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Oh My God(dess)! Feminist Spirituality in the Third Wave

By Mandy Van Deven

…e assumption here is that just because some forms of religion are patriarchal, all religion is harmful for women. However, many feminist theologians and thealogians have shown the possibility of remaining within religious traditions, or creating new religious traditions, while taking feminist questions seriously. I have not seen a marked change within the academic Women’s Studies literature though; there is still a lack of consideration of religio…

Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two

By Bruce B. Lawrence

Libyans took to the streets in protest last Friday to drive out extremist militia groups, one of which has been linked to the deadly attack on American officials in Benghazi on the 11th of September. On Saturday night Mohammed al-Megarief, head of the Libyan national assembly, announced that the government was “disbanding all the armed groups that do not fall under the authority of the government,” and the Guardian reports that five militias have…

The Rabbis are Right to
Be Afraid

By Jay Michaelson

…Times coverage of the event notes the sale of “kosher” smartphones that limit Internet use. This is funny stuff. But on second thought, aren’t the ultra-Orthodox right? This is an insular community that has built real and virtual walls to shield itself from secular influences. Aren’t they correct to worry that if their adherents surf the Internet, the community will suffer? I think they are. One reason I write for publications like this one is t…

Violence of the Lambs: The Legacy of Anti-Choice Extremist Father Norman Weslin

By Kathryn Joyce

…tted. In 2008, he entered ACCON again and was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after kneeling before patients and begging them not to have abortions, then folding into a fetal position, “in solidarity with helpless children in their mothers’ wombs,” according to his lawyers. They described Weslin as “a Roman Catholic priest in his late seventies,” too old to do harm. In his sole statement Weslin said, “I know for sure there was no viole…

LDS Church Launches New Website Calling for Greater Openness and Understanding on LGBT Issues

By Joanna Brooks

…is father gave him one week to move out of the house and instructed him to minimize contact with his five brothers and sisters. Cox stopped wearing his LDS garments and moved in with the first roommate he could find—the bartender at the local gay bar. Soon, he had a boyfriend, and along with his boyfriend, Cox was assaulted—gay bashed—in front of a Las Vegas club. He moved home to Montana, where he helped start the Montana Pride Foundation, orga…

Controversial “Bishop of the Poor” Dies at 86

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…he Gregorian University in Rome, Bishop Ruiz led the Diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas from 1959 to 2000. In the 1990s he served as mediator in an attempt to end the conflict between the Mexican government and the indigenous Zapatista National Liberation Army in Chiapas. Though he was asked to step down as mediator for supposedly favoring the Zapatistas, the tentative truce between the two groups has been sustained since 1998. He is remembered…

Chilean Mine Rescue: Largest Global Spiritual Event Ever?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…oughout the day. It’s hard to tell where all this might lead. Predictably, alas, few religious leaders seemed to participate in the event. Father David Pauvif, a Roman Catholic priest who ministered to the miners and their families throughout the ordeal, was swarmed by reporters. He seemed to have had the grace and presence of mind to focus on the victimization of the miners that was muted by the celebration of their release and the ethical challe…

Praise the Lard This Holiday Season

By Becky Garrison

…rientations, genders and beliefs. The divine smell of bacon is bestowed equally on all people (except those who have no sense of smell, for whom baconists feel much pity).” According to John Whiteside (aka Prophet John), founder of the UCB, they can appeal to the growing contingency of ex-Christians because in his estimation, “We do not have commandments that leave anyone out, and we do not judge, we do provoke questions, mock ourselves and our st…

Hagee Calls Obama “The Most Anti-Semitic President Ever”

By Sarah Posner

…e called President Barack Obama “the most anti-Semitic president ever.” Chemi Shalev reports more details: The other stars of the night were the ubiquitous Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, whose generous contributions to ZOA have helped lift the organization out of the doldrums and into the spotlight and the fast lane. [ZOA president Mort] Klein gave Adelson a gift mezuzah for his new Las Vegas home (in which “God hims…

Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs

By Jessica Johnson

…ingle church. After all of this research on Driscoll and Mars Hill, I know mimicry when I see and hear it; and the graphics, music, and method of storytelling that shape the narrative and experience of the podcast are clearly produced by someone familiar with the milieu in which Driscoll accrued followers and celebrity, while cultivating and capitalizing on its ethos (with some help from the blueprint my book provides, without crediting me beyond…