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Op-Ed: Rev. Wright and the Church-State Divide

By Ira Chernus

…uestion of what Obama’s pastor did or did not say would be so far down the list of campaign issues that no one would ever notice it. Since unreason prevails, and boosts media ratings handsomely, the manufactured “controversy” over Rev. Wright eclipses war, economic collapse, climate chaos, and a long list of other genuinely urgent concerns. Beyond the general principle that people vote largely from the “reptilian brain” down, there is a more speci…

Who Are The ‘Religious Progressives’— and Why Use Such an Odious Term?

By Hussein Rashid

…y and religiously, and how these definitions intersect. If you look at the list of attendees at the PFBC, you see many of the same players that are discussed in Silk’s article. However, the list of the PFBC is far larger in terms of representation of different faiths. It seems as though the debates we had in micro are being writ large, and religious progressives, regardless of how you define the term, are simply falling into the structures created…

Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tance to marriage equality advances A group of Mexican gay men published a list of those they judged to be the 10 most homophobic characters in Mexico. Topping the list were Archbishop Norberto Rivera, Mexican Council for the Family President Juan Dabdoub, and Archdiocese of Mexico spokesman Hugo Baldemar. Activist Ricardo Baruch reports on conservative religious backlash to presidential marriage equality initiatives. Bishop of Cuernavaca Ramon Ca…

Updated: 5 Lessons Learned from the Apocalypse Fail, Or, It’s Not the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel So-So

By Gary Laderman

…tream). Terry Jones is one recent example with his attack on Islam but the list is long and includes such figures as Pat Robertson, James Dobson, and Jerry Falwell. 2. The Christian fundamentalists are not alone in this religious obsession. In fact, most religions project end-of-the world scenarios. Taking a step back from the current focus on Camping and thinking more comparatively, it is clear that most religious movements and communities incorp…

The Far-Right Embrace of the Knights Templar isn’t Just About Faith, Tradition or History — It’s About Hate

By Thomas Lecaque

…hbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, and others to rail against Pope Francis, “globalists” (i.e. “Jews”), and “the New World Order.” The original title for this year’s event, “The Crusade Has Been Called: The Kingship of Christ vs the New World Order,” has since been changed to “Traditionis Custodes & The Great Reset: Where do we go from here?” The new title—linking the ban on the traditional Latin mass to the “Great Reset” conspiracy theory—is accompanied…

The Third Party Publicity Stunt

By Sarah Posner

…as many people with me as possible.” * * * * Dr. Dobson excoriated a long list of Republican leaders who, he asserted, ”when they moved into power, moved to immediately insult” conservative Christian supporters. His list included Speaker Newt Gingrich, for inviting Mrs. Whitman to give the Republican response to the State of the Union address, and even conservative stalwarts like Republican Senators John Ashcroft of Missouri, and Rick Santorum of…

Evangelical Stephen Baldwin’s Imitatio Christi & “Reality” TV

By Gabriel Mckee

Over the last year or two, I’ve become an unironic, unapologetic fan of reality TV. I know the criticisms—they dumb us down, they elevate public humiliation—but what I’m really interested in is the way shows like Spike’s Joe Schmo Show or VH1’s I Love Money turn into morality plays about the value of friendship and loyalty. In the best reality shows, the initial rush of schadenfreude is gradually replaced with a genuine affection for the “good gu…

Beliefnet’s Oscars

By Gabriel Mckee

…hyperbolic, but I didn’t see much spirituality in Smith’s atheistic survivalist. One gets the sense that this film won the People’s Award in this category not because of its intrinsic spirituality, but simply because more voters had seen I Am Legend than Into the Wild. There are fewer obvious puzzlers in the Best Spiritual Film category, but there are some glaring omissions. Juno and Atonement made the list, but where are There Will Be Blood and D…

Bishops, It Is Nobody’s Fault But Your Own

By Kate Childs Graham

…y these issues are “non-negotiable”—and they haven’t included peace in the list. However, read what John Carr, Director of the USCCB Department of Peace, Justice, and Development had to say about the Catholic Church and peace: Peacemaking is not an optional commitment, as the bishops state. It’s a requirement of our faith. Peacemaking is not simply nuclear disarmament. It’s putting an end to violence in its many forms. Not an optional commitment….

Vatican Equates Women’s Ordination with Priest Pedophilia?

By Mary E. Hunt

…t levels.” This does not answer the question why they are both in the same list. — ed. While Protestant churches like the Presbyterian Church USA have their annual gatherings in the summer, the institutional Roman Catholic Church, with no such meetings to worry about, uses the season to issue documents from on high. According to published reports, the Vatican is soon to release new norms that govern matters of sexual abuse by clergy. (Ho hum—bu…