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Pentecostal Scholars Call for Academic Freedom

By Arlene M. Sanchez Walsh

…f these” under the weight of sanctimony and guilt—it is a phenomenological phoenix. For believers, it brings life and allows resuscitation to the most beaten down parts of existence. For students of the movement, Pentecostalism is a fascinating religious excursion. Access to understanding and writing about Pentecostalism will not be sealed off by provincial gatekeepers. Pentecostalism as a global phenomenon is simply too complicated, too controver…

Studying Religion is Suddenly Popular

By Mark Hulsether

…of Religious Studies So it is pernicious to imagine Religious Studies as a phoenix rising from the ashes of a failed esoteric project. This strikes me like a meal that at first seems delicious, but leaves a nasty aftertaste. I prefer an image of struggle to build on the best legacies from the roots of Religious Studies in a current era when these legacies could easily collapse due to the dual dynamic of (wholly appropriate) efforts to diversify an…

WikiLeaks Strikes the Vatican, a Camel in the Pews, and Luke Skywalker Tolerance

By Michael J. Altman

…, a Polish Catholic missionary was beaten to death with a crucifix. And in Phoenix, Arizona, the bishop is threatening to strip St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center of its Catholic status over a disputed abortion procedure. So, apparently, former President George W. Bush was sloshed the first time he met Billy Graham. He had had “about four beers and five wines.” Well done, sir. A group of US Senators are asking Switzerland to reconsider an im…

As Court Prepares to Rule on Sacred Apache Site, Religious Freedom Faces an American Right Prized Above All Others

By Dana Lloyd

…y managed by the U.S. federal government as Tonto National Forest, east of Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2014, a proposed copper mine has threatened to permanently alter the area through an underground mining technique that would cause the earth to sink—up to 1,115 feet deep and almost 2 miles across. Apache Stronghold, a grassroots organization devoted to defending sacred sites, has challenged the proposed mining plan in court, arguing that destroying…

Vampires, Communion, Redemption

By Joseph Laycock

…“completely unpretentious and silly,” it can be read as an allegory for a number of social issues. The new society that has seemingly transcended mortality is actually unsustainable and built upon a foundation of human suffering. The blood shortage seems an obvious reference to fears about oil depletion and projected shortages of potable water, while images of American soldiers sporting fangs and glowing eyes may be a critique of US imperialism….

Mormon Leader Affirms Doctrine on Marriage; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Rainbow Index ranked it the worst place in Europe to be gay, based on the number of violent homophobic attacks and discriminatory remarks by public figures. The CBC says the president of an Azerbaijani LGBT rights group, who now lives in Germany, “told CBC nes gay people in the oil-rich, mainly Muslim country have been subjected to occasional harassment in the past, but a systematic effort to detain people in unprecedented.” Lawyer Samed Rahimli…

Texas Textbooks, Kenyan Constitution, And Slurs Of “That Jew” and “Monkey God”

By Christopher Marchsteiner

…n abortion in a Catholic hospital was excommunicated. A statement from the Phoenix diocese said, “She gave her consent that the abortion was a morally good and allowable act according to church teaching.” The procedure was necessary to save the patient’s life. A religious leader in Zimbabwe claims that a government immunization program to combat an outbreak of measles is “a ploy to reduce the population of his growing sect” that does not believe i…

Will bin Laden’s Death Finally Quell Obama Conspiracy Theories?

By Anthea Butler

…ission accomplished speech” by President Bush could not, Obama rose like a phoenix from the ashes of a week in which he had to release the long-form of his birth certificate to silence the “carnival barker” Donald Trump and other so called patriot birthers. The important takeaway for religionists is that Obama squarely placed bin Laden outside of the camp of traditional Islam. Obama said: We must also reaffirm that the United States is not –- and…

Bishops go from Single-Issue Voting to Double-Issue

By Kate Childs Graham

…an, director of the diocesan Office of Marriage and Respect Life Issues in Phoenix, Arizona commented on the Arizona bishops’ backing of Proposition 102: “This tinkering with the legal meaning of marriage is a social experiment which will weaken marriage further and will contribute to its disappearance. If it’s not about one man and one woman raising a family and having a stable relationship in which to raise a family, then ultimately, it is about…

Going Negative: Traditionalist Churches Gang Up on ‘Progressive Christianity’ in Arizona

By Daniel Schultz

…y is totally bonkers. As reported by the local Fox television affiliate in Phoenix, eight traditionalist churches in the suburb of Fountain Hills, Ariz., have combined forces to work against “Progressive Christianity” and its beliefs. There’s only one problem: literally just down the street from one of the conservative churches, there’s a self-described “progressive Christian” congregation, Fountains United Methodist Church. Fountains’ pastor, the…