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Fight the Tower: Protests Continue at Union Theological Seminary

By Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

…ne in the numbers of people going to church in this country in mainline Protestant communities is in part a symptom of the ways in which capitalism has gutted our value systems so that people no longer even imagine the need for communities of moral formation and faith.” But since the project became public in October Jones has gone silent on theology. When she did talk about God to the New York Times, President Jones sounded to my ears like a prosp…

Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine

By Katherine Kelaidis

…go, this battle between bishops didn’t necessarily affect the lives of rank-and-file believers. That is until last March when Russian troops began to pour into Ukraine and it became increasingly clear that Patriarch Kirill would act as a cheerleader for Vladimir Putin and his fratricidal war. It became hard not to choose a side. And while Orthodox canon law in theory allows there to be only one bishop in any geographic location—thereby precluding…

Reverend Billy For Mayor: Is He For Real?

By Nathan Schneider

…Lanier, an Episcopal minister whose own antics were dramatized in the play-turned-film The Night of the Iguana, by his cousin, Tennessee Williams. At the time, remembers Lanier, he was “mostly traveling in the opposite direction from the Church.” After seeing Talen perform, Lanier took him out to lunch and said, remembers Talen, “We need a new kind of American preacher.” Lanier convinced him that in order to speak relevantly to American politics…

Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided Explores the Dark Side of Positive Thinking

By Michelle Goldberg

…llars for sessions that combine new age atmospherics with the kind of power-of-positive thinking nostrums that made a phenomenon out of The Secret. “[N]ow there is a new role model for New York’s former Carrie Bradshaws—young women who are vegetarian, well versed in self-help and New Age spirituality, and who are finding a way to make a living preaching to eager audiences, mostly female,” reported the Times. One 31-year-old member of this eager au…

Methodists Vote to Keep Homosexuality “Incompatible”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…inclusive gospel of Jesus Christ and live into its tagline of Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds and extend its welcome to LGBT people and unfortunately, chose not to do that. We grieve that UMC continues to harm and discrimination against LGBT people. We’re already here in the United Methodist Church and we will continue to be that shining light on top of the hill to show the world what it means to be UMC, and that is to welcome all people.” Ev…

The United Methodist Church to LGBTQ People: You’re ‘Sacred,’ But Not Welcome

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…between the ELCA and UMC’s stances on LGBTQ issues, especially since full communion-ordained ministers may officiate the sacraments at either church. How can these churches truly be in “full communion” if the UMC will not recognize the clergy orders of ELCA or Episcopal “self-avowed, practicing” LGBTQ clergy? This question of clergy ministry is also important for the UMC’s full communion relationships with major Black Methodist denominations (i.e…

SCOTUS Tackles Government Prayer in Greece v. Galloway

By Becky Garrison

…ion is non-inclusive, because it excludes non-theists and others who don’t feel comfortable with public displays of religion. So, we think there should be no prayer.” A ruling is not expected until June 2014, so for now we may have to make due with RD contributor Peter Laarman’s recent reflection on how the Almighty might view a debate over prayer at a poorly attended local town meeting. But while Greece’s meetings may not attract much of a follow…

We Would Be Wise to Pay Attention to Trump’s Apocalyptic QAnon Posting Spree

By Thomas Lecaque

…ast it. Not because the damage is healed: as Jesselynn Cook details in her new book, The Quiet Damage, QAnon has ripped apart families and left lasting scars. And not because, post-Q, the beliefs have gone away: a PRRI survey from 2021 showed that as many as one in five Americans believes one of the core ideas of QAnon. Maybe it’s because, for the last two years, Trump has been openly embracing the rhetoric of the conspiracy movement. Maybe it’s b…

The Two Faces of Maryland’s Anti-Equality Campaign

By Peter Montgomery

…rat Party,” which he said is “anti-Christian, anti-church, anti-Bible, anti-life, anti-family, and anti-God.” The Maryland marriage equality law includes strong provisions protecting religious liberty. But Derek McCoy, chairman of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, dismissed those as “disingenuous.” His group rushed into production an ad featuring the case of Angela McCaskill, a diversity officer at Gallaudet University in the District of Columbia wh…

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

…arriage equality advocates to overcome Abbott’s opposition and secure a pro-equality vote in parliament. Former footballer Lachlan Beaton recorded a video in which he talks about his struggles to come out and calls on parliament to legalize same-sex marriage. Jamaica: Court delays case on pro-equality TV ad The Jamaica Court of Appeal has adjourned until February 1, 2016 its hearing in a case brought by human rights activist Maurice Tomlinson agai…