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Repent, Hillary: Trump’s Evangelical Backers Play the Sin Card

By Hollis Phelps

…r House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who reported to prison this week to serve a 15-month sentence for financial crimes related to the alleged sexual abuse of minors, has apologized for past “transgressions.” Former GOP Representative Tom Delay has described Hastert as a man of “strong faith” and “great integrity.” “I know his heart and I have seen it up close and personal,” Delay wrote to the court in defense of Hastert. Returning to Graham, although…

Trump’s Pathological Devotion to Border Walls Isn’t Political, It’s Theological

By Alana Massey

…state in a wounded but still living world. A CNN story on the use of Romans 13 that focuses on its use to spread Nazism focuses on the opposition to the violent interpretation of it by famous theologians of the time. It concludes: “Jeff Sessions may also want to consider that his invocation of Romans 13 might inadvertently backfire. If the political opponents of the administration start to read Karl Barth, they may, in fact, become more, not less,…

Indonesia: As Volcano Erupts, a Spiritual Loss

By Mark Woodward

…ng of a folk hero for his courage and was widely believed to have enormous spiritual powers. He appeared in advertisements for a popular brand of sports drink together with nationally known athletes. The advertisements suggested a relationship between the athletes’ physical prowess and Mbah Marijan’s spiritual power. I met Mbah Marijan only once, less than two months ago. He was a very deeply religious man in a very Javanese way. He was a pious Mu…

RDPulpit: Religious Right Censors Austria’s Gay Jesus

By Kittredge Cherry

…rtist himself calls a “homosexual orgy,” celebrates the union of flesh and spirit—the same idea that Jesus embodied when he passed bread to his disciples and said, “This is my body” (Mark 14:22). Hrdlicka, an atheist and anti-war activist who personally witnessed the effects of Nazism and violence, often employs biblical imagery, especially the suffering of Christ, a central theme in his art. The rest of his exhibit, titled “Religion, Flesh and Po…

King Witness’ Story Undermined By Reality

By Sarah Posner

…and another witness who said his nephew was radicalized: Their courage and spirit will put a human face on the horror which Islamist radicalization has inflicted and will continue to inflict on good families, especially those in the Muslim community, unless we put aside political correctness and define who our enemy truly is. I’m not holding my breath on a correction from him. UPDATE: My coverage of the hearing is over at the Nation, in which I re…

Why I Am Still a Christian

By Diana Butler Bass

…who is might be willing to give Christianity a second look—those who are “spiritual-but-not-religious” and the “church alumni club.” And those who might be completely post-religious and just want to read a good story about interesting people in the past. Are you hoping to just inform readers? Give them pleasure? Piss them off? I always want my readers—of my books, blogs, or articles—to say, “I’ve never really seen the world from that angle before…

Islamophobia by PowerPoint

By Julie Ingersoll

…beliefs), practices, history, culture, and much more. Instead, he reduced a 1400-year-old religion with well over a billion adherents to a handful of verses cherry-picked from the Qur’an. A central component of the systematic demonization is his caricature of Muslims and Muhammad as illiterate, perverted, sexist, and responsible for slavery. Federer repeatedly described Muhammad as illiterate, suggesting he was ignorant and making no mention of th…

Beyond Retribution: Bin Laden’s Death in its Cosmic Context

By Eric Reitan

…ies haven’t been redeemed. Crime and Punishment Let me explain. Back in the 1990s I was deeply involved with the Alternatives to Violence Project, an organization committed to offering experiential workshops, mainly in prisons, aimed at teaching nonviolent conflict resolution and communication skills, building communities of trust, and cultivating a spirit of nonviolence. Going into prisons as much as I did, my academic research naturally gravitat…

Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”

By Nyasha Junior

…Hayes Georgetown University Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality Theologian Diana Hayes traces the development of African-American spirituality within Protestant and Catholic traditions. She explores how faith traditions have served to nurture and sustain African-American communities. African American women’s spirituality is deeply rooted in a community of the born, the yet to be born, and those who have already passed over….

New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right

By Greg Carey

…dists and Presbyterians didn’t merge with their national counterparts until 1968 and 1983, respectively. Today’s Presbyterian Church in America emerged from pro-segregation Southern Presbyterians and only recently repented of its racist roots. A key question today might involve the degree to which a Southern ethos, complete with its implicit racism, shapes American evangelicalism. This is a good and timely book. Fea is correct that evangelicals fe…