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‘Christian Warriors’: Who Are The Hutaree Militia And Where Did They Come From?

…ican Culture, suggests that religious views about biblical prophecy in the United States have “always had an enormous, if indirect and underrecognized, role [in] shaping public policy.” If the message of apocalyptic demonization is not clear, try reading one of the novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in their Left Behind series of Christian apocalyptic novels which have sold more than 70 million copies. Writing in the American Prospect, Gers…

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Bishop Minerva Carcaño Has a Nearly Impossible Job

…Reconciling Ministries Network and many individual Methodists oppose this policy. To date, there has been no church-wide General Conference agreement on changing the policy. But in 2008, the Methodists entered into full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a denomination that later allowed same-sex loving persons in ministry.  Minerva grew up with a gay cousin who the family ostracized. She loved him. She searched the script…

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Evangelicals Call Christian Zionist Uncritical “Support” for Israel “Appalling” and “Intolerable”

…tic ally in the Middle East and has been for more than 60 years. The Obama Policy of moral equivalency, which gives equal standing to the grievances of Israelis and Palestinians, including the orchestrators of terrorism, is a dangerous insult.” As I was writing this, an email from Christians United for Israel (representing a big chunk of Gushee and Stassen’s target audience) arrived in my inbox, urging followers to “stand with” Israeli Prime Minis…

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Even After an Obama Victory Reports of the Death of the Religious Right are Greatly Exaggerated

…visible target to attack for at least four years,” said Rob Boston, Senior Policy Analyst, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and author of The Most Dangerous Man in America?: Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition. He went on to say that: “The depths of the religious right’s loathing of Obama can be hard for some people to grasp. I got a taste of it during the ‘Values Voter Summit’ in September. Religious right gro…

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Mitt, Moochers, and Mormonism’s “Other” Legacy

…e only in the service of your God.” It goes on to warn against denying the petition of anyone for sustenance or aid by claiming, for instance, that the petitioner deserves his fate:   Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself his misery; therefore I… will not give unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance… But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same hath great cause to repent… For behold, are we not all b…

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The War On Terror Is Over

…hen became associated with the so-called “surge” strategy of General David Petraeus. As Obama correctly pointed out in the 2008 campaign debates, the success of Petraeus’ strategy was only partially related to a surge in troop strength. In fact the strategy actually involved a reduction of troops in the Sunni territory of al Anbar province. Though these troops were re-deployed to Baghdad—where they joined a surge of new American forces dispatched…

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Israel Under Bush: The Islamophobia Years

…re is not much to argue with. Whether it is due to agreement over monetary policy or a shared emphasis on the positive role of religion in the public sphere—as Jews, they are more welcome than ever. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the idea of Jews finding a place for themselves in such spaces. Especially in the United States, where Jews are frequently stereotyped for their liberalism (witness how often Israeli conservatives complain that…

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Is the Prochoice Religious Community a Sleeping Giant?

…nded to thwart theocratic politics and governance from the founding of the United States. Those same institutions also have democratic polities, which is to say that they elect their own leaders, and evolve their theological statements and public policy positions through considered democratic processes, in sharp contrast to the antiabortion religious institutions that generally do not. This is important to note, not only for the future of reproduc…

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DeVos Literally Can’t Name a Discriminatory Policy She’d Refuse to Fund

…the question Clark posed was “hypothetical,” even though the school whose policy Clark quoted does in fact exist and receives funding from Indiana’s coffers. The secretary was similarly evasive when Clark asked whether a school that outright barred African-American students from attending, but was approved by its state voucher system to do so, would be ineligible for federal dollars. “There is no situation of discrimination or exclusion that, if…

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Has Sojourners Really Changed its Policy on
Gay Ads?

…this appears to be a positive direction for the publication’s advertising policy around LGBT issues, which has been less than inclusive in the past, it is unclear whether it signals a real shift in Sojourners’ stated desire to avoid the issue via paid advertising. It is increasingly important that progressive Christians take a firm unambiguous stand and decide they want fellow Christians to welcome the LGBT community in the church.” It is that “f…

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