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

By Anita Little

…. Predominantly, it’s black women, and that’s because they have just been brutalized in the world in terms of the denial of their value and their contributions while simultaneously having to take care of every ethnic group you can think of. Since the inception of slavery in Western culture, we have fed and nourished every ethnic group, and in some ways Yetunde Olagbaju’s piece speaks to the burden of that. Whether it’s a white male figure or a bla…

Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…role that faith can play in helping people to have a moral code.” That accusation is abruptly followed by the disclaimer that “[o]f course, faith is neither necessary nor sufficient for morality.” Cameron also lays bare his quintessentially 21st century religiosity, proclaiming that “I am a member of the Church of England, and, I suspect, a rather classic one: not that regular in attendance, and a bit vague on some of the more difficult parts of…

Largely Overshadowed by the Election, ‘Red Pill, Blue Pill’ Transcends Standard Explanations of Conspiracy Culture Which is ‘Killing Us All’

By Katherine Stewart

…he notes, but the work of deradicalization has never been so important. Conspiracy is “a lethal combination that destroys the lives of the people it infects, and then destroys the lives of thousands of innocents whose misfortune places them within their sphere,” he writes. It is “quite literally killing us all.”…

Brits Get A Dose of Christian Nation Politicking

By Sarah Posner

…role that faith can play in helping people to have a moral code.” That accusation is abruptly followed by the disclaimer that “[o]f course, faith is neither necessary nor sufficient for morality.” Cameron also lays bare his quintessentially 21st century religiosity, proclaiming that “I am a member of the Church of England, and, I suspect, a rather classic one: not that regular in attendance, and a bit vague on some of the more difficult parts of…

4 Reasons Why Egypt’s Revolution Is Not Islamic

By Haroon Moghul

…orce faith through the state. This is an argument for keeping religion and politics separate in the Muslim world: in the interest of defending both from the negative effects of the other. Egypt’s “secular” dictator, who didn’t meddle too far into his people’s religious life—he was no Shah, and no Ben Ali—hasn’t created a sharp cultural divide in his country (the economic one is something else altogether). So why would Egyptians need, want, or stre…

Prominent Evangelical Pundit Accuses Obama of “Abusing” Faith-Based Office

By Sarah Posner

…at they disagreed with as if they’re enemies of the state in a way that at times seems Nixonian.” Nixonian! (Not Bushian. Or Cheneyian.) And “hyperpartisan.” (No, he wasn’t talking about the Republicans.) I know Wehner — we’ve been on C-SPAN together talking about (what else) religion and politics — so I asked him what he meant. He emailed me a piece he’d written about the administration’s attack on the Chamber of Commerce foreign funding, in whic…

Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30

By Peter Montgomery

…ship with a woman and her father’s reaction to her coming out. … Morality crusades unite military regimes and religious zealots alike. Mr. Sisi, a former army general who became president after forcing out Mohamed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, understands the potency of connecting the catchall “national security” to “inciting debauchery” as a deliberate reminder that the Islamists do not hold the copyright on piety. (Mr. Mubarak, too, often va…

RD Book: Faith and Faithfulness

By Diane Winston

…the politics of the next three decades; the beating heart of the Right’s crusade for traditional values and the cherished prize of feminists and the Left. Sullivan argues that these sharp polarizations are fading: younger evangelicals see a need to address other issues, and many mainstream Democrats are comfortable calling for abortion to be “safe, legal and rare.” If Sullivan is right and Hillary Clinton’s, Barack Obama’s, and John Edwards’ ease…

Why America’s Handmaid’s Tale Doesn’t Look Like Hulu’s

By Christopher Douglas

…, but for all inhabitants in the nation. But its method was to work within politics, to return to politics after a mid-century hiatus. In the decades following its emergence, however, the Christian-Right-animated Republican Party has become increasingly authoritarian in its views and methods, violating in particular the democratic norms and the civic culture of Congress. In the aftermath of the 2000 election, the GOP argued to stop recounting vote…

‘It’s a Gay Problem,’ and Other Myths From the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis

By Joelle Casteix

…f dozen states have vowed to investigate the Church, and, according to the New York Times, “Pope Francis has summoned bishops from around the world to Rome for an unprecedented meeting focused on protecting minors.” It’s a good start. In addition, despite the cries of apologists, we must continue to demand robust laws that expose predators and hold the Church accountable for the cover-up and encourage law enforcement to do everything possible to e…