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Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation

By Sarah Posner

…rship practices—into the political fold. As I wrote in 2008 after Virginia Beach Pentecostal pastor John Gimenez died of a stroke at the age of 76: Gimenez was not well known outside Pentecostal circles, but he was an instrumental figure in bringing together prominent evangelicals and charismatic Christians in the political movement to install Christian dominion in government. At the event last spring, Gimenez talked about how he worked with Campu…

The Tea Party, the Blind Man, and the Elephant: Part 1

By Julie Ingersoll

…I drive by I make a point of checking out the sign to see what’s up in Jax Beach. Sometimes there’s something mildly political: an endorsement of a local candidate or . . . not too long ago when road construction made the place entirely inaccessible, the sign told a councilman that if he could find access to the shop he could have a free sub. Now the place hosts (and I mean hosts: free wings and sausage and their locally-famous sweet tea) a monthl…

Queering Easter: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Redefine Sainthood

By Susan Henking

…l, traditional habits through the streets of our city and down to the nude beach. One even carried a machine gun and smoked a cigar. They were met with shock and amazement, but captured everyone’s interest. Their next appearance was at a softball game where their pompon routine all but stole the show and by the time the Castro Street Fair had rolled around, they were ready to recruit more. In the fall of 1979, Sister Hysterectoria and Reverend Mot…

Christian Punk Meets American Pop; Evangelicals in the ’Burbs

By Brittany Shoot

…Luhr, Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach, traces the rise of politicized, evangelical youth culture over the past forty years. Investigating the complex relationships between popular culture, suburban piety, and youth alienation, she shows how Christian youth culture has been commodified and sold to secular audiences. Drawing parallels between topics as divergent as homeowner rights and school prayer, Luhr e…

National Day of Prayer for Gulf Communities

By Lauri Lebo

…ions will join together for an inter-denominational sunrise service on the beach at Gulf State Park. The organization’s suggested prayer is “Give us the wisdom to end this tragedy.” I support that sentiment, especially when it’s accompanied by action. While BP may have stopped the implosion of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the overwhelming amount of destruction has not gone away. An extraordinary amount of cleanup work remains. For more information…

Medieval Multitasking: Did We Ever Focus?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…nd us while breathing the air above. We’re masters of the attentive float. We get in and out of the water easily and are very happy to find our friends waiting on the beach, offering a towel and a shard of poetry washed ashore from the deep pool of our distracted wanderings….

Undercover at Falwell’s Liberty University, Finding Common Ground

By Nathan Schneider

…for a meeting in Providence’s new Freemason-themed hotel, I got a surprise phonecall from Father Isaac, the cassocked gentle giant who serves as Eastern Orthodox chaplain there. We hadn’t known each other well while I was a student, but I’d always liked him. Upon hearing I was in town, he thought he’d ring me up, and what followed was certainly the longest conversation we’d ever had together. He wished me well, but much more, he thanked God in a d…

Oral Roberts, Pioneering Televangelist, Dies

By Anthea Butler

…perity evangelists, died yesterday of complications from a fall in Newport Beach, California. Perhaps no evangelist outside of Billy Graham has played such an integral role in contemporary American religious life in the last century. Roberts’ healing ministry, his seed-faith teachings, the creation of the City of Faith and Oral Roberts University are the highlights of the life of a fascinating American icon whose larger-than-life personality, visi…

Gingrich’s Faith Leaders “Not Aware” they’d been Enlisted in Campaign

By Sarah Posner

…n Sunday, Pastor Scrivner Damon of New Life Community Church in North Palm Beach, who was listed on the January 28 announcement, looked at me, bewildered, when I asked him about the coalition. “Was I?” he asked, when I told him he was listed as a member. I showed him the announcement, and as he read it, he shook his head. “I have not done anything,” he said. “I haven’t even made up my mind who I’m going to vote for yet.” When I called Pastor Doug…

Tea Party, Circa 1930s: A Response to Michael Kazin

By Diane Winston

…ews media were “discovering” the religious right in Lynchburg and Virginia Beach, and declaring Falwell and Robertson its spokesmen, reporters turned a blind eye toward political organizing on the left. After the anti-war and civil rights movements, much of the progressive movement splintered into pockets of identity politics. Yet many in the religious community continued to do the hard work of local community building, whether through housing dev…