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If Bad-Ass Nuns Ruled the World

…out exactly what I took away from the book as an author: that if nuns did rule the world, it would undoubtedly be a better place. How do you feel about the cover? I love it. This is the fifth cover we went through and just like the title it was really hard to get right. I’m not an academic. I wrote this book for a lay audience and I wanted it to appeal to one. But on the other hand, I didn’t want it to come off as flip or patronizing. We tried a…

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Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

…san Goff, supports the blessing of same-sex unions. More from Christianity Today’s Ruth Gledhill: In his pastoral letter, Archbishop Okoh says: “In the beginning, the focus of our concern was North America and we thank God that he has raised up the Anglican Church North America as a new wineskin in that continent. “Now our concern is increasingly with the British Isles. A line has been crossed in the Church of England itself with the appointment o…

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Pricking the Conscience of Churches: From AIDS Activism to Ending World Hunger

…I find especially enjoyable are the wonderful people I meet throughout the world. Truly those persons engaged in ending AIDS and hunger are caring, compassionate people. The volunteers that assist me are truly the “salt of the earth,” and the most caring, compassionate people I know. The persons we are privileged to partner with in Africa and Asia and elsewhere are really good people. When you are helping AIDS orphans in Kenya or assisting women a…

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You Are More Than Your Brain: A Revolutionary Theory of Consciousness

…d molecules… This hypothesis is so alien to the ideas of most people alive today that it can truly be called astonishing.” Except that such a claim is hardly astonishing at all. In his First Meditation, seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes observed that there’s no concrete way of determining what we experience is not a dream, because the objective methods we use to make such determinations (like pinching ourselves) might also be a dream….

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What if Israel Were in Germany? An Alternate History

…ourse. And the Arab world is fractured, plagued by sectarian violence, and ruled over by brutes like Hussein and Assad: Sad, but what else would you expect? Except, of course, that it didn’t have to be that way at all—and probably won’t be that way, tomorrow. As to power, the main thing I’d say about that is that in the long run it tends to change hands. And while there are nicer reasons to cultivate an ethic of mercy and fairness, one of the most…

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The Next Islamists: The Wide Green Smudge That’s Changing Our World

…ests billions in embryonic stem-cell research, and Dubai hosts many of the world’s most outstanding infrastructure. We must come to terms with the consequences: practicing Muslims, who consume and produce a distinct worldview, and are more than capable of participating in global realities. Whereas a few decades ago it was assumed that Islam would be secularized into oblivion, the opposite is true. But now that the religion has stuck around long en…

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Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40

…role-played in the depths of the night, fueled by pizza, soda, and dreams. Today’s videogames are the highest grossing entertainment medium in the world, and they are the direct descendants of D&D. These digital worlds populated by monsters and magic were made possible by The Monster Manual. That volume, with more than 200 monsters described (and often illustrated), was the first hardcover book issued for D&D, and what could be more appropriate th…

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‘Hey Jesus, Do You Love Me the Same?’: Out Christian Rock Star Trey Pearson on Closeted Industry Figures, His Evolving Faith, and Brand New Video

…e video. Megan is also queer. She and her girlfriend were in my last music video, “Love is Love,” with me. This was the first music video she’s done behind the camera, and she is one of the most sought after photographers in Columbus. I think she did a stunningly gorgeous job. I chose the cast with a desire to show people at different life stages and in a variety of circumstances. I wanted to show the humanity of LGBTQ people who are told we are n…

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Capricology: Week 3: Apotheosis, Anyone?

…n, sexuality, and especially about power. So, I wonder if we could use the news stories to help figure out what are the fault-lines in the society being constructed on Caprica. We already have hints at ethnic differences (if we can use such terms to refer to contrasting planets), religious differences, and class differences. It is interesting that the advice given a public figure in such a situation have changed very little from what PR people wou…

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Escape From Manhattan: Tech, Tragedy and Storytelling in Sandy’s Wake

…wered story-worlds, we still need to imagine the supernatural. We need our stories, our other-worlds, our costumes, our role-play. We need our dreams. In On Stories (2001), Richard Kearney argues that stories can soothe us because they transport us to different times and places, where we can experience the world in ways that are unfamiliar, where things are “otherwise.” Stories give us ordering principles for making sense of who we are, a mode of…

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