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Declining Southern Baptists Double Down on Homophobia

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ngeles for changing its anti-gay stance after pastor (a word the Christian news puts in scare quotes) Danny Cortez’s 15-year-old-son came out as gay. Instead of condemning his gay son and casting him out from the church and his family (which I suppose the SBC would have seen as the Christ-like thing to do), Cortez loved and accepted his son. Mohler was further enraged by the church’s move to, y’know, love and accept their pastor (or “pastor,” as t…

5 Key Moments From the Year of the ‘Exvangelicals’

By Chrissy Stroop

…uded with an interview with Josiah, conducted by Blake Chastain and yours truly. 2) Exvangelicals Make National News, Including Television Debut In 2018, exvangelicals continued to make progress in terms of media representation, with our perspectives being considered in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the New Republic, Salon, and other outlets. Exvangelicals were even featured in Newsweek twice, including in the co…

2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think

By Annika Brockschmidt

…e power, to ban abortion and to punish anyone who fails to adhere to their rules—rules which are only being supported by a minority of Americans. The Right has shown previously that they are utterly pragmatic when it comes to choosing their new leader. If the base can’t be convinced by DeSantis, they will fall back into line behind Trump. Don’t let the spectacle of CPAC’s performative divisiveness fool you—the candidates present only a slightly di…

Openly Gay Mormon Appointed to LDS Church Leadership Position

By Joanna Brooks

…leaders have positions analogous to those of priests, pastors, and rabbis, news of Mayne’s calling is having an impact, revealing continuing divisions among Mormons and questions about evolving Mormon views on homosexuality. There is, in fact, no consensus Mormon view on homosexuality. While most Mormons view homosexual sexual activity as a sin, Church leaders have expressed divergent perspectives on LGBT issues, ranging from condemnatory and deri…

No Fireworks, Only Candles: Our Work as Americans and Muslims

By Ayesha Mattu

…d, I take him to the other room to play. Within a few minutes, we go from grumpy to giggling. Right now, being aware of the world and its future is meaningful only if I can also be fully engaged with this tiny, wriggling, joyful boy. There will be many articles searching the details for meaning in the coming days, and after awhile they will all begin to sound the same. What is true is this: He is dead, and in the court of the best of judges. We wh…

By the Numbers: Most Say No Rejoicing in Bin Laden’s Death

By The Editors

A new PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey finds that while media focused on the spontaneous street celebrations following news of OBL’s death, most Americans don’t think celebration of anyone’s death is justified—no matter how villainous the person. Other findings of note: Catholics are least likely to support the use of torture, more than 8 in 10 Americans believe that bin Laden distorted the teachings of Islam in his campaign to defeat the west, and…

A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade

By Ed Simon

…a by Ann Neumann (2017) – Few recent books so completely exemplify the instrumental and crucial importance of having an attuned religious sensibility as Ann Neumann in this moving, erudite, comprehensive, and deeply human work. Neumann, who for several years wrote a regular column at The Revealer about faith and medical issues, provides a portrait of the ways in which Americans face (or don’t face) our and our loved ones’ mortality. Neumann asks w…

Coming Out on a Christian Campus, Then and Now

By Ed Madden

…d thoughts, to pray with anguish. When I talk with students about my own struggles, I say that I spent years praying for God to change me. He finally did: he made me honest about who I am. But I struggle on with the damage, my lingering sense of shame, my lost relationships, my deformed sexual self, my thorny faith. The Harding students’ stories and voices remind me what it was like, and how it could be different. I take heart in the courage and h…

What Did Kyrie Say That Was So Wrong? When Black Antisemitism Meets White Jewish Privilege

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…lack bigotry—cousins that comprise the foundation of the White supremacist worldview in the ascendancy today. Unsurprisingly and understandably Irving’s tweet and later comments have been largely condemned as antisemitic. I say largely and not completely because there are just as many Black people asking, “What did Kyrie say that was so wrong?” Most Black supporters of Irving see the reaction (including his suspension by the Brooklyn Nets and term…

Premature “Gay Marriage Defeated” Post Removed from National Review

By Peter Montgomery

…tion that had defeated marriage equality in New York. Strangely enough, no news outlets were reporting the defeat of marriage equality. A few hours after NOM’s claim, CBS news reported that negotiations over the scope of the religious exemption—reportedly the sticking point for a number of Republicans in the state senate—were still moving forward. Looks like NOM’s eagerness to declare victory got a bit ahead of the facts. Peters’ premature proclam…