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Steve Bannon and the Conservative “Cafeteria Catholics”

By Patricia Miller

…“traditional” family, is the Catholic idea of subsidiarity—that issues are best dealt with at the most local level practicable rather than by a central authority. This offers a convenient justification for Republican attacks on “big government” and reasonable levels of taxation that support federal anti-poverty programs, which the Catholic hierarchy generally supports. As O’Loughlin notes, this is very much in line with Breitbart’s coverage of the…

Into the Darkest Moment of a Dark Year Comes the Saturnalia, a Time for Drinking, Swearing, Gambling, and the Circle of Life

By Farah Abdessamad

…d break from 2020? “December liberty,” as Roman poet Horace called it, the best of days! The Saturnalia used to be a beloved ancient Roman pagan festival, which was held right before the winter solstice, from 17 to 23 December in the old Julian calendar. It was a time of unlicensed celebration referring to a golden age without morality and rules. It praised life, and the mysteries surrounding the sun’s disappearance from our lives. It promoted rol…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sets out to restore peace and order in the Middle East, I do wish him the best of successes. And when Putin defends marriage and family at the UN, I also wish him all the best. There is not only black and white in this world. There are also many shades of grey. Scotland: Debate Over ‘Conscience’ Clause for Sex Ed Guidelines Among the policy debates that will be taken up now that the referendum on independence has been held is the ongoing developm…

Christianity Today counsels “patience” on Uganda’s anti-gay law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s,” CT tells us we need to understand the culture and give the Ugandans a fair hearing on their , reasoned arguments against gays and lesbians: For American Christian leaders, both silence and open condemnation end up violating important missional and human-rights principles. There is no escaping this dilemma, but several points are worth reflection. First, when American media reported on the proposed legislation, they assumed an inordinate amount…

Why Did So Many Black Women Die? Jonestown at 35

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…raisals on Peoples Temple and Jonestown only a few are by black women (the best of these have been compiled at the “Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple” site). Thrash and Leslie Wagner–Wilson are currently the only two black women survivors to publish books on their experiences. Wagner-Wilson managed to escape Jonestown before the massacre with several of her family members. As early African American members of the church wh…

Sure, There’s No ‘Religious Left’… If You Ignore Non-White Christians and Non-Christians

By Daniel Schultz

…s, and single-issue groups that make up a loose coalition that despite the best efforts of the Religion-Industrial Complex, cheerfully and successfully resists just about anything in the way of central coordination. Jenkins sees this as a distributed movement, and likes to point to areas where it’s played a crucial role in progressive successes in recent years. (Some of his most interesting reporting has been about Indigenous religious activism ar…

The Wounded People of God

By Anthea Butler

…lated all Catholics, whatever side they are on. I do, however, want to be fair. So my next major article for RD will be about the organizations that work to help the abused find justice. I will spend some time talking about SNAP, Bishopsaccountablity.org, Voice of the Faithful, and the myriad of other organizations that help those who have been sexually abused. Make no mistake, I will continue to report on the Catholic church’s organizational malf…

Election Reporters: Here’s Why Simply Descriptors Like ‘Christians’ Can Have Enormous Consequences

By Daniel Schultz

…all, it’s a matter of accuracy. As Sarah Posner points out on Bluesky, the best—as in, most accurate—descriptor for the TPUSA conference is “Christian nationalist.” As she notes, “The organizers and participants believe that God intended America to be a Christian nation, and that God’s intent has been subverted by secularism, ‘woke’ indoctrination, abortion, etc.” And as we know, adherents of Christian nationalism are not the majority of Christian…

Why Tony Campolo’s LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism’s Tipping Point

By Cathleen Falsani

…ything they could to destroy him.” A prolific author—some of his nearly 30 books include titles such as 20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to Touch, Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God, and Adventures in Missing the Point—in more recent years Campolo has become best known as one of the leaders of the influential Red Letter Christian movement, which seeks to counter the incursion of partisan politics into evangelicalism by focusing on the “…

#MeToo and the Problem with the “The Billy Graham Rule”

By Sara J. Moslener

…appeal, and the ability to make the cold-war a moral issue. Having done a fair amount of research on Graham’s early career, I’m fairly confident that the origins of his greatness were not an act of the Holy Spirit (as he would certainly claim), but of a savvy media mogul and a looming geo-political threat. Yet Graham did distinguish himself by his own efforts. His earliest sermons as an evangelist with Youth for Christ situated Christianity in a p…