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RDQuiz: Prosperity Gospel Self-Examination

By Jonathan L. Walton

…committed to the cause of social justice—the legendary New York preachers Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and William Sloane Coffin come to mind. For these reason, I try to subscribe to a rather narrow definition of the Prosperity Gospel. My definition comes from the exceptional and insightful work of UC-Davis Associate Professor of African American Studies, Milmon Harrison. His book, Righteous Riches: The Word of Faith Movement in Contemporary African A…

‘Manufactured’ Smear Campaign Attempts to Intimidate Church ‘Fasting From Whiteness’— It Didn’t Work

By Frederick Clarkson

…skyrocketed. We received dozens of voicemails and hundreds of emails from around the country. That’s also when the threats began. Following that, the New York Post and Daily Mail picked up the story—that turned up the volume even more. Then Fox and Friends covered this in a segment on their morning program. Following Fox and Friends, that’s when things were at their worst. In the hour following that broadcast, we were getting five voicemails per…

‘Hardwired’ for Hetero Marriage, LDS Tension Mounts Over LGBT Rights

By Joanna Brooks

…her branch of organized Christianity, Mormonism is theologically hardwired around the sanctity of heterosexual marriage. The Mormon concept of God is that of a married heterosexual couple: a Heavenly Mother and a Heavenly Father. Heterosexual marriage solemnized in LDS temples is viewed as a religious rite necessary to full salvation, and the heterosexual family is understood as a reflection of the essential nature of godliness and God’s creation…

U.S. Bishops’ 15–year Battle For ‘Conscience’ and Against Contraception

By Patricia Miller

…provide birth control—has been for the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. When the Obama administration first announced in 2011 that employer-based health plans would be required to offer contraceptives as part of the preventive services guaranteed under the act, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) framed it as part of a growing assault on religious freedom by the administration. Conflating this announcement both with the administration’s refusa…

Are Colored Eggs More
Easter-y than Cesar Chavez?

By Peter Anthony Mena

…sacred day. It would rather honor a liberal labor icon.” Fox News pundit Dana Perino tweeted: I thought the Chavez-google thing was a hoax or an early April Fool’s Day prank…are they just going to leave that up there all day? — Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) March 31, 2013 What responses like these reveal more than anything is the utter disregard for understanding civil rights movements as theologically relevant. In other words, the notion that an im…

Tyler Perry’s Museum of Blackness

By Sevonna Brown

…and black male sexuality, Tyler Perry builds his characters’ relationships around stigmas and stereotypes. In short, Perry hides behind Uncle Joe’s makeup and inside Madea’s fat suit to make regressive, racist, and sexist remarks on womanhood, sexuality, class distinctions, and violence—all couched in pseudo-empowering messages of love, God, and forgiveness. Perry’s cinematic recipe grants the opportunity for theaters full of knee-slapping audienc…

Healed of the Sin of Religion: At Church with Sara Miles

By Lisa Webster

…he least churchgoing city in America. In Jesus Freak you write about going around the country, to talk about your work with food pantries, and change in churches, and meeting many people who say something like, “Oh, it’s wonderful what you do, but we could never do that here…!” It’s this weird thing. Before I became one, I didn’t understand there’s this whole industry of church professionals whose job it is to be inspirational. So here’s what I th…

Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…nks to help the poor, and urged them to speak up for persecuted Christians around the world.” He referred “at one point to Jesus Christ as ‘our savior,’” and “went further than any recent prime minister in talking about his Christian faith publicly.” Cameron subsequently penned an opinion piece for Church Times, in which he elaborated: Some people feel that in this ever more secular age we shouldn’t talk about these things. I completely disagree….

Sex and the Seminary: Wake Up and Smell the Incense

By Mary E. Hunt

…of their congregants on issues of sex and gender. Kate Ott is the study’s capable director who has produced a must-read report. The results are mixed. To put it politely, among the schools studied there is lots of room for improvement. Take-home message: don’t rely on most religious professionals to help you handle your sexual issues, at least not until the recommendations of the study are implemented. Think twice about confiding in your religious…

Is New Pope’s Take on the Poor All That New?

By Silvia Alves Fernandes and Manuel A. Vásquez

…r. –Alessandro Speciale, Religion News Service, July 18, 2013 When People Magazine wanted to tell us “all about” recently elected Pope Francis, it remarked that “he is known for living simply and advocating for the poor. He’s also a tango fan and soccer devotee who became a priest after a childhood girlfriend moved away.” Indeed, the most consistent reading of Pope Francis in the media has been that he is a humble man, with a simplicity and down-t…