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NPR “Ex-Gay” Report Neither “Fair” Nor “Balanced”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…er charges people for “therapies” that can destroy them psychologically, while buying tickets to Toscano’s shows might result in some good belly laughs, but no pressure to convert. What makes this story so shameful, though, is how the true message is completely glossed over in the pursuit of finding out who is “right” and who is “wrong.” Both Wyler and Toscano are Christian men who were given the message early on in their lives that being gay or l…

I Miss Tina Fey

By Julie Ingersoll

…est of the religious right’s anti-abortion efforts. They emphasized the availability of help without “judgment” of women in “crisis” pregnancies. They embraced the notion of “choice” on the abortion issues but challenged the way choice is currently construed. Several of the commercials were framed in terms of speaking to women who had been given a “choice” by their male partners: “it’s the baby or me.” They focused on fostering what was repeatedl…

Answers in Genesis Seeks Tax Breaks for New Theme Park

By Lauri Lebo

…en were all vegetarian. In addition to Noah’s Ark, which developers claim will be built to scale, there will also be a replica of the Tower of Babel, a walled city similar to ancient times, live animal shows and a children’s play area and a 1st Century Medieval Village. There will be no roller coasters or other thrill rides. AIG’s partner in the theme park project, Ark Encounter LLC, is a for-profit business based in Missouri. Kentucky Gov. Steve…

Huckabee Channels Rushdoony

By Julie Ingersoll

…re the most theologically complete assessment of early American history available, R.J. Rushdoony reveals a foundation of American History of philosophical and theological substance. This series extends through 1865, the year that marked the beginning of the secular attempts to rewrite history. There can be no understanding of American History without an understanding of the ideas which undergirded its founding and growth. In “Why History Matters,…

When Blasphemy Was a Riot (But Didn’t Cause One)

By Sophie Gherardi

…bles (The Untouchables), which came out almost a year ago and sold twenty million tickets in France (and nearly as many abroad). Intouchables is a funny and moving comedy, but as politically correct a story as you’ll find: a black young man bordering on delinquency is hired by a tetraplegic wealthy man to be his assistant-nurse-chauffeur. They have a ball together doing crazy—and sometimes nasty—things, and save each other from an apparently inexo…

Bonnaroo: The Meeting Ground

By E. David Morgen

…Coachella, Austin City Limits), Bonnaroo is a top-down affair staged by skilled, professional producers. In 2007, the festival revenues reportedly topped $17 million, making it the highest-grossing event of its kind in the world. Yet the planners behind Bonnaroo must know about the camp meeting tradition as well, because they promote the event as offering more than a spectacular music delivery system. They promote the festival as environmentally…

Pope Tweeted into Retirement

By Rachel Wagner

…pty discussions about celebrity hairstyle and recent movies. And whether religious groups like them or not, interactive new media networks are here to stay. If Catholicism is to thrive, it will have to determine how to reconcile millennia-old, top-down communications systems of faith with an interactive, user-driven environment where individual voices clash and clamor for attention. Now it’s up to the next pontiff to try to sort out the madness….

Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort

By Diane Winston

…resemble a small lake. The lush environs promise harmony, peace and tranquility. Unfortunately none of that was available on arrival. Coralling and cajoling students, even grownup ones, requires energy and the last bits of mine were drained before I “lost” the group at the Mumbai airport. After the nearly day-long flight, we still had a four-hour bus ride ahead of us. When we finally found each other, boarded the bus and found boxed breakfasts of…

Necessary Sacrifice: Sundance, Mormon Movies, and the Race to Oscar Night

By Kathryn Lofton

…The Passion of the Christ fared far better than The Errand of Angels ever will). Film proposes this expulsion as requisite to its own self-justification. “The sacrifice serves to protect the entire community from its own violence,” wrote Rene Girard, “it prompts the entire community to choose victims outside itself.” The ritual attendance (the darkness, the screen, the muted gaping crowd) is the set of a communal inevitability. Tickets pay produce…

The Question of Evil: Politicians Weigh In

By Mark Gstohl

…l and we must go about the task humbly to ensure that we don’t engage in evil while working to confront evil. His approach demonstrates a reliance upon and trust in God. The focus of McCain’s statement is not so much to eradicate evil, but to protect Americans. Additionally, there’s no attempt to ground the response in dependence on God or to be self-reflective. Not only is this approach idolatrous — because McCain seems to trust in our own abilit…