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Virginia Mollenkott: Warrior in the Battle for Evangelical Acceptance of Gays (1932-2020)

By Anne Linstatter

…thics, and Ritual in Silver Spring, Maryland. Born on January 28, 1932, in Philadelphia, Virginia Ramey was raised in a Plymouth Brethren congregation and sent to a private, conservative Christian high school in Florida. After graduating from Bob Jones University in 1953, she taught there and married Frederick Mollenkott in 1954. They had a son, Paul, in 1958. Returning to Philadelphia, she earned an M.A. at Temple University in 1955 and a doctora…

Apocalyptic Rhetoric at Moms for Liberty Summit Illustrates Political Challenge of 2024

By Chrissy Stroop

…etailed for readers of RD, the June 30 – July 2 Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia was, among other things, a Christian nationalist gathering. At one of its main events, which took place at the Museum of the American Revolution, attendees were treated to Christ-washed American “history” by none other than Tim Barton, son of the Christian Right’s favorite “historian” David Barton and current president of Wallbuilders, the Christian nationalist…

Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen

By Anthea Butler

…away on October 8th in Chicago, and Bishop “King” Solomon Burke, native of Philadelphia, passed away on October 10 at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The contribution of both Walker and Burke to the development of gospel music and performance is undeniable. Walker’s good friend, Mahalia Jackson, encouraged her to go on the road and quit singing background for her. Walker took the advice, creating a group called The Caravans which in turn launched th…

We Can’t Have Religious Freedom Without Reproductive Freedom

By Frederick Clarkson and Cari Jackson

…istoric legislative victory with the Virginia Statute, Madison traveled to Philadelphia in 1787 where he was a principal author of the Constitution, and, two years later, of the First Amendment. Unsurprisingly, the Virginia Statute has long been understood by scholars and by the U.S. Supreme Court to be an authoritative source for the meaning of religious freedom. While Madison, Jefferson and the seminal documents they helped frame in their time h…

Top Ten Religion & Science Stories of 2009

By Lauri Lebo

…us pollutant threatening to overheat the world. (While the newsroom at the Philadelphia Inquirer has been gutted, Santorum gets paid $1,750 per column to foist such misinformation on a poorly informed public.) In all fairness, Santorum makes one good point: many Americans don’t like being told what to believe. The latest Harris poll released last week reveals that despite efforts in the past year to educate the public about evolution, Americans ha…

Vatican Pitbulls Make Cardinal

By Mary E. Hunt

…Wuerl was Archbishop Anthony Bevilaqua who went on to become a cardinal in Philadelphia. Similarly, he got his red hat by delivering papers on behalf of Rome to Mercy Sister Agnes Mary Mansour. After a failed run for Congress, Agnes Mary Mansour was named head of the Department of Social Services in the State of Michigan through which office funds for abortions were channeled. Detroit’s Cardinal Edmund Szoka ordered her to leave her post, but she…

2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

By Annika Brockschmidt

…hat is the Republican primary at the national “Moms for Liberty” summit in Philadelphia. Nikki Haley, though she tried to MAGA really hard on stage, received a less than lukewarm reception (except for cheers and raucous applause at her domestic terrorism joke/endorsement), while DeSantis seemed stiff and his applause felt like it was obligatory rather than born of excitement. The real highlight, clear from the very beginning, was Trump. We had to…

Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way

By Shelby Balik

…er scale, as well. Idris Abdul-Zahir, an imam at the Masjidullah mosque in Philadelphia, began livestreaming Friday prayer services last year. All of this has meant that more people spend more time hearing sermons and praying in their homes. For some denominations, household prayer isn’t merely an alternative but supersedes public worship. In 2018, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially reset the balance between home and church…

Prison as Resurrection

By Caleb Smith

…ath,” a loss of legal personhood with origins in European monasticism. The Philadelphia reformer Benjamin Rush quoted scripture in describing the rehabilitated convict as a man who “was lost and is found—was dead and is alive.” My book is animated by my fascination with this resurrection plot and all of its contradictions. Of course there are also personal kinds of inspiration. When I started writing it, in graduate school at Duke, I was living in…

Christian Nationalism Hurts the Children It Claims to Protect — As Author Lillian Smith Understood 80 Years Ago

By Matthew Teutsch and Emma Williams

…demn Adolf Hitler’s actions and his dark place in human history.” At their Philadelphia summit, as Annika Brockschmidt notes here at RD, Moms for Liberty frames their “hatred for ‘the Left,’ the LGBTQ+ community, and anti-racism efforts” as measures to protect children. Patriot Mobile spokeswoman Leigh Wambsganss told the crowd, “Our children belong to the Lord, not the government . . . This is not a political war, it is a spiritual war.” The summ…