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Undercover-ed Religion: 13 Stories That Went Missing in 2012

By Peter Laarman

…The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) began to focus on domestic solitary confinement as a form of torture. And just after Thanksgiving NRCAT leaders met with President Obama to urge him to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, a measure that would open our domestic prisons, jails, and immigrant detention facilities to increased international human rights scrutiny. Even if the president should sign the pr…

Tony Perkins Will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

By Caroline Matas

…l’s plank on religious freedom, which has focused exclusively on perceived domestic and international violations against Christians’ rights. Perkins has said that evangelical Christians “were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists.” “I think they are finally glad that there’s somebody on the playground that is willing to punch the bully,” Perkins said of Trump and his team in January. “Look, Christianity is not all about bei…

The Paranormal to Pop Culture Pipeline

By Joseph Laycock

…llows modern demonologists to find supernatural evil in the most banal and domestic of places. Haunted houses are, among things, private realms of enchantment in which a family has privileged access to supernatural forces. The lore of demonic dolls, regardless of its provenance, is a logical addition to this project. Believers who make the trip this summer to see Annabelle in Lorraine Warren’s basement will get to access this uncanny blend of the…

It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts

By Amyn B. Sajoo

…h as the Ahmadiyya, Alevi, Baha’i, Shi’a, and Yazidi —in acts of organized domestic rage. There is plenty of encouragement for that “low-intensity” domestic jihad in official legislation in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran, where exclusive theologies accompany the dominant political ideologies. Sometimes, the two are inseparable — sharing a common enemy, pluralism. Of late, Indonesia and Malaysia have flirted with such behavior. This…

What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage

By Eric C. Miller

…geable institution. While the other side of the debate emphasized the huge number of laws and policies tied to marriage, simply changing laws and policies quickly became an inadequate response. Marriage seemed to function as a status that enabled full citizenship, and advocates often made the analogy to nineteenth and early twentieth-century bans on interracial marriage. By examining the history of these controversies we can better understand what…

Will Getting Rid of Bryan Fischer Get Rid of the AFA’s Problem?

By Sarah Posner

…ed by long-time evangelical operative David Lane, who is also organizing a domestic effort to recruit 1,000 pastors to run for political office. Lane is also behind the AFA-sponsored prayer rallies The Response, first hosted by former Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2011, and most recently by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal last weekend. About his role in mobilizing evangelicals in the 2008 election, Lane told me, “why the left continues to attack pu…

Are the Southern Baptists, America’s Largest Evangelical Denomination, About to Get Even More Conservative?

By Chrissy Stroop

…l the police, unforgivable. Says Ammerman of Moore’s response to the SBC’s domestic violence scandal, “He knew it would get him no acclaim with conservative Baptists and that it might get him into trouble.” Indeed, some pastors are defying SBC President J.D. Grear’s recommendation by extending speaking invitations to Patterson, who clearly remains a hero to some Southern Baptists, despite his mishandling of sexual assault in Southern Baptist semin…

Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…g on homosexuality contradicts other Jewish ethical imperatives. Slovenia: Domestic Partner Legislation Creates Equality With Exceptions The National Assembly passed domestic partner legislation providing formal legal recognition for LGBT couples; the law does not extend equality to marriage, adoptions, and in-vitro fertilization. South Korea: Government Agrees to Honor U.S. Service Members’ Same-Sex Weddings South Korea’s government has agreed to…

Tony Perkins will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

By Caroline Matas

…l’s plank on religious freedom, which has focused exclusively on perceived domestic and international violations against Christians’ rights. Perkins has said that evangelical Christians “were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists.” “I think they are finally glad that there’s somebody on the playground that is willing to punch the bully,” Perkins said of Trump and his team in January. “Look, Christianity is not all about bei…

Well, the Harris-Trump Debate Happened — Now Enjoy Your Freedom and Choose Wisely

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

…f you’d have noticed that more than half the debate was actually not about domestic policies but was actually focused on global policies, trade, and war. No really. I counted. Domestic policies and questions that affect “everyday life” and the “average citizen” were overshadowed by talk of China, Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, Israel, Iran, Germany, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Yemen, and those faceless “migrants” coming from countries where…