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Anglican Communion Gets Anti-Gay Secretary General; Black Gay Christians Challenge Conservative Evangelicals in Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…all scene.” Majah P’s support for the LGBT community isn’t a one-off, flash-in-the-pan. He is now working on a new album, Gays Belong In Heaven Too, which will be his third LGBT-affirming album since 2011. The previous two wereTolerance and The Closet Is Open. Tolerance (2011) was the world’s first pro-gay reggae album. Featuring rainbow stripes on the cover, the album includes 13 catchy tracks, variously in support of same-sex marriage and adopti…

How Evangelical-Friendly Are Scientists? A Response

By Jonathan Orbell

…increased engagement once certain conditions are met; once the scientific community becomes more “evangelical-friendly.” The old faith versus reason dichotomy lives on. While Aghapour’s points are well taken, I believe his analysis omits a crucial factor in this discussion: the virulence, hostility, and enmity that characterizes many contemporary scientists’ treatment of religion, particularly evangelical Christianity. In December 2012, Intellige…

“What Kind of Islam Is That?”: Talking With Refugees From ISIS

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…recognized his former customer among the ISIS fighters. The customer-turned-ISIS-fighter looked down and tried to avert the gaze from his former neighbor. The negotiations soon broke down and the Arabs were told that they would not be harmed as long as they did nothing to impede ISIS’ authority and if some of the men would volunteer to fight on their side. The Kurds were not given any assurances, and fearing the worst most of them slipped away tha…

Marriage equality comes to Slovenia, continues to spread in Mexico; Civil Union legislation approved in Sicily, debated in Peru; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rriage equality continues to spread We noted last week the wave of marriage-equality cases spreading across Mexico. This week saw the 5th anniversary of marriage equality in Mexico City, and saw continued progress. In Chiapas, a gay collected called Unidos Diferentes received a federal court injunction – known as an amparo – allowing them to celebrate weddings for more than 50 same-sex couples. The legislature in the state of Guanajuato began anal…

The No-Selfie Doctrine: A Theological New Year’s Resolution

By Richard Amesbury

…uisitor, I spend a lot of time berating myself; mine is a sort of auto-auto-da-fé. The accusatory voice in my head is cleverer than I am—a skilled practitioner of the critical, deconstructive arts—and he delights in unmasking me, making me feel deficient. To wish to vanish, to hide, is characteristic of shame, but this presumably is not what Knausgaard has in mind. In the quasi-mystical sense in which he seems to mean it, to disappear is not to be…

Pope Francis vs. the Bishops: An “Overblown” Narrative?

By Patricia Miller

…clear statement that at least a majority of bishops plan to hold fast to in-your-face conservatism (although other Francis favorite Chicago Bishop Blase Cupich was selected as an alternative, presumably should Chaput be unable to fulfill his duties). And at the same meeting, the bishops named Dolan the head of the Committee for Pro-Life Activities, a prominent culture-warrior post that will give Dolan a platform on an issue on which the bishops la…

Pope Francis Opens Holy Doors; Trump Calls For Closed Borders

By Anthea Butler

…ut how “Obama Pals around with terrorists.” Palin just recently signed her new devotional book at a gun range in Newhall, CA and regularly posts angry missives on Facebook. I would argue that it is Palin who has lent Trump the battle plan wholesale for his current campaign. Don’t answer questions, say crazy things, never take responsibility. Now, Trump has brought that birther, racist fringe to the center of the Republican Party. Not even a good S…

Russian Orthodox Church Supports Referendum on Sodomy Laws

By Chrissy Stroop

…sian state will countenance, have the moral high ground. It’s a reprehensible message, and, while a referendum on the reinstitution of sodomy laws—they existed in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation from 1934-1993—is highly unlikely, Chaplin’s support for the idea throws a bone to the most rabid Russian homophobes, some of whom, as we know all too well, are willing to take matters into their own hands….

‘Religious Liberty’ and the Origins of the Evangelical Persecution Complex

By Randall J. Stephens

…f the Christian Crusade, Billy James Hargis. Fellow Sooners called the anti-communist stalwart a “bawl-and-jump” evangelist. It is not MLK, but Hargis—with his Strangelovian militarism, opposition to civil rights and government intervention on the part of minorities—who is a more fitting precursor to the modern “religious liberty” movement. Hargis’s Christian Crusade organization might well have been the best-funded, far right organization in the…

Greatest Hits of 2015: Religion Stories Our Readers Couldn’t Resist

By Ellie Faustino

…n’t…) Michael Schulson’s interview with Alan Levinovitz revealed how gluten-free and other fad diets have come to replace religious beliefs for many. They promise a longer, fuller existence as well as a reason to think ourselves better than other people. “It’s funny,” says Levinovitz, “people are trying to debunk these fad diets with scientific evidence, but what they’re not realizing is that really these beliefs aren’t scientific at all. They’re…