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Evangelicals and Newt: Love Him or Hate Him?

By Sarah Posner

…us “Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government,” which has distributed anti-Newt flyers and most recently penned an open letter to Bob Vander Plaats, the leader of the FAMiLY Leader, who hosted the Thanksgiving Family Forum God and country fest and whose endorsement the candidates covet. The open letter, written on a blog that bears no names or footprints (the site registration is private), lambasts Vander Plaats not only for his association with…

UK Church Leader Resigns Over Planned Removal of Occupy Protesters (Updated)

By Daniel Schultz

…ndon Corporation, who might or might not have legitimate concerns about an open-air encampment? The protestors themselves, who might be damn dirty hippies, or who might be modeling the social concerns of Christ himself? It’s a fearsome balancing act, and not one I would be eager to have forced on me. Rev. Fraser has clearly decided that the church’s primary responsibility is to the protestors. Or rather, he believes that the church’s first duty is…

Methodist Clergy Pledge to Defy Church in Blessing LGBT Unions

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…iscriminates and which is so counter to its advertisement of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.” What we are doing is in fact challenging our church to keep its word and be an “open,” inclusive and loving member of the body of Christ. We are committed to this risk-taking ministry. I trust our Episcopal leaders will know that we are praying for them and that this action is our faithful witness “to do justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly with o…

The Tragedy of Religious Freedom

By Patrick Hornbeck

…me taxes as long as the IRS has existed; and Catholic and many mainline Protestant churches administer communion wine containing alcohol to those who are underage. But in other circumstances, religious people and groups have not been allowed exemptions. Thoroughgoing pacifists may be freed from military service, but those who disagree with a particular war (say, on the basis of Christian “just war” theory) are not. The IRS suspended evangelical Bo…

As Midterms Approach, White Christian Nationalism is Mainstream for the GOP — And it’s Only Getting Worse

By Annika Brockschmidt

…ls that he’s encountered all over the US, including the now-ubiquitous thin-blue-line flags, skulls, and guns. He sums them up as “the new authoritarians’ memento mori—the credo that we all must die, but some must die first.” His warning is chilling: While fascist symbols and imagery, and fascist marches like those by the Patriot Front, are often dismissed as silly cosplay, they are anything but silly. He describes it as a metaphor that comes to l…

Israel-Hamas is Not a Religious War and This is Not Your Rapture

By Thomas Lecaque

…essages of support for Israel’s assault on Gaza (alongside posts about anti-abortion protests she’s participating in). Now, a former state representative and a handful of supporters on Facebook is not enough of a reason to worry, except she’s merely the most vocal (or least subtle) member of a much broader movement of evangelical Christians, many of whom support Israel for exactly this reason: that their interpretation of Scripture requires Israel…

A Palin Pastor Primer

By Esther Kaplan

…nd sin and things that take place. God will not be mocked. Judgment Day is coming.” Questions Clearly this theological milieu has shaped Palin’s politics, which reflect Christian right doctrine straight down the line: her position that abortion should be outlawed unless a woman’s life is in danger; her opposition to same sex marriage; her support for abstinence-only education and the teaching of creationism in the public schools. How she will brin…

Muslim Voices Festival: Story-telling For a New Millennium

By Hussein Rashid

…n context. It is inherently communal, creating a sense of belonging and contested meaning. The set-up is simple, with two dastango sitting and spinning the tale, with no music, props, or real acting outside of the face and some simple hand gestures. While we think of religious texts in this way — does Qur’an mean “reading” or “recitation” for example — but popular texts are different matter. However, any culture is made up of more than religion, a…

Why the Women’s Ordination Question Will Shape the Future of Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…nch of Ordain Women’s website featuring pictures and testimonials from rank-and-file Mormons who support ordination and a more equitable role for women in LDS Church leadership and service. Today, the global operations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are governed and directed by an all-male organizational chain of command. Mormon women may participate in some decision-making at the congregational level. But at all levels most…

Pamela Geller Accuses Critics of “Blood Libel of the Worst Kind”

By Sarah Posner

…ly accused of committing atrocious acts. And for her defenders, anyone who questions her must be an anti-Semite— even another Jew. Because anyone who doesn’t listen to Pam Geller must be the self-hating type, a traitor, the secret Nazi collaborator with the Islamic jihadists. The website Jews Against Obama once defended Geller’s Islamophobia by accusing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok of “blood libel” after his organization published…