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LDS Church Issues Statement Against Qur’an Burning

By Joanna Brooks

…mophobia and the planned September 11 Qur’an burning by a fringe pastor in Gainesville, Florida, issuing the following statement yesterday: “A key tenet of our faith is to accord everyone the freedom to worship as they choose. It is regrettable that anyone would regard the burning of any scriptural text as a legitimate form of protest or disagreement.” Which, if I may translate from the culturally understated, modest, and pragmatic institutional l…

Violence of the Lambs: The Legacy of Anti-Choice Extremist Father Norman Weslin

By Kathryn Joyce

…have come to understand that the battle against abortion is a battle not against flesh and blood, but against the devil.” Father Baby Doe Weslin, reportedly emulating Operation Rescue protest tactics, went on from his arrest in Atlanta to lead the Lambs of Christ—a group of several hundred traveling protesters who called themselves “Nonviolent Victim Souls” or “Victim Souls of the Unborn Christ-Child,” and who were described by the New York Times…

CA Sen. Kamala Harris To Make A Very Interesting Church Appearance…

By Daniel Schultz

…l too. Same for John Lewis, whose congressional district includes downtown Atlanta. Believe me: every black mover and shaker in Atlanta is either going to be at this event or receiving a report on how it went—including how its speakers performed. On one level, I absolutely believe Rev. Andrews: he noticed Sen. Harris, and thought she would be a good match for the celebration. But this absolutely will also be a test run for any further political am…

A Meditation on Shopping and Desire

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…ds and advertisements that tell us our life is not enough without that new phone, that new gadget, that new dress. And yet the minute you purchase your phone or laptop, it is obsolete. Every six months, fashion editors tell us our entire closet is out—our clothing is disposable. Shopping is not only a lifestyle, it is a form of entertainment. Whether it is infomercials and shopping networks or makeover shows, we not only shop, we watch people shop…

Are Evangelical Films Destined to Leave Secular Audiences Behind?

By Daniel Silliman

…e success either. The opening weekend saw sales of more than $6 million in tickets. That’s the kind of number that will inspire others to try and figure out the formula for the faith-and-family blockbuster. Yet, with the cost of the film reportedly exceeding $30 million, it’s an open question whether or not the Left Behind reboot will get a second installment. The marketing problem of evangelical movies is still, stubbornly, a problem. The general…

The Faith that Faith Produced

By Haroon Moghul

…to me. Anger. Envy. Frustration. A hatred of myself and my desires, and a flood of negative energy that, religiously and psychologically speaking, I could only direct against my God or myself. If I couldn’t meet the challenge He’d set for me, then why was I even alive? And, of course, when faith leads one to turn on oneself, then not surprisingly it becomes easier to choose deicide over suicide. The Qur’an says God created humankind to piously se…

Corporations Have Consciences and Contraceptives Are Cheap: Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

By Sarah Posner

…shot back that “provision of health care is not a religious tenet,” and Kagan distinguished between “wanting to be a good employer” and “saying your religious beliefs” compel providing a health insurance plan. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, arguing the government’s position, highlighted that if the Court ruled for Hobby Lobby, it would mark the first time a court granted an exemption that “extinguishe[d] the statutorily guaranteed benefits” o…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…ed: they couldn’t facilitate bribery. We would have to buy new, full-price tickets to Iran. On the phone with JetBlue’s customer service line that night, my righteous fury dissipated quickly. Could JetBlue really be to blame for bad weather, or a mechanical problem, or whatever system error had made our flight impossible? Don’t I benefit regularly from this massive travel infrastructure that, like Lady Justice, doles its punishments out blindly? I…

Will Hate Crime Laws Redeem Us All?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…they say they do, they’d understand that when they sow seeds of contempt against gays, lesbians, or transgender people they are “defacing” God’s image. We can certainly disagree with one another about scripture and its interpretation without vilifying one another or branding each other as “sinners” in need of “repentance” under threat of eternal damnation. Both liberals and conservatives need to do a better job at digging deeply into the scriptur…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…e guns broke into the house at 3 a.m. looking for my mother. That tragic legacy had Le Batard feeling conflicted about Obama’s visit, and especially about the president exchanging pleasantries during a baseball game with representatives of a regime he charges with so much of his family’s sorrow. The embargo didn’t work. I get it. America does a lot of business with dictators. I get it. My parents aren’t close-minded, heartless or blinded by unreas…