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New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media

By Jordan Denari Duffner

…ave dominated significant portions of American Catholic media, including a number of mainstream Catholic outlets that have elevated the voices of those with affiliations to anti-Muslim groups, touting them as experts on Islam. In addition, prominent Catholic institutions and public figures, including priests, have promoted materials on Islam that depict a Muslim-Christian clash. One of Steve Bannon’s favorite “experts” on Islam is Robert Spencer,…

White Supremacy and Orthodox Christianity: A Dangerous Connection Rears Its Head in Charlottesville

By Katherine Kelaidis

…thodoxy. While the Neo-Nazis and Neo-Confederates may be relatively few in number, there is increasing evidence that Orthodoxy has become an integral part of the ideological and recruitment apparatus within some segments of the white supremacist movement. Importantly, these ideas and the converts to them are being tolerated, and frequently exploited, by much more powerful voices. This growing attachment to Eastern Orthodox Christianity among a seg…

Glenn Beck Has a Plan

By Julie Ingersoll

…Warriors) and, though it has been promoted for months on various tea party websites and events and by the National Rifle Association, the tax exempt status of the co-sponsor limits the degree to which the event can be explicitly political. But in other contexts there is the thread that promotes it as an event to “stand up against racism of all kinds.” This is Beck’s slanted version (drawn from “Christian American History” promoter David Barton) of…

Sacred&Profane: American Martyrdom

By Gary Laderman

…aphies of the war dead who now number over 4,079 easily accessible through websites and cybermemorials, online media sources and social networking pages still brimming with life, the anonymous war dead and unknown soldiers have been the bread and butter of religious nationalism in the United States. The generally anonymous military dead represented most poignantly and ceremonially at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier have been easily assimilated int…

LDS Church Disavows “Mormon”-ism

By Holly Welker

…rm now? The most recent statement concludes, “In the coming months, Church websites and materials will be updated to reflect this direction from President Nelson.” However, those updates might be hampered by the church’s failure to plan ahead and secure domain names that don’t involve the word Mormon. While ldsnewsroom.org redirects to mormonnewsroom.org, latterdaysaintnewsroom.org and several other relevant domain names—latterdaysaintnewsroom.com…

Confronting and Participating in Crass Christmas Commercialism

By Lerone A. Martin

…reason for the season.” And, in fact, Jesus is no further than the host of websites that sell “Happy Birthday Jesus Party Supplies,” pre-assembled nativity scenes, special holiday editions of the Bible, sermon series’, and a catalog of religious Christmas music. Paul Simon has presented us with such a Christmas present in the form of a new song, “Getting Ready for Christmas Day” (video below). The song questions, among other things, just how “reli…

Fun with Facts, or, Yes Virginia, The UCC is still a Trinitarian Denomination

By Daniel Schultz

…his week. You might not have known from the furious headlines on Christian websites proclaiming that the 1 million-member UCC will rebuff Christ and God by slashing a reference to God as “Heavenly Father.” Terry Mattingly at GetReligion.org headlined his piece, “Adios to God the Father?” Mattingly, founder of the media critique site, thumped mainstream media for failing to notice a news release from a critic of the proposed change. Without calling…

Scope Bacon, Twttr Hoaxes & Joel Osteen’s Big Reveal

By Deborah Whitehead

…gn and promotional website including a promo video that went viral, that a number of customers were disappointed and angry to find out that it was a fake. Part of the confusion seems to have been that the launch occurred on March 28, not the customary April 1. But just as important was consumer demand. Enough people were convinced by the slick product rollout that they actually wanted to try it. “That’s not funny. I really wanted a sample,” compla…

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

…r, the news was picked up as a success story by some socially conservative websites in America as well as Russia…. Indeed, Austin Ruse at C-FAM called it a “huge victory for the natural family” and has been gleefully gloating about “the angry response from the sex activists.” A joint letter to the president of the Human Rights Council from several UN offices expressing concern over the language, saying that it “falls short of requiring States to r…

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Catholic ‘Liberal’ Hails Return of Anti-Semitic Group

By Anthea Butler

…had documented a large amount of anti-Semitic material on the SSPX society websites, in five languages. The editor of the Joods Actueel went on to tell Haaretz that they were archiving the sites, despite the fact that the SSPX was diligently scrubbing them to remove traces of the anti-Semitic material. The Vatican may get the SSPX back into communion with the Catholic Church, but they will not be able to scrub the mouth of Bishop Richard Williamso…