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New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media

By Jordan Denari Duffner

…that, while the book was originally published in 2003, it continues to be promoted as “an essential resource” as its publisher, Ascension Press, noted in an email today. As documented in the Bridge Initiative report, Spencer has written for numerous Catholic news outlets, and he has been cited as an expert in others. While some of these are fringe websites, like Church Militant, others are more mainstream, like Our Sunday Visitor, one of the most…

WikiLacks: Did Clinton Campaign Mock Catholics? Not Really

By Patricia Miller

…ng their kids Catholic, noting that Murdoch even had his kids baptized “in Jordan where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.” Halpin went on to say, “Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the [Supreme Court] and think tanks to the media and social groups.” This isn’t a “mocking” of Catholics or an attack on them, it’s merely an observation of the fact that while most people associate poli…

Cornel West, Using His Powers for Good

By Edward J. Blum

…k on 30 Rock, Cornel West made a quick cameo as a coach to a baffled Tracy Jordan, who insisted on referring to his eminent guest as Questlove—a mistake loaded with resonance. For the rest of us, Cornel West is an instantly recognizable, even ubiquitous presence. Some know Brother West from bestselling books like Race Matters; some know him as the Harvard professor who battled with President Lawrence Summers (and lost); some know him from The Mat…

Another Far Right Theocrat Shows up on the Trump Team

By Julie Ingersoll

…ack record in the forefront of religious right culture wars battles, often promoting the most extreme positions, both in the U.S. and abroad. As political scientist Daniel Bennet noted on twitter, ACLJ has long been one of the most politicized of the Christian Right’s legal outfits. Founded in 1990 by Pat Robertson, ACLJ played a central role in promoting a narrative of persecution and minority status for conservative Christians. The name ACLJ was…

Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All

By Julie Byrne

…I am still a huge fan of Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola, and of Mark D. Jordan’s The Silence of Sodom. Both books took huge risks of form and authorial disclosure. Both are beautifully written and devastatingly exact. Both are still one-of-a-kind. What’s your next book? I live in Brooklyn and teach on Long Island, so this time I’m staying local. It’s “a 9/11 book,” focused on tri-state Roman Catholics’ experience of that event. But I also hope…

Is ISIS Islamic? Is it a State?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…in leading al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was a street thug from Jordan. By contrast, al Baghdadi looks fairly legit. His credentials do not make the movement Islamic, however. Nor do the Islamic whitewashing of the regime’s terrorist actions and cruel restrictions make them Muslim. The judgment is in the eye of the beholder. And to most Muslims, ISIS represents the antipathy of the faith. Of course, much the same can be said of extremis…

Lincoln and Obama: A Precarious Parallel

By Susan Henking

…d gender politics that we have failed to invoke Sojourner Truth or Barbara Jordan? Eleanor Roosevelt or Harvey Milk? Is it symptomatic of our parochialism that global figures such as Desmond Tutu (who, by the way, has called homophobia a new apartheid) remain unmentioned while Rick Warren has center stage? I am not alone in raising such questions. In responding to Obama’s candidacy, young Muslims expressed mixed emotions about Obama’s ways of mana…

After Ferguson: America Must Abandon “Sick Christianity” at Ease With Violence

By Willie James Jennings

…, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and an almost endless host of others (from Jordan Davis to Renisha McBride to Amadou Diallo). It’s about a real place we as Americans inhabit that is permeated with violence and fear, and unfortunately we Christians have yet to reckon seriously with this place and our own culpability in its creation. Our present moment demands we face the horror of the social world we help to sustain. Root yourself in this present m…

Mormons Declare Same-Sex Marriage Apostasy, Deny Baptism to Children of Same-Sex Couples; Colombian Court OKs Adoption Over Church Objections; Franklin Graham Praises Putin’s Anti-Gay Policies; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y and same-sex marriage — those are sins against God, and the president is promoting them. I’m not against homosexuals as people. But God commanded that marriage should be between a man and a woman.” “And I very much appreciate that President Putin is protecting Russian young people against homosexual propaganda,” Graham continued. “If only to give them the opportunity to grow up and make a decision for themselves. Again, homosexuals cannot have c…

Virtual Islam: Peace, Love, and Some Understanding?

By Bill Berkowitz

…rovince of north Ossetia, Indonesia, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Israel, Jordan, Italy, and Spain. They took us into their virtual communities, houses, and mosques, invited us to fatwas, took us on a virtual Hajj to Mecca, and discussed their perceptions of extremism, integration, creative collaboration, and cultural values. Is the pool of participants limited by: a) Those who have access to computers, and/or b) Those with the skills to enter yo…