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Palin on Syria: Let “Allah” Sort it Out

By Garibaldi

…to an embrace of the maniacal view forwarded by neoconservative Islamophobes like Daniel Pipes who argue that the civil war should be prolonged for as long as possible, seemingly even at the expense of blocking any possible peace. A more cynical view of Palin’s words may infer that her statement was nothing more than a play on a famous phrase (originating from Crusader Arnaud Amalric’s sacking of Beziers), which received an update by troops fight…

Occupy Judaism: A “Turning Point” in American Judaism

By Sarah Posner

…vil rights, and Arthur Waskow created a Freedom Seder, and Catholic priests and nuns were instrumental in anti-war agitation, their actions propelled by a fervent religiosity and expressed in liturgical terms.” So far word of Occupy Judaism has spread by word of mouth and by social media. Sieradski says people responded to the Kol Nidre service with statements like “this was the most meaningful Jewish experience of my life.”…

Personhood Ohio Claims Bible Dictates Criminal Penalties for Abortion

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…nocent human beings at any stage of existence is unlawful and criminal—His Word is clear. Oh dear. Perhaps it’s silly of me to expect nuance given all the extenuating circumstances. But leaving aside, for the moment, the need to actually make a hermeneutical case for the claim that a compilation of ancient texts is also an instruction book for 2011… no, in this case it is actually not clear. You wouldn’t know it to read this translation—in which w…

Robert Jeffress Has a Lot of Nerve

By Sarah Posner

…lled “a pathetic little man.” One of the heretic hunters’ complaints about Word of Faith and other spirit-led charismatic movements like the New Apostolic Reformation is how they rely on extra-biblical revelations—the same complaint made about Mormonism. Judging from the reaction of the American Family Association—which itself has been criticized by co-religionists for its own deviations from WWJD—these Perry supporters are willing to put up with…

Why Do Southerners Call Mormonism a Cult?

By Joanna Brooks

…based in historical research. Interestingly, it parallels the rise of the new Mormon history and new historical consciousness among Mormons, giving a historical gravitas to the anti-Mormon movement. People like the Tanners go back and look at nineteenth-century sources and find esoteric aspects of Mormon tradition—Anglo-American folk magic, temple ceremonies, esoteric teachings of Brigham Young—and they say, “That’s not recognizably Christian.” T…

Voices From the Womb

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…speak’ for themselves about ending abortion,” according to a statement. No word on whether the mothers will be referred to as ‘models’, or whether grown-up women will be prevented from actually speaking (sans scare quotes) about how their own health would be endangered by anti-abortion legislation, as happened during deliberations on Ohio’s “heartbeat” bill. So far all we know is that the fetuses will “speak”—where “speak” means “perform physiolog…

A Campaign About Values Voters, or Justice?

By Sarah Posner

…upy movement is starting to get religious support; at yesterday’s march in New York, local faith leaders joined, as did a contingent of students from Union Theological Seminary. In DC, though, where the symbolic power of “holding space for the 99% to come and gather” on K Street is undeniable, there’s yet to be a groundswell of religious leaders or clergy showing up at the protests or even speaking about them. “I’m still optimistic that the furthe…

New Study Touts Success of “Praying Away the Gay”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e all living under the threat of hell. The thought of eternal damnation—a true, fiery pit where you suffer endlessly forever and ever, amen—can be a great motivator for the true believer. It can motivate people to stop smoking, drinking, swearing, wearing their hair long, or cheating on their spouse or income taxes. I get emails from gay and lesbian Christians on almost a daily basis who are deeply worried that living into their natural, God-given…

State as Executioner: Rick Perry Did Not Invent the Death Penalty

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…as the plight of “the disappeared.” This was after an almost theatrically brutal German occupation in the Second World War (1 million died of famine in the first winter, countless more in reprisal killings and mass destructions in 1943-1944), and an even more toxic civil war that lasted from 1946 to 1949. Greeks know what the excessive deployment of state power looks like, and with their long historical memory, they deem it unthinkable that a mode…

How Mormon is Mitt Romney? Over 50 Jokes For Trump

By Joanna Brooks

…more?” Mitt is so Mormon he’ll reroute the Freedom Trail through Palmyra, New York, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Winter Quarters, Iowa. Mitt is so Mormon he’ll rename the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms the Word of Wisdom squad. Mitt is so Mormon he’d do an ad for the LDS Church: “I’m a husband, father, and leader of the free world. And I’m a Mormon.” Mitt is so Mormon he isn’t as concerned about getting American youth jobs as he is about getti…