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Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two

By Bruce B. Lawrence

…The Roots of Muslim Rage.” Samuel Huntington admits he picked it up from Lewis. Lewis’ argument is at once simple and simplistic: the West—what used to be known as Christendom—is now in the last stages of a centuries-old struggle for dominance and prestige with Islamic civilization. Since the end of World War II, but even more since the end of the Cold War (1989), the defeated Islamic forces seek revenge from the margins, whether through terrorist…

Is There Hope for a Truly Progressive Evangelicalism? An Interview with Deborah Jian Lee

By Eric C. Miller

…ed by the cancer that had crawled across his body, had lain in bed at home with a phone against his ear while my pastor, who had called him from the pulpit, pointed a cordless phone toward the congregation; we all wept and sang him love songs as he lay dying. These are uniquely evangelical experiences that shaped me, that will always be a part of me. I still long for this kind of community—the kind that journeys together through all the peaks and…

Is It OK To Use a Cellphone in Church? Pew Surveys the New Etiquette

By Michael Schulson

…bout their cellphone behavior (stuff like “How often do you carry your cellphone with you?”), and about their feelings toward the behavior of their fellow citizens (for example, “How often do you encounter people using their cellphone in a loud or annoying manner in public?”). For those of us who enjoy thinking about religion, custom, technology, and culture, the report offers two insights–one about religious services, and one about the difficulti…

Godly Game or Godless Satire? Countering Biblical Ignorance with Heretical Humor

By Betsy Shirley

…ing students at Christian colleges, seminarians, clergy members, and folks with Twitter handles like @Swaggospel or @Tatted_Pastor. Though these mostly-20-and-30-something Christians do relish the game’s heretical humor, they also praise A Game for Good Christians for acknowledging the uncomfortable, often-overlooked parts of the Bible. “If people really dug into the Bible, I think they would see that A Game for Good Christians is merely honest, r…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ers told the Guardian that their efforts over the years have won them some wider following in the community and better cooperation from local police, even as they are attacked by politicians and the media. Bermuda: Gay couple makes push for marriage equality Ijumo Hayward and Clarence Williams III, a gay couple, filed notice of their intention to marry, with plans to take their case to the Supreme Court. A human rights attorney told the Royal Gaze…

Will Catholic Voters Support LGBT Rights in Washington State?

By Joanna Brooks

…ashington United for Marriage has set up on Wednesday nights and we assist with the larger phone bank at the Jewish synagogue downtown. A great deal of our work is communicating with Catholics on our email list and Facebook. As a Catholic, how does your faith shape your views on marriage for LGBT people? My faith blossomed in the 1960s after Vatican II. I had always been a very pious child, and my faith became about service to others and seeing ev…

Are You There God? It’s Me, Donald: A President at Prayer

By Peter Laarman

…won’t be pretty for a while”), defended his immigrant ban by declaring “we will not allow a beachhead of intolerance to spread in our nation,” and even managed to associate the name of Thomas Jefferson with his pledge to “totally destroy” the so-called Johnson Amendment that currently bars tax-favored congregations (and other non-for-profit 501c3 organizations) from engaging in overt political activity. Trump appeared to be unaware of Mr. Jefferso…

Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…mplained about Western attempts to influence African values—especially the flooding of the continent with condoms.” Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga said in an interview with LifeSite News that gay relationships are “destroying our human identity.” Church of England: Conservative Group Abandons Discussion on Same-Sex Couples A conservative group within the Church of England, Reform, pulled out of conversatio…

The Problem with Pew’s Science & Religion Poll

By Andrew Aghapour and Michael Schulson

…nce to be in conflict, far fewer think that their own religious beliefs conflict with science. Second, the least religiously observant are most likely to say that science and religion are in conflict. Secular Americans, it seems, widely perceive religious believers to be anti-science. Meanwhile, those who attend religious services weekly are more likely to believe in a middle ground. Below these headline-friendly findings, the report offers some u…

Cloverfield: Sin & Redemption, with Monsters

By Gabriel Mckee

…mera. Within seconds, people have lined up in front of it to take pictures with their cell phones. They’re distanced from what’s happening around them, oblivious to what it really means. Many reviewers have made the obvious connection to 9/11, and it’s certainly true that the monster’s initial rampage eerily evokes that day’s images. But there’s a deeper level to it. At one point, the characters are caught in the middle of a firefight between the…