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Brexit Boosters: Why the Religious Right Hates the European Union

By Peter Montgomery

…ng the equality of men and women, which the Russian Orthodox Church’s news service called “a serious attempt to exert political pressure on European countries with the aim to destroy the traditional notions of marriage and family and to legalize surrogate motherhood and abortion.” Hildingsson decried those who she said seek to “use the European Union as a lever for exerting pressure on Central and Eastern Europe whose people seek to preserve the a…

The Higher the Dome, The Closer to God: “Megachurches” Explores the Arid Architecture of America’s New Sanctuaries

By Anita Little

…se it’s a quiet contemplative space. You don’t go to church because of the service. You try to photograph the churches when they’re deserted and empty. Is that in any way a commentary on what you feel is being offered in those churches? No, I just didn’t want it to have a human face. I don’t want people to identify with it as “I could never go there because those people are all whatever they are.” I didn’t want people making generalizations based…

Trump In Colorado: When the “Facts” Are No Longer Checkable

By Paul Harvey

…t here in the buckle of the Rocky Mountain Bible Belt. Naturally, Trump is skipping an appearance in the New Age Nirvana of Boulder for the very good reason that, as Barry Goldwater put it, you go hunting where the ducks are. For Republicans, the ducks are in Colorado Springs specifically, and El Paso County more generally. Following his visit to our rather modestly sized (like his hands) basketball arena, he’ll move on to Denver, where the suburb…

Women Are Leaving Church, And the Reason Seems Clear

By Patricia Miller

…f religiosity as measured by church attendance. One is the increase in the number of women in the workforce, which could theoretically decrease their leisure time and force them to cut back on activities like church. But as McClendon himself notes, “the fastest increase in women’s full-time employment” actually “occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which time the gender gap on religious service attendance actually widened somewhat.”…

A Catholic Sister, a Buddhist Nun, and Two Rabbis: Friendship That Goes Beyond “Interfaith”

By Matthew Gindin

…ith the Divine, not just reading—the better it is for all of us. It’s that spiritual energy I’m interested in.” Ven. Pelyang came to Tibetan Buddhism after spiritual restlessness led her first to an Episcopal priest (who mentored her but advised her to explore her own Jewish roots), then to a Buddhist retreat center where she discovered the power of a still mind. When she later met and practiced with Tibetan Buddhist monastics, she had found her p…

A Love Letter to #Exvangelicals and Those Deconstructing Their Toxic Faith

By Andrew L. Seidel

…the Atheist Community of Polk County (Fla.), are filling the community and service space that has been, until recently, monopolized by churches. The Polk atheists clean up roads they’ve adopted, fight for LGBTQ inclusion, feed and clothe the homeless, and raise money for charity. You can be “good without god,” have “fellowship without faith” and “community without church,” as Polk Atheists puts it. (Often, filling these spaces is quite literal. I…

The ‘Health Freedom Movement’ Enters the Covid Era by Disseminating Medical Disinformation

By Susannah Crockford

…advancing the idea that good health requires the right diet, exercise, and spiritual growth. Good health is a personal responsibility that requires individual discernment. Any infringement on this by the requirements of social services or public health agencies is an attack on corporeal freedom. This sentiment has been radicalized and popularized by opposition to Covid-19 regulations, especially lockdowns and mask wearing, which are seen as an att…

The Theology of Westboro: The “World’s Meanest Church” Is More Than Picket Signs

By Rebecca Barrett-Fox

…nging from I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry to The Kingsman: The Secret Service (where they are victims of hyperviolence), in plenty of political cartoons, and in some pretty smart parodies. Very often, these images depict church members as uneducated, fat, slovenly, rural “backwoods” types with Southern accents. Yet, most members of the church have at least a college degree, and many have advanced degrees. Many people in the church are athlete…

Largely Overshadowed by the Election, ‘Red Pill, Blue Pill’ Transcends Standard Explanations of Conspiracy Culture Which is ‘Killing Us All’

By Katherine Stewart

…ink that he knows the real story about social distancing. During an Easter service, he told his Tennessee congregation to “take them stupid masks off.” What do these individuals have in common? They are, in the first place, advocates for Christian nationalist ideas—meaning that they promote the myth that America is by origin and by right a Christian nation, that it’s lost its way at the hands of a militant secular elite, and that white Christians…

How Far Will White Christians Go to Maintain Power? An Interview with Robert Jones

By Peter Laarman

…f course, but even in evangelical strongholds like Texas and Georgia their numbers are dropping, and they know it. Falling in line behind Trump’s Big Lie while attempting to restrict voting is really about trying to protect something that they feel like they own, which is the country. And we are seeing some clear signs that they may be willing to use whatever means necessary to protect that ownership. Yes, because now it’s definitely not just abou…