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Duggar Daughters Talk Sex, Courtship, and Fear of Ungodly Men

By Myev Rees

…d in conservative evangelical culture. Disseminated by books like I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris and When God Writes Your Love Story, by Eric and Leslie Ludy, “courtship” or “dating with a purpose” (i.e. marriage) has been gaining traction within American evangelical circles, particularly in homeschooling communities who stress familial unity and paternal headship in everything from education to matchmaking. But for many Americans, their…

Christians, Don’t Wait For “The One”

By Rob Shryock

…larly publish short, pointed articles that attempt to address myths around dating and romantic life for Christians, such as “The Myth of Perfect Dating,” and “Three Things I Wish I Knew Before We Got Married,” the latter of which has more than 200,000 Facebook likes. Point is, many Christians are clearly interested in engaging in a frank and substantive conversation about love, dating, and sex, some inspired by Harris (and some by their distaste f…

Christianity-Lite, in 140 Characters or Fewer?

By Pauline Hope Cheong

…re facet of religious devotion: dramatization expressed via the symbols of online technologies. This online innovation can be celebrated as a way in which religious organizations encourage fresh personal and media interest in waning rituals, like the observation of Lent and Good Friday. Twitter drama can be utilized for religious community-building, as geographically dispersed followers connect and participate in recreating biblical stories. Yet a…

Will God-Gaming Alter the Bible?

By Rachel Wagner

…, if competition is a core feature of games, who is competing in The Bible Online, and in what way? How are points amassed, and do these “points” have any religious significance beyond the game? What of the “RTS” (real-time strategy) component of The Bible Online and its communal play feature? Will everyone play as Abraham at the same time? Or will one player get to take on this role while others follow him? And what performative act, faithful or…

Are Evangelicals Suffering From Buyer’s Remorse with Obama?

By Bill Berkowitz

…nd unaffordable costs of the current gay ban,” according to the book’s Web site. See here for Frank’s friendly visit last week with John Stewart on The Daily Show. ++++++++++ RD Tidbits Coral Ridge Ministries’ New Pastor: In mid-March, the members of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (founded by the late D. James Kennedy) elected the Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of famed evangelist Billy Graham, to be their new pastor. According to Charisma Ne…

To: Discovery Institute;
Re: Creationist Tactics Pre-Dating the Exposure of ID as a Fraud

By Lauri Lebo

The folks at the Discovery Institute have been expending a lot of energy responding to a blog post I recently wroteabout a record number of creationist bills introduced in state legislatures since January. I write numerous posts about intelligent design and the Discovery Institute’s disingenuous attacks on evolution education, so I’m not sure why this particular post has gotten them so hot and bothered. First, David Klinghoffer had a bit of a sni…

Dads Against Daughters Dating

By Julie Ingersoll

If this t-shirt were on The Daily Show or Stephen Colbert it would be funny; even with the target and the gun. But it’s not on Comedy Central, nor is it funny. The t-shirt is being sold by Reformation Bookstore which is a division of Tolle Lege Press. Reformation Bookstore is one of the broadest outlets for Christian Reconstructionist books, especially those by Rousas John Rushdoony, while Tolle Lege Press has republished the 1599 Geneva Bible, w…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…“wearing their hearts on their sleeves.” By using tattoos on the body as a site for memory, the Tauron belief system, like the STO, is firmly rooted in ideas of embodiment, and what it means to be human. Joseph’s struggle to find his daughter’s avatar will test the strength of his religious faith and practice surrounding the body. Sister Clarice, on the other hand—with her idea about both the soul and the body continuing on for eternity—focuses us…

Saipov Wasn’t a “Member” of ISIS, But That Misses the Point

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…in the animated chats of the online social networks and as readers of the online ISIS literature. This online network constituted a separate movement. In the Twitter chats they often would call themselves baqiyah, a term that means something that survives or endures, and in this case refers to the enduring online ISIS community. In one of a series of tweets from a teenager in Canada, he said that his parents found some of his messages and were tr…

Pornography’s Dirty Little Secret: What We Say vs. What We Do

By Shira Tarrant

…tes these findings, with Utah and Mississippi ranking the highest rates of online porn site subscriptions. And what exactly are people searching for? According to PornMD, US keyword searches include “teen,” “step sister,” and “anal” among the top ten. Information collected by Vocativ compiles state-by-state trends among people accessing Pornhub, a highly trafficked tube site. In Utah, the favorite search term is “lesbian” while Vermont’s favorite…