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The Shared Fantasy of Redemptive Violence Between ISIS and the Islamophobic Right

By Donovan Schaefer

…to Syria to wage jihad before returning to attack France. There’s just one problem with this interpretation: there’s no evidence for it. New details may come to the surface in the coming weeks, but for now, the Trumps and the terrorists of this world have nothing to back up their claim. Unlike previous terror attacks claimed by ISIS in the West—like the San Bernardino and Orlando shootings—Lahouaiej Bouhlel made no declaration of loyalty to ISIS….

On Guns and Religious Liberty, Ben Carson “Not an Authentic Adventist”

By Sarah Posner

…ted States of America,” and displayed “a general tendency to use the Bible primarily for practical wisdom and selective moral discipline that he believes will strengthen America’s power and prosperity as world hegemon.” But Adventists, Morgan went on: by contrast have typically emphasized the portrayal of human empires in apocalyptic prophecy, and more broadly the entire sweep of the “story of redemption,” as arrogant oppressors, reiterations of “…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ist ends, but wonders if the Russian president’s leadership is nonetheless preferable to President Obama’s support for LGBT equality and reproductive rights around the globe. (He, like many of his fellow admirers of Putin’s embrace of the Russian Orthodox church, neglects to mention the devastating impact the Ukraine conflict is having on that country’s evangelical protestants.) “The problem with the US today is that President Obama has a religion…

Obamunism? The Traditional Values Coalition Coins a Term

By Bill Berkowitz

…be released on DVD and online starting January 21. RD: Have there been any pre-premiere showings at churches or for film critics? KH: Yes, the film was shown in Puerto Rico and will be shown in Washington DC and Orlando this week. Other screenings are being organized around the country. ++++++++++ 40 Days for Life Campaign “As the country marks the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that imposed abortion on the United States,…

Perry v. Romney Showdown Tonight

By Joanna Brooks

…week show he’s only up by 3 points over Romney. (Even in Texas, Perry’s approval ratings are only 45%.) Romney gets GOP elites and establishment, the Northeast, the West, independents (in open primary states), and everyone who has the foresight to worry about electability in a general election. He also may be able to claim senior citizens, if Perry’s comparison of Social Security to “Ponzi scheme” continue to play, although a new poll shows 52%…

Katy Perry’s Evangelical Hangover

By David Mihalyfy

…lbum Witness made nowhere near her typical sales, Perry fell into a deep depression. Tellingly, that album was a self-professed attempt at “Purposeful Pop” that took on injustice and social isolation, so rejection of her music was compounded by rejection of her message, to devastating personal effect. In this light, the self-realization strand to so much of Perry’s work takes on added significance; tropes like being a firework and letting your col…

Oh Say, Can You See?: 9/11 Flag Displays and the Flag’s Symbolic Power

By Spencer Dew

…’s Flag: An American Biography tells the story, the American flag, while approved in 1777 largely for the protection of American ships at sea, was not widely displayed by civilians until the Civil War. Once the flag was lowered over Fort Sumter, flags rose over houses and wagons and even hats. The next major watershed in civilian relations to flags was 9/11. Gardella writes that “According to the largest flag manufacturer in the United States, Ann…

Marco Rubio’s “Constitutional Scholar”

By Julie Ingersoll

…Fridays,” his “university,” and the recent rally in Washington. While Beck promotes Barton as a “professor,” the advertisements for this “free and open to the public” event called Barton is a “Constitutional Scholar.” Of course he is neither. But he is a key figure in American Protestant fundamentalism since the 1980s and, to a generation of Christian-schooled and homeschooled students, the authority on God’s role in American history. New polls sh…

Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…deed leads to serious consideration for the legitimization of parties that promote the propaganda of paedophilia. Putin also send US President-elect Donald Trump a “very nice” Christmas letter. Taiwan: Marriage equality moves forward in parliament The day after Christmas, amid raucous protests, a parliamentary committee passed the first draft of a marriage equality bill, which is supported by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and President T…

Republican Presidential Candidate Courts Televangelists. So What Else Is New? (Updated with video)

By Sarah Posner

…r mind that he’s been the subject of many an investigative report on his appropriation of tax-exempt donations for his own enrichment with luxury homes and private jets. Senate Republicans briefly toyed with the idea of investigating Copeland and that other Trump admirer, Paula White, for their self-enrichment at the expense of their gullible donors, but ultimately punted because hey, it’s more important that the government keep its nose out a chu…