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How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

…llywood Censored. The code they designed became the Motion Picture Conduct Code, popularly know as the Hays Code after it was adopted by William Hays, a Presbyterian elder who was hired by the major studios to help clean up the industry’s image after it was rocked by a series of scandals. The code, says Black, “was a fascinating combination of Catholic theology, conservative politics and pop psychology—an amalgam that would control the content of…

Competing Visions of Family & Freedom at UN; Methodists Try to Avoid Schism on Sexuality; Catholic Cardinal Denounces LGBT ‘Demonic Ideology’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y march toward national marriage equality that is moving through the complex relationship between state legislatures and the federal courts, notes: On May 17, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed amending Mexico’s Constitution to make marriage equality the law of the land and sent his proposal to Congress. Amending the Constitution requires a two-thirds vote by members present the day of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies and the S…

American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…eeply offensive “s” word which is historically connected to the rape and sexual exploitation of Indian women. During the Vietnam War the US military referred to indigenous-controlled territory as “Indian Country.” Fire bases and military operations were named after Indian leaders or significant events in the longest war in human history, the war against the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Most famously, the military has long encourag…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…r families and nation reject them as apostates). American Christians were exhorted to extend a helping hand. “Let them rule!” The reconciliation of the sexes was a headliner theme. Back in the ’90s, PK had a kind of ladies’ auxiliary, the “Promise Reapers,” who cheered the men on as they arrived for the stadium rallies. But on Friday night Jane Hansen Hoyt, president of Aglow International (the influential evangelical women’s ministry) became the…

What Would Jesus Chew?, Bishops Bet on B-Ball, The Incredibly Shrinking Brain

By Michael J. Altman

…ew study links religious experiences, such as a conversion or “born-again experience,” to atrophy in the hippocampus. In Brooklyn, a recently ordained rabbi converted to Judaism after growing up the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Elsewhere in Brooklyn, a rabbi has been sentenced to two years of probation for skimming charity funds. Catholic bishops from Miami and Dallas are making a friendly wager on the NBA Finals. Is corrupt football coach Jim T…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…me that people may be treating the Cylons differently depending on what mix of code and law they believe governs their behavior. And of course, those of you who study religion may have a good deal to say about the centrality of free will (i.e. law over code) in different religious traditions. One thing that strikes me week by week is how much the show takes as given our understanding of the digital realm: our ability to think in terms of interfac…

State Department Finds Religion, But Whose?

By Melani McAlister

…ears in a row, as US policy evolved to support the country’s division into Sudan and South Sudan in 2010. But the law plays virtually no role in US policy toward Saudi Arabia, given that, for 15 years, the president has waived sanctions on the basis of US national security interests.) More recently, people generally mean that the US should engage “religious actors,” particularly groups on the ground in the Global South. Sometimes these groups are…

Why the Next Archbishop of Canterbury Should Be African

By Jesse Zink

…x marriage in England is controversial.) Anglicans have been consumed by sexuality-related issues for the last decade. The next archbishop’s past statements will be read closely for clues as to his views on the role of gay and lesbian people in the Church, though the archbishop’s role is best seen as one of holding space open for conversation, not imposing a single view (not to mention the fact that the Archbishop of Canterbury, lacking the author…

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…cultural conservatism in the United States. The foundation of this source code (the motherlode of the code, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most impo…

A Comedy Writer Confronts ‘Mind-Shredding Evil’ in Uganda

By Frederick Clarkson

…ck in 1996, according to a document reprinted by Bussmann, the Ugandan and Sudanese governments knew exactly where Catholic school girls kidnapped by the LRA were being held. The Ugandan army had been tipped that the LRA was going to attack the elite St. Mary’s school, but had done nothing to protect or to rescue the 139 girls abducted. And yet, a brave school administrator, Sister Rachele, almost singlehandedly gained the release of 109 of the ch…