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The Sacred and the Dead: Three Ways to American Beauty

By Aaron K. Kerr

…ce of Religious Life at the University of Southern California Religious consciousness, whether Navajo sand-painting or Catholic Mass, perceives and embraces the presence of the Dead, and does so in ritual. In the 1960s, the new consciousness from California was opening up, ripping the seams of modernity by way of sound, and pursuing what had been the norm of civilization for 1700 years prior to the modern period— an openness to mystery and the tra…

“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage

By Anita Little

…90 seconds of this interaction, Brown would be dead. Wilson would later describe adolescent Brown as a “demon” with superhuman strength. A memorial plaque is now placed on the patch of sidewalk where Wilson first began to fire upon Brown from inside his Chevy Tahoe. A few yards further down, in the center of the street, is a makeshift memorial atop the spot where Michael’s body lay on the street for four hours before he was moved. I knelt down an…

Nikki Haley’s Slavery Omission Typifies the GOP’s Tragic Pact with White Supremacy

By Annika Brockschmidt

…thern Strategy” would not only remake the GOP but the entire political landscape of the U.S. And, as was emphasized in a recent town hall event, Thurmond’s efforts are echoed, albeit in a subtler way, in that of another prominent figure of South Carolina politics today—Nikki Haley. When Haley suggested that the Civil War was about “economic freedom”—using “States’ Rights” rhetoric—she was only the latest in a long line of Republican politicians, f…

I’m Not Going to Pray For Trump

By Joshua L. Lazard

…s was not an entreaty that I felt called to answer. In fact I had a near-visceral physical reaction to the statement. The internal conversation I had with myself concluded with the resolution that if I was doing any praying around the matter, I would be praying for those who were actively resisting this dangerous new administration. When I shared my thoughts in the echo chamber that social media can be, I found that I was not alone in my sentiment…

What Would Jesus Chew?, Bishops Bet on B-Ball, The Incredibly Shrinking Brain

By Michael J. Altman

…ach Jim Tressel an evangelical embarrassment? India’s leading yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, is declaring a hunger strike against governmental corruption. No word on how the guru feels about NCAA recruitment violations. Bernice King left Eddie Long’s church in the wake of Long settling his scandal out of court. Texas is ridding public school graduations of prayers and religious terminology. In New York, a federal court ruled that the City of New York co…

Unreleased Religious Freedom Manifesto Isn’t the Culture War Compromise It Hopes to Be

By Frederick Clarkson

…he law. We’ve seen in recent years efforts by the Christian Right and the USCCB to seek a variety of “conscience clause” exemptions from the law—from pharmacies and pharmacists not having to sell birth control or abortifacient medications (or provide referrals to pharmacists who would); to medical personnel excluding themselves from providing health care to LGBTQ people; to even indirect participation in providing abortion services. In addition to…

Will Mormon-on-Mormon, Hunstman v. Romney Primary Save the GOP from the Religious Right?

By Joanna Brooks

…colytes, seems right up Huntsman’s sartorial alley.) From the buzz his nascent campaign is gathering, it seems that those who cover politics couldn’t be more relieved by the fascinating prospect of a Huntsman run. What’s not clear is how he will connect with the Republican base, especially the evangelical Christian and Tea Party factions which have been driving the GOP agenda as well as its electoral strategy. A known moderate and a former Obam…

The Myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorist Continues with New Zealand Attack

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…whom the killer was related, and for whom the act was intended. Yet this description is woefully inadequate to describe the New Zealand massacre, which was clearly meant to intimidate people—the basic definition of terrorism. The neo-Nazi patches on Tarrant’s jacket indicate that he identified with and wanted to impress other right-wing racists around the world, so he is hardly a lone wolf in any meaningful sense of the term. Nor does the “lone wo…

Religion, Lies, and Videotape: Planned Parenthood and the Latest Fake Sting

By Donna Schaper

…resumé. They used secretly recorded video of a Planned Parenthood doctor discussing (what turned out to be, after an ambiguous lead-in) legal donation of fetal tissue. Why it got any airtime at all I’ll never know. Religious organizations have a stake in not presenting themselves as mean. St. Paul was pretty adamant about that. We have a stake in forgiveness so that even if you think aborting a fetus is wrong, you can be forgiven it. You don’t nee…

Rev. Ella Pearson Mitchell (1917-2008)

By Jonathan L. Walton

…eer includes teaching Christian education at the Berkeley Baptist Divinity School (now American Baptist Seminary of the West), Colgate Rochester Divinity School, the inaugural dean of Sister’s Chapel at Spelman College and professor of homiletics at Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta and the D.Min program at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Sure, she introduced us to Those Preaching Women. But she, along with her partn…