya from the Ottoman Empire, despite the best efforts of Ottoman troops, which included a young Mustafa Kemal, the future Ataturk. Italian occupation, and all its violence, lasted through World War II. After a brief rule by a monarchy, a young army officer overthrew the king and established a radical revolutionary state in 1969. This would be some kind of socialist and Third-Worldist bastion of freedom, or so the…

The Top 10 (Non-Religious) Religious Films of 2017

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…showing us another world beyond, full of possibilities. The lights are at times alluring, and other times frightening, and usually a bit of both. It may sound strange to say, but in an era of fake news and truthiness, we might need the lights of fiction now more than ever. Yes, for a kind of escape (though the belief in cinema simply as escapism is a dangerous tale), but also for testing, trying, experimenting, becoming other. In the cinema we ar…

The Secret Life of Mormons: As Told by Prodigal Daughter, Novelist Judith Freeman

By Joanna Brooks

…always emphasized that we should tell faith-promoting stories and put the best spin on everything. I think the consequences of that can be devastating for individuals full of flaws and trying to reckon with their own stories. When I think about the girl I was—I was a thief, I was stealing things, I was having an affair—but in truth I was a very human, flawed, striving, seeking young woman. For a long time, I stole things in my life. And I really…