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For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…ism of Western powers whose governments seek nothing less than the ideological colonization of the family.” Brown’s goal is to gather two million signatures for the declaration within a year; among early signers are religious leaders like Foley Beach, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America; Catholic Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Ojo, Nigeria; Lawrence Khongy, pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore; and Orthodox Priest Josiah…

Marriage equality and ‘the end of Catholic Ireland’; Gambian Prez vows to slit gays’ throats; Colombian govt affirms support for marriage and adoption; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…this week. See the video produced by Proud Lebanon. Human rights officials called on governments to repeal anti-LGBT laws, including so-called “propaganda” laws that “arbitrarily restrict rights to freedom of expression and assembly and threaten the work of LGBT organizations and human rights defenders.” The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released its in-depth 2015 report on state-sponsored homophobia t…

Does the Science Show that Spirituality Will Benefit Your Child?

By Michael Schulson

…tance abuse, and other dangers. Miller approaches spirituality with a tactical pragmatism. The question here isn’t whether or not spiritual experience is verifiable. Instead, the questions are: does spiritual experience have verifiable benefits? And, if so, what should we do about that? That can be contentious territory, and Miller is keen to emphasize that this is “all in the science”—specifically, “established scientific fact” that’s “grounded i…

How the Christian Right Can Save America from Donald Trump

By Sarah Posner

A few days ago, I predicted that Donald Trump’s love affair with evangelicals will be short-lived. The evidence continues to mount. Trump has declined the invitation of the Family Research Council, one of the main sponsors of the annual Values Voters Summit, where Republican candidates typically seize the opportunity to give a fiery speech to a receptive and politically active crowd. (Jeb Bush isn’t going either, but which may be an expression of…

The Theological Hijacking of Religious “Freedom”

By Timothy K. Snyder

…we publicly debate theology? Isn’t that a private concern? Hardly. Theological commitments are not easily limited to the private thoughts and inner lives of those who hold them. Those of us who study religion are often reminded of what Robert Orsi has referred to as the “power of theology as a component of lived experience.” Theologies tell stories about the way things should be. They make real-world demands. The problem with ignoring theology in…

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate has called a “life-saving” move, the U.S. State Department has indicated that it will include same-sex partners in the definition of “spouse” when dealing with people seeking asylum. Catholic Bishops Synod on the Family Ends With No Action on Gays The Catholic Bishops’ contentious synod the family came to a close last weekend. After furious resistance from conservative bishops,…

Jeb! Reboot Includes Religious Liberty Effort

By Patricia Miller

…Veterans Affairs James Nicholson, Rev. Robert Schenck, a prominent evangelical and president of the National Clergy Council, and Jim Towey, the former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Bush has been notably weak in talking about religious liberty issues like same-sex marriage in the near-apocalyptic terms favored by conservative voters. By contrast, Rubio has demonstrated ease in discussing religious libe…

Fact-Checking Ben Carson’s Pyramid-ism Misses the Point

By Michael Schulson

…strated encounters seem unscripted and spontaneous. Along the way, they’ll sell us exaggerated, ridiculous personal narratives and spin data to serve their agendas. And, more earnestly, but in contrast to the observations of modern medical science, every single one of them, with the exception of Bernie Sanders, will affirm the belief that a first century Jew rose from the dead, after three days in the grave. This isn’t to belittle Christian theolo…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…Home,” the Tony Award-winning play based on Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical novel about growing up as a lesbian with a closeted gay father. Power told Edith Lederer of Associated Press that the play dramatizes issues facing LGBT people “in a way that (U.N.) resolutions and statements never can.” At the UN Women’s Conference in Asia, OutRight regional program corrdinator Grace Poore gave opening remarks. Some excerpts: In my communication with l…

Election 2016: Postracial Blues, #BlackVotesMatter, Evangelicals for Trump, and “Who Are We Now?”

By The Editors

From Trump’s support among evangelicals to Bernie Sanders’ secular Judaism to Hillary’s “voice of God” ad campaign, the religion-in-politics rule book is getting a major rewrite in 2016. And while religion watchers everywhere are laboring to make sense of this brave (cowardly?) new world, we asked four scholars—advisors to our Remapping Christianities initiative—to consider what this election might reveal about American Christianity in particular…