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Where Is American Christian Outrage on Russia’s Treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

By Rebecca Moore

…dations for CPCs in 2018, which included countries like Iran, China, North Korea, and Pakistan. But Secretary of State Mike Pompeo placed Russia and Uzbekistan on a “Special Watch List,” rather than identifying them as CPCs. Even without the CPC designation, Russian officials could face financial consequences under the Magnitsky Act. Passed by the U.S. Congress in 2012, the act calls for sanctioning Russian officials responsible for “gross human r…

DeMint Stymies Obama’s Religious Diplomacy Nominee

By Sarah Posner

…retary of State. Freedman objects to her nomination dying in committee because the “legitimate questions about Ms. Cook’s background, though, quickly gave way to a condescending caricature of her as a ‘motivational speaker.’” But her motivational speaking was her background, and perhaps, despite DeMint’s disingenuous way of going about blocking the nomination, the Obama administration realized those hurdles and isn’t, as Freedman reports, going to…

Monks With Guns: Discovering Buddhist Violence

By Michael Jerryson

…tely, I found very little of this. During my visits between 2006 and 2008, southern Thai monks shared the challenges of living in their fear-infested communities. All but a few concentrated on survival; peacemaking was the last thing on their minds. The constant fear and violence took a toll on them. Monks talked about the guns they had bought and now kept at their bedsides. Others spoke heatedly about the violent militant attacks on Buddhist civi…

WHO IS JEW RUN FOR PREZDNET?

By Evan Derkacz

…HIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE PRESENTLY LIVE IN A $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A “DEAL” WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER. WHAT SORT OF “DEAL”? RIGHT OUT OF HARVARD LAW, HE “WORKED” AS AN ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO. HE THEN ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN MOVED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL—WHERE HE SCRAMBLES TODAY WITH VERY MINIMAL EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING—WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WRITE HIS SPEECHES FOR HIM. IN ALL…

Obama’s Religion Ambassador: Inexperienced?

By Anthea Butler

…decidedly upbeat Christian position. Her resumé, mentioned in the White House press release (but somehow not available anywhere online, as her own Web site is still “under construction”), includes being the founder of Wisdom Worldwide Center (which has no Web site, online presence, or apparent physical location), Chaplain to the New York Police Department, and a member of the Domestic Policy Council in the Clinton Administration. Impressive, perh…

Vatican’s New Media Evangelizing Strategy Can’t Save it from All The Bad News

By Anthea Butler

…, have not been able to stem the tide of the news cycle about the sexual abuse scandal, nor has the biggest newsmaker in the scandal used media effectively to convey a coherent message to Catholics that is sincere, contrite, and constructive. Even more disturbing is the eagerness to use media in order to evangelize, while demonizing legitimate reporting on the sexual abuse stories. In late April, it was revealed that Pope Benedict would soon annou…

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

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…eb site lists the top countries where Christians are persecuted like North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. Everywhere they are persecuted, Christians are working to change the system, through prayer, protest, or other actions. Yet, they would deny this kind of action to gay and lesbian people simply because we should take our time and stop and “listen” to why the people in Uganda want to kill or imprison us? Believe me, we’ve heard their r…

Goy to the World: What Does Hanukkah Have to Teach Us About Living in Empire?

By Garret Keizer

…lity of breakaway republics. Grateful as I am that he raises the issue and uses the word (empire, I mean), his faith exceeds mine on two key points. First, I doubt the ability of a member state to extricate itself from an empire simply by achieving nominal political independence. In the same way, I question the ability of a person to extricate herself from a carbon-based civilization simply by purchasing “offsets.” Second, I doubt the desirability…

In the Age of Megachurches, Sometimes Less Is More

By Richard Flory

…achurches, mid- sized and small churches all around Los Angeles and Seoul, South Korea. We have watched as megachurches have been founded and grown, while other megachurches have shrunk or diminished. In at least one case, we’ve seen a megachurch go out of business altogether and then re-form as a much smaller church. And, we have observed several thriving and innovative churches that are small by design, allowing them to nurture a spiritual commu…

Hitchens Debates Conservative Evangelical: Nothing Happens

By Eric Reitan

…ise fully within such parameters is always ongoing, always a struggle, because human beings are finite and fallible creatures. In response to these ideas, I have been accused of “moving the goal posts”—more often than not in precisely those terms. The idea is that instead of trying to defend the goal that the new atheists are trying to score against, I’m standing on the sidelines defending the water cooler and shouting “missed again!” every time a…