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I’m Too Sexy for My Church: Will a Thriving Singles Scene Renew American Catholicism?

By Megan Sweas

…munity isn’t new or unique to Catholicism, of course. JDate turns twenty next year, and evangelicals (for whom “young adult” is often code for “single”) have been known to seek out Bible studies with “cute” guys and girls. But in a time of declining demographics, and an upswing in online dating, the popularity of such parishes appears almost as an act of defiance. According to the Pew Research Center, the Catholic share of the population has been…

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n sexual minorities, which led to the introduction of an amendment to ban “promotion” of sex in schools. The group’s public lectures went, however, less noticed, but were more aggressive. Their videos can be found on YouTube. In them, Kornetova tells stories of “juvenile justice.” Customarily, this phrase is used to mean laws aimed at protecting children’s interests, but the defenders of “traditional values” interpret it as a form of limiting pare…

Condemnation, Condolences in Wake of Orlando Massacre and More

By Peter Montgomery

…tiative, and this feeling increases as its contents are better known. For example, exercising their rights as citizens, Christians of different denominations – Catholic, mainline Protestants and Evangelicals, who represent the majority of the voters – expressed in different ways their rejection of the amendment. They aren’t the only ones protesting, even though they’re the ones the media has paid most attention to, partially to disqualify them for…

Anglican Bishops Punish Episcopal Church Over LGBT Inclusion; Secularization’s Role in Moving Latin America ‘Beyond Machismo’; Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Gays Deserve Respect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hat support LGBT equality: “I hear some people who received dirty money to promote homosexuality in our Christian country are currently seeking to be re-elected. I hear one of them is seeking for a higher office. Elect only those that promote good Christians values because voting people tainted with such dirty money may bring a curse on our country,” Archbishop Ntagali said. Matthew Davies at the Episcopal News Service writes that Michael Curry, p…

Declaring a Theological State of Emergency: Trump’s Ignorance Must Not Be Ours

By Mary E. Hunt

…isinformation and demagoguery. Just as Christianity and Judaism have many expressions, so too with Islam. It is for Muslims to sort out their internal matters—but it is incumbent on global citizens to inform ourselves so as not to be cowed by the likes of Trump. For example, a group of Muslims, including feminist journalist Asra Nomani, is calling for a new movement: “We are Muslims who live in the 21st century. We stand for a respectful, merciful…

Why Conservative Evangelicals Won’t Let Us Pee in Peace

By Daniel Schultz

…ins the passage of “religious liberty” laws to protect people who want to express their opposition to same-sex marriage or “transgenderism.”) What the hell is transgenderism, even? The radical ideology of peeing in peace? The extremist belief that you shouldn’t get beat up or murdered because your sexual identity doesn’t match what’s listed on your birth certificate? No, pretty clearly, the point of “religious liberty” laws is to carve out exempti…

Before Breitbart: How Right Wing Media Transformed American Politics

By Eric C. Miller

…contrary—labor strikes, civil rights protests, McCarthyism—the idea of an expert-driven society reigned. It was in this context that objectivity was king. But conservatives, who had a lot to lose if the US was truly in a post-ideology age, disagreed that journalism was objective. They argued that objectivity was a mask covering entrenched liberal bias, and they saw their new media ventures as an answer to that bias. That’s important, because it li…

Sit Down and Shut Up: Pulling Mindfulness Up By Its (Buddhist) Roots

By Max Zahn

…all). Want to relieve stress, get more sleep, perform better at work, have better sex, and actually pay attention to that elaborate breakup story your friend is telling you? Just meditate. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) techniques, pioneered by medical professor and former Buddhist practitioner Jon Kabat-Zinn, have spread from hospitals to offices to the halls of Capitol Hill. But these practices can diverge, at times in very deep ways,…

Religious Resistance to Bolivian Gender Law; US Religious Right Celebrates Court OK For Romanian Marriage Initiative; Will LGBTs Be Banned from Indonesian TV?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…by a same-sex couple that had been denied marriage equality. Journalist Rex Wockner explains and tracks the ongoing, complicated march of marriage equality in Mexico. Nepal: Education minister calls for LGBT issues in curriculum Hari Lamsal, minister of education, said in a meeting with Parshuram Rai, deputy director of the Blue Diamond Society, that issues regarding gender and sexual minorities should be included more expansively in school curri…

I Met God, She’s Black: An Exhibit Makes the Black Female Body a Temple

By Anita Little

…godlike presence to be able to rise above. One thing that struck me as I explored the exhibition was the several black Madonnas I saw. Growing up the Catholic church, I had always seen the Madonna represented as white. Yes, however in Russia and in the Vatican, the Pope pays homage to a black Madonna. Runoko Rashidi, an African scholar who travels all over the world, goes searching for black Madonnas. He has historical documentation of Europeans…