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Turning Point Efforts to Export Drag Queen Attacks and ‘Take Back Universities’ Marred by Fringe Associations and Farcical Missteps

By Matthew Boedy

…o, and accuses the “woke” of trying to “re-gender” God, is associated with Spirit Embassy, an international megachurch based in London. Doolan, like many associated with the various Turning Point entities, is a Trump supporter. He and the “prophet” of Spirit Assembly visited Trump Tower in 2018 to speak to Trump’s hotel CEO. Three years after he was outed by Vice in 2017 as the man behind “I Am British,” a pro-Trump nationalist campaign, Doolan la…

The Unbelieving Future of Christian Faith

By Peter Laarman

…oint, but defenders of the One True Faith will always retort that the Holy Spirit somehow enabled the theological victors to sweep all before them. What interests me more than the history is the huge anxiety still attaching to deviations from creed and convention. Not all faiths seem to share this intense anxiety, but for many Christians it has always seemed that without fixed doctrinal tenets, we will slip immediately into an anything-goes abyss….

The Rise and Fall of an American Gang: Religion as Camouflage?

By Spencer Dew

…can be argued; nevertheless, Islam was without a doubt fundamental to the spirit of the organization.” Perhaps, depending on what “fundamental to the spirit” means. Central to the imagery and rhetoric? Sure. Defining of the practice and worldview? Not so much. Where the Book Falls Short My frustration with this book, however, isn’t that it doesn’t push deeply enough into issue of religion—that would be an unfair expectation; that book has yet to…

“The Gift of Gay”: Father Matthew Kelty, Confessor to Thomas Merton, Dies at 96

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…62. In a curious, if poetic, turnabout Father Louis was assigned to be the spiritual director of the new initiates in 1960, so he had a direct hand in Father Matthew’s eventual embrace of the strictures of the Abbey. It’s ironic, this criss-crossed aspect to their monastic lives: Louis coming early, Matthew coming late; Louis leaving early, Matthew staying long. People always leaving just as other folks arrive. What Father Matthew recalls of his e…

How a Mormon Spring Break Ritual Came to Include a Whole Lot of “Hare Krishna, Hare Rama”

By Spencer Dew

…y urge the crowd to take the “knowledge” he offers them “in a nonsectarian spirit,” he nonetheless compares his position to that of a Mormon missionary, offering his gospel to those who have not yet accepted the truth. Despite explicit and emphatic reiteration of the metaphysics believed to be at play in the acts and the theology upon which such metaphysics are predicated, the Festival of Colors remains a popular event for Mormons. How such distin…

Why I Boycotted a Conference at Brigham Young University

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…holarship, and campus jobs at the same time. This seemed so counter to the spirit of academic freedom—and to the very issues of religious liberty that the conference was promoting—that in conscience I felt that I had to take a stand. I had looked forward to the conference. The issue was important, the international roster of scholars participating was impressive, and my old friend and colleague, David Little, was to receive an award for his work o…

St. Paul’s Cathedral Leadership Gutted as Occupy London Controversy Grows

By Theo Hobson

…unusual, what does that say about the Church? Fraser emerges from this as a potentially important religious figure. For he is a serious thinker as well as an affable bloke. The Church of England has lacked a major liberal voice in recent years. Since 9/11 especially, a spirit of cultural conservatism has reigned among the bishops, a reluctance to expose the established Church to searching criticism. But it is only through such self-criticism that…

Religion and Gender Trouble in the Black Arts: Remembering Toni Cade Bambara’s The Black Woman

By Josef Sorett

…the scores of other clergy who took up the topic of Black Power during the 1960s. Father Divine was certainly different from most of the models of spiritual integrity (i.e., Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X) celebrated during the 1960s. It must have been odd for readers to find Father Divine on the pages of The Black Woman in 1970, the same year that Toni Cade took the additional name Bambara as an homage to her African heritage. He was not, by any measu…

What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?

By Yazmine Nichols

…the poor. Both passages are damning for those who think themselves either spiritually or materially rich, but fail to recognize their theological poverty. They implore readers to rethink what it means to be rich and suggest true wealth can only be obtained through a process of self-reflection—and more importantly, self-critique. Is today’s liberalism—and its manifestation in schools like Union—rich in rhetoric but poor in empathy? Are liberals no…

The Mystic in the Rye: JD Salinger’s Religious Fiction

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…n starred on that show, dominating the airwaves with childlike wisdom, from 1927 through 1943 when the youngest of the clan, Franny, signed off for the very last time. The Glass children, that is to say, found their spiritual careers bookended by the World Wars. Then they took their radio profits and went to college, each one in their turn. You see Salinger’s point; no GI Bill in this family; spirituality paved their ways to a degree. We learn mos…