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‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa Receives Threats; ‘Blood Test’ for ‘Degeneratism’: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Troubled by the misuse of religion to further marginalize and exclude sexual minorities from society and faith communities, Noting the recommendations on human sexuality from the World Council of Churches 10th Assembly to the Central Committee, and the subsequent approval of the Terms of Reference for the Human Sexuality Reference Group to walk together in a pilgrimage of Justice and Peace from 2014-2021, Observing the resolution on violence and…

From Here to Eternity: Of Mormons and Celestial Marriage

By Holly Welker

…oung couples that marriage will provide them not only earthly joy but eternal salvation and exaltation puts even more strain on the institution of marriage. Certainly Mormons lucky enough to find themselves in loving, successful marriages often feel blessed and enriched by the expectation that they will be together for all eternity. But there are also couples struggling to sustain for eternity marriages that others would not want to remain in for…

Shopping for Your Kids, Bioethically Speaking

By Arri Eisen

…m (found, for example, at the Center for Surrogate Parenting) whom you are also (usually, but not always) paying. Then wait. More and more people, some of them with partners, some not, are doing this. Amy and Scott Kehoe did this recently. At first, things seemed to go well: they received their twins (many in vitro pregnancies result in multiple births). But then, the surrogate mom found out Amy Kehoe had a history of mental illness. The surrogate…

A Peek Inside the ‘Onion’ of Scientology

By Kristin Rawls

…truly honest; but their job is to present their viewpoint, like any official, really. I had three 16- or 17-hour days with top Church officials when I worked on the magazine piece. They try to exhaust you, and they were basically there to spin me. I had access to Mike Rinder, their top PR guy, then ranked second or third in the Church hierarchy. Rinder and another top official, Tommy Davis, had a lot to say. I got answers from them about specific…

Christianity-Lite, in 140 Characters or Fewer?

By Pauline Hope Cheong

…am who you say I am,” and “it is as the prophets have written: I tell my tale of misery while they look on and gloat.” The church described “what may be the world’s first Passion play performed through… Twitter,” as a “unique Passion Play that marries this timeless Christian tradition with the latest in social networking trends.” But has blogging been redeemed for sacred communication this holy week? The site’s commenters thought so, positively r…

Who Bombed the Boston Marathon?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…enate committee that there was an “upsurge” of potentially violent non-Islamic extremist activity in the United States. So fingers point toward right-wing Christian extremists. But the fingers could be wrong. The culprits may turn out to be jihadis or simply deranged individuals, such as the sad young man who carried out the attacks in Newtown. We will have to wait and see. The disconcerting thing is that we may wait and never find out. This could…

Glenn’s at it Again, and Again

By Joanna Brooks

…eological drama fatigue? Crisis fatigue? I sure hope so. The only way to really deal with Beck, I told the Mormon symposium folks, is to do as the words of the old Mormon pioneer hymn and “put our shoulders to the wheel” working and supporting progressive causes. So I’m trying not to get too worked up by Beck’s latest antics this week, using religious rhetoric to stir up the masses in support of another promotional event for the Glenn Beck media e…

‘Purity’ Guru Joshua Harris May Have Left Evangelicalism But He’s Still a Member of the Church of Patriarchy

By Sara Williams

…the stories of those he harmed are still subsumed by his own. Patriarchy comes in many guises—apparently even performative vulnerability. Rather than celebrate Harris’ “strength” in making public apologies, perhaps we might call for him to step off his platform so others can tell the story for a while. That’s the move repentance requires; a radical turn from the Church of Patriarchy that might just inspire others to follow….

Extra-Terrestrial Kitsch: Capricology #4

By Anthea Butler

…to their students and which snooped on them outside school, without parental permission.) While “Gingerbread” in important ways prefigured the culture’s response to the Columbine shootings, this film reflects the ways that the legal system has sometimes used the war on terror (or for that matter, the war on drugs) as a pretext for encroaching on civil liberties. (In truth, the series has told us very little about what Capricans see as the limits…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…existence.’” “Our country’s socio-economic development depends only on the Almighty Allah’s benevolence. “We also hereby declare that The Gambia will always be an independent, dignified and Allah worshipping Muslim country where our way of life; our laws will be based on our Islamic values, that is, the strict adherence to our Islamic faith. “This being the case, any agreement, convention or protocol that is at variance with our Islamic faith, eco…