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“Flipping the Script” to Win Gays Back to the Evangelical Church

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…p is about so much more. What Roen is denying to himself and to others who buy his script is this deep human fulfillment of knowing and being known so deeply by another human being that being away from for them an extended period of time physically hurts. What two people can share in a deeply intimate and personal relationship is, I believe, as close to divinity as human beings can get. Roen would deny this to LGBT people, but he offers a couple o…

The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism

By Lauren Sutton

…the Keystone controversy, for example—instead of campaigning for people to buy better light bulbs. Might we be moving back to a more community-focused brand of environmentalism? I don’t know if we are or not. That’s a good question. Some sort of governmental or international effort has always been a part of the equation. In that sense it’s not really a change. But even the light bulb movement had a government law component, and now [in many places…

LGBT “Welcome” Ad Rejected by Sojourners, Nation’s Premier Progressive Christian Org.

By Rev. Robert Chase

…lti-layered, web-based advertising strategy that included a significant ad buy on the Sojourners website and email newsletters—home to one of the largest networks of progressive Christians in the United States. So, you can imagine our dismay when Sojourners refused to run our ads. In a written statement, Sojourners said, “I’m afraid we’ll have to decline. Sojourners position is to avoid taking sides on this issue. In that care [sic], the decision…

Mass Conversion: Changing Churches to Stop the Church From Changing

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ch is much more than its magisterial expression. Renting with an Option to Buy-In Any understanding of the Church enacted by humans, as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams noted in an address just weeks after Pope Benedict issued his invitation to disaffected Anglicans, “is likely to be historically variable, vulnerable and in some way inadequate.” This reality, Williams argues, calls all Christians into ongoing dialogue about what the Church…

A History of the Unaffiliated: How the “Spiritual Not Religious” Gospel Has Spread

By Matthew S. Hedstrom

…inspiration on the web; attend retreats, seminars, workshops, and classes; buy candles and statues, bumper stickers and yoga pants; take spiritually motivated trips; and, perhaps most significantly, buy and read books. Since the 1920s, when the major New York trade presses first started offering nonsectarian religious books in significant numbers, books have been the most important conduit for spreading the “spiritual but not religious” gospel. T…

Catholics Choose Conscience Over Church

By Mary E. Hunt

…my idea of making a statement. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s buy on October 28, 2012 is a clean, clear investment in getting their message across. The half-fold portrait of the Rev. Graham, albeit a bit dated, accompanies a strong statement of highlights of the Republican platform, with his signature added for good measure. The message is “Vote for biblical values this November 6.” This is America. You can buy what you can’t win by p…

New Book: God Favors Supply-Side Economics

By Gordon Haber

…r in America usually have air conditioning, a car, a television, and a telephone.” These (alleged) facts must be a great comfort to the Americans struggling with joblessness and poverty. There is some decent advice about budgeting in Godonomics, but it’s undermined by all the howlers. Hovind believes, for example, that the Federal Reserve is a “privately owned bank,” that the term “social justice” has been hijacked by secret “Marxists” like Jim Wa…

The Biblical Money Code!

By Gordon Haber

…kes a lot of his one big win, when, late last year, he predicted that Best Buy would jump from $11 a share to $40. Currently Best Buy is trading at around $34—not quite Hyman’s prediction, but still an impressive jump. Beyond that it’s difficult to say, though Hyman seems to have had a lot of success as an investment advisor. He claims to have more than 57,000 subscribers to his “Ultimate Wealth Report” (that’s around $2.68m) and he’s been peddlin…

As Cambodia Erupts in Protest, a Stolen Buddhist Relic Ignites Anger

By Joe Freeman

…rs say that since the theft, few see the point of coming. “I ask people to buy my lotus flowers, incense and candles, but they mock me. They do not know what to buy and pray for, because the relic was stolen,” said a 23-year-old woman who has worked there for years. “We feel so sorry about the loss, but we do not know who stole it. Security has been been tightened ever since the relic vanished. Authorities stationed police and military police at t…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…way of evoking homosocial/homoerotic desire, Vergis’ promise that he will buy everything Graystone likes and destroy it, represents a particularly complex interweaving of fear, greed, desire, and ambition. (And once again, we have a let me show you my tats moment! This does seem to be a major kink among Taurans.) Anthea Butler_____________ Blood is the theme that steps out of this week’s Caprica. Whether it is blood spilled to get ahead (the th…