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Call it ‘Christian Globalism’: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…ims of the groups themselves. We have no way to independently verify these numbers, so they should be used advisedly. Simply put, the global vision of the NAR is based on their understanding of the Great Commission text of Matthew 28:18-20, with an emphasis on “discipling nations” (28:19). International apostolic networks are therefore necessary for the apostles to lead the five-fold ministry (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher) whic…

Red Riding Hood Arouses Man’s Inner (Were)Wolf

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…under wolf we read “a man given to seducing women.” Shifting our gaze from Greece to Rome, we may note that the mythic founders of that imperial city, the brothers Romulus and Remus, were nursed as infants by a she-wolf, thereby blurring the otherwise emphatic line between the world of wild nature and the human world of ordered city life. The twin founders of Rome inherited a kind of savage wildness with that strange mother’s milk, as their later…

Telling the World a ‘Big Story’: RD in Conversation with Karen Armstrong

By Laurie Patton

…hat we call the Axial Age occurred in four different regions—India, China, Greece, and the Middle East—from about 900 to 200 BCE, during which time all the major world faith traditions which have continued to nourish humanity—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Confucianism, Taoism, philosophical rationalism, and monotheism, for example—either came into being or had their roots. Each tradition is wonderfully different; each has its own genius, and each i…

Christian Responses to COVID-19 Raise Old Religion v. Science Questions

By Chrissy Stroop

…she thinks motivates the kind of irresponsible behavior we’re observing in Greece and Russia (where we have evidence that information about the spread of coronavirus has been suppressed). She referred to a “temptation to over-believe”; to insist on interpretations that defy logic. “Continuing to not take common sense measures against the transmission of a dangerous virus is, frankly, an example of the horrific effects of this over-belief.” And wha…

If There’s any Retaliation at Next Month’s EuroPride Festival in Serbia it’s Likely to Have Orthodox Clerical Blessing

By Katherine Kelaidis

…hodox country (EuroPride 2020 was scheduled to take place in Thessaloniki, Greece but was canceled due to the pandemic). The position of LGBTQ+ people in Serbian society is much more tenuous than one might believe given that the country’s prime minister, Ana Brnabić, is a lesbian. LGBTQ people in Serbia face widespread discrimination and abuse. Polling data suggests that about half of Serbians would not want a gay or lesbian neighbor, and three-qu…

The Meaning of Make Believe (Why Religion Doesn’t Have to Be “Real”)

By Neil Ellingson

…riedrich Schiller, who lamented “de-divinization” in his poem “The Gods of Greece”: “There, where now, as we’re by sages told, / Whirls on high a soulless fiery ball, / Helios guided then his car of gold.” Schiller knew that the “sages” of modern science had discredited not only the animism and polytheism of the ancients—which saw the sun not as a giant physiochemical reaction, but as a chariot driven by a deity—but also the Christian view of natu…

Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian Right

By R.L. Stollar

…eschool-only, activity. While debate history can be traced back to ancient Greece, traditional team policy debate—where two teams of two debaters argue about a government policy proposal—began after World War II in the U.S. Military Academy. The largest speech and debate organization serving youth in the United States is the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA). Founded in 1925, NSDA is open to students from any type of school (public, pr…

10 Years Later: An American Muslim Looks Back at Iraq

By Haroon Moghul

…ould remember, it is not only the Christian West that claims the mantle of Greece and Rome. There have been many different Romes. I have no way of conceiving what it must be like to be at war, under sanction, threatened with explosions, ethnically cleansed, chemically gassed, and so on and so forth, for a length of time long as I have been alive. (I was born when Iraq went to war with Iran.) As it turned out, I was in the hospital the day the war…

Liberation Theology is Alive and Well

By Mary E. Hunt

…Amazon region which occupies a space four times the size of Germany, with Greece tossed in for good measure. More than two thousand indigenous people came for the Forum, some travelling a week on the Amazon. Apparently, CNN does not do mosquito nets or endangered rainforests, preferring the picturesque ski runs of Davos for winter holidays. So, news on this remarkable gathering was scarce. You read it first here. Bodies Don’t Lie The religious ac…

Paul for the People: John Dominic Crossan Imagines a “Letter to the Americans” In His New Video Series

By Peter Laarman

…way to ask this: Can you envision a time when more than a relatively small number of Christians will actively challenge and oppose the imperial project? Or is not so much a matter of numbers as it is of intensity? At this point we have to take with equal seriousness both human evolution and the core of the biblical tradition—or either one separately, as I take the same message away from each. For Jesus and Paul, it is never just about being agains…