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In the Aftermath of the “Himalayan Tsunami”

By Luke Whitmore

…government was proceeding with mass cremation in order to prevent the true number of deaths in and around Kedarnath from ever being known. One of the government organizations involved in rescuing survivors reportedly refused to assist with cremations. Even as the state government continues to conduct disaster relief there has been a wincing degree of political theater. A debate is developing about how the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee, the state go…

How to Choose a Tour Company for Your Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…nts than their quota allows. Most Muslim countries have a quota; a limited number of hajjis permitted from that country in any one year. This number is set by hajj authorities in Saudi Arabia, because, in all fairness, there has to be a cap on how many Muslims converge on the place. Right now, it stands at around 3 million! Countries with large populations of Muslims have many more applicants than their allotted number of pilgrims. This means you…

The Gospel Church and the Ruining of Gay Lives: An Interview with Anthony Heilbut

By Douglas Harrison

…, and then I say, thinking of all the ruined gay lives, this really is the number that no man can number. It’s also interesting to me that “Writing It Out” is followed by the section “War on the Children.” Such an organization suggests that the latter was a reaction against the former—that as these voices emerge, there’s this really virulent reaction culturally against them. And also it’s so very political. As the church has become more right-win…

Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?

By Nilay Saiya

…e United States today, where a combination of forces—new cultural mores surrounding gender and sexuality, increasing religious diversity, and declining numbers of Christians—are disrupting the religious landscape and leading to a sense of angst among American Christians that their country is turning its back on what they believe to be its Christian heritage. Accordingly, Christian nationalist rhetoric is deeply cloaked in threat narratives, prompt…

Milquetoast Liberal Religion Won’t Challenge Conservative Values: A History Lesson

By Sheila D. Collins

…Enacted on an ad hoc basis they were temporary emergency measures—and the number of people they could employ was limited by political opposition and the fear of government deficits. Moreover, the racial and gender discrimination of the time, enforced by Southern Democratic control of key committee chairmanships, limited their capacity to reach everyone who needed work. Nevertheless, beyond the material benefits to the nation, these programs broug…

8: The Mormon Proposition Gets It Right

By Joanna Brooks

…ictions of anti-gay-marriage standpoints, using only notorious bigots like Utah Representative Chris Buttars. But most of the Mormon folks I’m hearing from agree: to see this film is to know what we on the inside saw unfolding all around us during election season 2008. And since then, we’ve seen the costs to our community of claiming to work in “coalition” with others while in fact shouldering an incredibly disproportionate share of the work a…

Trayvon Martin and American Exceptionalism

By Anthea Butler

…even have the courtesy to check Trayvon’s phone for his mom and dad’s telephone numbers because it’s just a black criminal’s body to them. While Zimmerman the trigger man slept in his bed, the police ordered a drug and alcohol test for Trayvon’s lifeless body. A black body that was representative of evil against the whiteness of George Zimmerman. I hesitated to write about this story, because there are many good stories about Trayvon and his pare…

Teaching Love: Soulforce Takes it to the Quad

By Nick Street

…ert Loyd, one of the few out gay couples in Conway and coordinators of the city’s annual pride parade, which began in 2003. The pink clapboard house—two blocks north of Central Baptist College and across the street from a Church of Christ—is festooned with rainbow flags, and life-size cutouts of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell beckon customers to the hair salon that Schenck and Loyd run on the ground floor. How have the men fared in the two decade…

Obama’s Bunker-Busters to Israel

By Sarah Posner

…o prove that Obama, indeed, is pro-Israel, despite griping from the right, Lake insists the reasons for the transfer weren’t political. Instead, Rozen suggests, the disclosure of the transfer now is intended “to send a potent warning to Iran.” National security writers Jim Lobe and Paul Pillar question the wisdom of the transfer, given that it looks like, in Pillar’s words, that the Obama administration was giving Israel a “green light” to go to w…

Blessed With a Dark Turn of Mind: Gillian Welch’s Spiritual Strivings

By Paul Harvey

…rophets Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John They’re gone but not forgotten Round, round wanna go round Wanna see the rock of ages Till my body gives out Gonna read the Gospel pages Other times it’s not as clear, particularly so on more recent recordings, and especially so in The Harrow & the Harvest. Put more simply: whose soul does she want to [e]’lectrify, and who are those six white horses coming after? And what happened in nineteen hundred… and ninet…