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Should We Believe ‘Bombshell’ Report on Pope’s Knowledge of Sexual Abuse?

By Daniel Schultz

…priests for this, and maybe take out their detested Francis while they’re at it. They should be careful what they wish for. A thorough investigation of sexual abuse in the church might turn up more than a few issues in their own ranks, for one thing. For another, there’s only one way the crisis will ever resolve itself, and that’s to take power away from the priests and bishops and give it to the laity. For church traditionalists who like to cele…

When ‘Church Business’ Yields a Real Page Turner

By Peter Laarman

…r—not a replica, even a female replica, of the starchy White men they’ve always had—can save the AUUCC from irrelevance and decline. To Dana’s intense annoyance, this youth bloc even shoots down a young and remarkably effective White minister who’s built a thriving multi-racial church in Detroit. That candidate is too male and too full of himself for the young insurgents (Jennie + Curtis and Ryan). Adrian initially allies himself with Dana and wit…

Can You Be Liberal and Catholic?

By Patricia Miller

…stice work rarely turn to the life of a nun nowadays. Liberal bishops like Detroit’s Thomas Gumbleton who once provided a counterbalance to conservatives in the hierarchy are also a fading memory. A good number of the lay Catholics who a generation ago would have comprised the church’s left flank no longer call themselves Catholic. It’s important for the media to understand this dynamic (especially because by definition women can’t be part of the…

Why Donald Trump’s Love Affair With Evangelicals (Probably) Won’t Last

By Sarah Posner

…was that “I’ve realized where my success has come from, and I don’t in any way deny my faith in God,” Trump hit back in a quintessentially Trump manner, as Mediaite reports: “He is a man of faith, everybody knows that,” host Chris Cuomo began. “It’s a cornerstone of his existence and certainly his motivation to run.” “Well I don’t know that,” Trump responded. “I had not heard that. I have known of Ben Carson for a long time and never heard faith w…

Tim LaHaye’s World: We’re Living In It

By Jason C. Bivins

…. But we live in Tim LaHaye’s world. The facts of his life are well-known. Detroit-born, WWII vet, Bob Jones grad, LaHaye ultimately emerged from the finishing school of far-right Cali politics in the early 1960s, populated by rocket scientists, Goldwater anti-feds, Birchers, and conspiracy wonks. In a land of almost alien brightness, LaHaye was a kind of first responder to a series of Supreme Court decisions—most obviously Engel v. Vitale and Abi…

Hopping on the Meditation Brandwagon: “Heartfulness” Makes Landfall in Los Angeles

By Anita Little

…eartfulness’ website and social media pages doesn’t offer much more in the way of an explanation, only the guarantee that yogic transmission is “the essence of a good inner life that must be experienced to be appreciated.” USC, a world-renowned research university, seems to be an odd choice for the Heartfulness organization to make its West Coast landfall. But as Varun Soni reminded the audience, citing recent Pew statistics, young people are incr…

The Role of Spirit in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Artist Patrisse Cullors

By Hebah H. Farrag

…irst national retreat. From around the country, activists came together in Detroit to discuss national strategy and share tools and best practices to affect change. But they were also there to help each other heal. While the involvement of church groups and traditional religious leaders in various aspects of Black Lives Matter has been noted by news outlets, there is another spirit that animates the Black Lives Matter movement, one that has receiv…

The End of Carson?

By Sarah Posner

…even took place, noting that Army records show “the general did not visit Detroit around Memorial Day in 1969 or have dinner with Carson. In fact, the general’s records suggest he was in Washington that day and played tennis at 6:45 p.m.” Granted, Carson could have had his dates confused. He wrote the book (with a ghostwriter) in 1990, more than 20 years after the events in question. And he may have confused an offer from the general to recommend…

How Thanksgiving Became All Dinner, No Worship

By Bruce David Forbes

…. Later, professional football took over Thanksgiving Day with a televised Detroit Lions game, adding a Dallas Cowboy game in 1970 and now a third game in the evenings. Rowdy crowds of drunken Thanksgiving revelers in earlier years eventually gave way to Thanksgiving parades sponsored by department stores, especially Macy’s. The appearance of Santa Claus at the end of all the parades indicated that they were not really about Thanksgiving at all bu…

Our Dance Clubs, Our Churches

By Peter Laarman

…The Clubhouse up on 16th Street. Paradise Garage in New York City, Todd’s Sway Lounge (yes, that was its name) on Seven Mile in Detroit. These places represented the ultimate in safety: everyone was having a good time and there was no judgment, no hate, everyone just bumping and pumping to the sound of Sylvester on refrigerator-sized speakers. I mean no disrespect to anyone else’s idea of “church” to say that the gay dance club was a kind of churc…