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It’s Not the Name It’s the Theocratic Vision — THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION’S PR PROBLEM

By Frederick Clarkson

…ed. “I don’t think there is any glitter… left whatsoever.” Indeed, the one-day event on Zoom staged by NAR intellectuals, paled before the national audiences, televised spectacles, and access to power enjoyed by many of the glitterati of their movement—such as Apostles Dutch Sheets and Lance Walnau—who are often featured at events hosted by the attention-grabbing Flashpoint Live program. These events draw in-person audiences of thousands and are b…

Warpaint: What Does George W. Bush See in His “Portraits of Courage”?

By Sarah Sentilles

…was the last thing on my husband’s mind.” Bush now spends several hours a day painting. In his opening essay “Painting as a Passion,” Bush recalls telling one of his art teachers, “[T]here’s a Rembrandt trapped in this body . . . Your job is to liberate him.” He first painted a cube, then a watermelon, then an apple. He took online courses from the Museum of Modern Art to study art history. He painted his pets and landscapes at his ranch and self…

Hillary’s Faith, Trump’s Conversion: Two Questions Journalists Need to Ask

By Stewart M. Hoover

…, at least to the politics reporter. What Trump meant was that in the real day-to-day discourse of politics, the second-and-third-hand rehashed retail accounts on cable news that he pays attention to and that form the common political conversation of the moment, Hillary’s religion hasn’t been present. He was right about that. He was speaking to a context where religion does count to that common conversation—he was talking to a group of politically…

Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’

By Shaul Magid

…to become part of the daily chatter of Jews unable to devote their entire day to study. It was a brilliant idea and widely successful, far more than Shapiro could have imagined. For Horn, the Talmud is the testament of dead Jews and daf yomi is how Jews love them. One page every day. So we’ve come full circle. Loving dead Jews isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you’re a Jew. In fact, it’s the very quintessence of Torah study, the centerpiece of Je…

BSA Gay Okay?—Delay.

By Joanna Brooks

…are affiliated with congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Yesterday, the LDS Church’s Public Affairs division released a statement acknowledging that the prospective policy change had “triggered intense debate” and praised the BSA for “delaying a vote” “until the implications can be more carefully evaluated.” “We caution others not to speculate about our position,” the LDS Church statement continued, “or to assume th…

As Irish Flee the Church, a Push For Reform

By Diane Winston

…te, but in Dublin’s cathedral youthful faces only speckle the crowd. Three days of talking with Church leaders help put numbers and pictures in perspective. But their insights on the Church’s problems make the new pope’s task sound all the more difficult. Many of the Irish Church’s fiercest critics are also its most devoted sons and daughters, who came of age when the social teachings of the Second Vatican Council provided a religious foundation f…

What was Pants to Church Sunday Really About?

By Joanna Brooks

…e spiritual lives of Mormon men and women. It’s a conversation restarted today. Even as the day’s events left many rank and file Mormons scratching their heads and admitting that they have no idea what Mormon feminism is really about. This is a great time to learn. To learn more about what Wear Pants to Church Day was really about, please read this and this and this and this. And to learn about what Mormon feminists care about and what they mean…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…iversity,” Rabbi Jonathan Bernis of Jewish Voice Ministries declared on Friday night. During the altar call, Bernis told Jews to remember that “if you are Jewish and you have converted, you are still Jewish.” Saturday afternoon brought the heaviest dose of Messianic Jewish themes, with performances by Paul Wilbur, the man who pioneered Messianic praise music, Joel Chernoff, and Marty Goetz. (Wilbur’s band anchored the music throughout the two-day…

The Tyranny of Politeness

By Daniel C. Maguire

…oral legitimacy, angry heroes of noble and courageous impoliteness who one day brought the slavers to their knees. The Democratic Party, with some noble notable exceptions, takes politeness to the milquetoast level. They whimper when they should scream. They fail to follow Franklin Delano Roosevelt who accused organized money interests of being no better than organized crime. He said they “unanimously hate me” for saying that but, he proclaimed, “…

LDS Church Response to Prop. 8 Begs Question of Polygamy

By Joanna Brooks

…e LDS Church also issued a statement: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regrets today’s decision. California voters have twice determined in a general election that marriage should be recognized as only between a man and a woman. We have always had that view. Courts should not alter that definition, especially when the people of California have spoken so clearly on the subject. Millions of voters in California sent a message that tra…