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How (Not) to Understand Romney’s Time as an LDS Bishop

By Joanna Brooks

…P presidential candidate as “an enforcer of the most socially conservative policies of the LDS church.” Salon’s sensationalized story suggests that Mitt Romney was some kind of ecclesiastical Dirty Harry, especially on gender. To put Romney’s record into perspective, it should be said that adhering to the LDS Church’s conservative positions on gender is nothing exceptional for a Mormon bishop. Like most clergy, bishops typically uphold the policie…

The Racist Message of Do-Nothing Religion, Courtesy of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

By Kevin Healey

…rious about systemic racism have been saying for a long time that tweaking policies, scheduling more training sessions, and buying more body cameras will not get to the root of the problem. Hence the “systemic” in “systemic racism.” But Patrick isn’t advocating a sweeping, radical transformation of our institutions of law and justice. He’s not saying, “let’s go beyond incremental reform and change the entire, corrupt system!” No. When he says “God…

Death With Dignity: Combatting Religious Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide

By Krista Kapralos

…becomes accepted in everyday life, Campbell said. Even if official church policies don’t change, churchgoers often do. The Catholic Church’s opposition to contraception hasn’t changed, but Catholics in the United States use birth control and have abortions at about the same rate as non-religious people, Campbell said. And he explained that in the dozen years physician-assisted death has been legal in Oregon, about half of the nearly 400 people wh…

Pope Calls Trump “Not Christian”…But What’s So Different About Trump?

By Patricia Miller

…son” (even though the pontiff has been careful to not criticize the border policies of any specific candidate or party). But Francis’ broad-based assertion that Trump isn’t “Christian” based on his admittedly over-the-top border policies raises interesting questions about singling out the religiosity of any given candidate, especially given how few of the GOP candidates support any Catholic social justice priorities: health care (“repeal and repla…

‘Brazil’s Trump’ Bolsonaro Lost — But Anti-Democratic Movements Seldom Accept Electoral Defeat

By Craig Johnson

…f Brazilian voters chose Bolsonaro’s sexist, racist, Christian nationalist policies should alarm observers the world over. As of Monday morning Bolsonaro has yet to concede the election and has remained completely silent on all social media, raising concerns that he might try to defy international calls to leave office and instead deny the election’s results á la Trump. *** This weekend, October 30, the voters of Brazil will go back to the polls f…

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

By Chip Berlet

…yranny. Christian Right Conservatives who oppose liberal government social policies Right-wing apocalyptic Christians who fear a Satanic New World Order Nebulous conspiracy theorists who fear a secular New World Order Nationalistic ultra-patriots concerned that US sovereignty is eroding. Xenophobic anti-immigrant white nationalists who worry about preserving the “real” America. These grievances are interacting in a global economy often eager to ac…

Journalistic Blind Spots and the “Centrist-to-Liberal” Christian

By Mark Hulsether

…gies, and the evangelical part of a wider surge of disgust with Republican policies. FitzGerald’s article is an example of work that many scholars, including myself, have advocated for years. The fact that the news has arrived, front and center in the New Yorker, is overwhelmingly positive. Nevertheless FitzGerald’s opening words, which match the spin of her larger article, provoke me to quibble: “Just four years ago,” she says, “leaders on the re…

Fear, Nostalgia and Power Drove Evangelicals to Trump: Interview with Evangelical Scholar John Fea

By Eric C. Miller

…ks, but they are willing to look the other way because Trump has the right policies on the issues they deem to be more important. But we also must remember that American evangelicalism has always been a very white version of Christianity. Evangelicals have always been fearful of African Americans and the threat they are perceived to pose to a white Christian America. For example, much of the Southern evangelical approach to reading the Bible was f…

Scolding Those Who Choose Pets But No Children Pope Misses the Rainforest for the Trees

By Sarah A. Bowen

…ential or have concerns about how his words can affect cultures, laws, and policies. I understood why they were dismayed. As an interspecies minister and animal chaplain who identifies as bisexual, doesn’t have children, and lives with her husband and a couple of cats, I was conflicted. Responding to people’s questions wasn’t simple. Indeed, through his remarks, Pope Francis offered us a chance for reflection on the highly complex topic of intersp…

Want Straight Talk on the Romney-Rosen Mommy Wars?

By Joanna Brooks

…his, I would like to know how he will translate that into family-friendly policies that support the important work of caregivers (especially those not married to billionaires).” A little less piety, a little more actual policy—and a little more awareness that the pious defense of stay-at-home-parenthood rarely extends to families in poverty, as coverage this week of the impacts of Clinton-era welfare reform reminded us. In fact, Romney himself re…