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Mars Hill May Be Disbanding, But Big Questions Remain

By Becky Garrison

…f Resurgence Publishing LLC, which is the entity established to handle the sale of Mars Hill’s merchandise. While the process of amending the corporation documents can take several weeks from the moment the organization files the change, Turner has been gone for over six weeks at this juncture. Perhaps when Mars Hill files their annual report, due December 31, 2014, they will reveal the current status of their LLCs and those individuals listed as…

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

By Spencer Dew

…as, getting their palms read, and perusing copies of the Bhagavad Gita for sale by robed mendicants? For them—based on written reflections of past participants and an anecdotal sampling of attendees via interviews conducted at the 2015 Festival—this is a celebration of a very different universal God, a Christian deity in whose creation difference is ultimately a marker of sameness. Race, ethnicity, culture—these, within a Mormon perspective, are a…

All Candy, No Jesus: Halloween in America

By Mary Valle

…It got me thinking about the odd cultural bird that is Halloween—America’s number two holiday in terms of money spent—a holiday with deep “pagan” or “old religion” roots and the site of two Catholic feast days commemorating our dead friends and allies: All Souls’ Day on November 1, and All Saints’ Day on November 2. As a bonus, October 31 marks the kickoff of the Reformation, when Luther posted his theses on the door of the Castle Church of Witten…

Sacred&Profane: On Sexual Diversity, Perversity, and Ecstasy

By Gary Laderman

…gh, the powers associated with sex and the sacred can be envisioned in any number of ways, with or without God to set the terms and consequences of sexual relations. Ascetics who practice celibacy in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and other religious cultures, see the profane sexual body as a distraction, or obstacle, in the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment and empowerment. In the biblical story of David and Bathsheba, the adulterous sexual uni…

Is This Light?

By Amina Wadud

…So the nature of the contract of marriage in Islamic law is a contract of sale. Guess what is being sold? Fortunately, at least the bride price or mahr, which is also mandatory in the contract according to the Qur’an, goes to her and not her father. Wow, we would really be in trouble. The other thing is why Muslims think using forensic evidence and DNA might somehow make their judgments un-Islamic, but something as stupid as a sleeping fetus make…

Good Without God: The Ethics of Atheism

By Becky Garrison

…ited me to a recent screening of the film Call + Response. It’s rare to see the faithful strutting with the fashionistas, but these groups came together to expose the world’s dirtiest secret: there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. The Not For Sale Campaign, one of the driving forces behind this documentary, brings together a wide swathe of people including faith groups, students, teachers, artists, and the business communit…

Ponzi Schemes, Treason, and Cervixes

By Sarah Posner

…industry cronies who had contributed to his campaign and profited from the sale of the vaccine. This was one of Bachmann’s best debate moments, where she could simultaneously look like she was (1) defending “parental rights,” a big issue for her Christian right base which claims that the government should tell them how to take care of their kids, (2) pushing back against “big government” that was at once intruding on family’s privacy and promotin…

Strippers versus Church: Cosmic Battle With Civic Consequences

By Joseph Laycock

…equest was also denied citing freedom of speech—though a judge limited the number of protestors that could be present to fifteen. So on August 8, George and several of his strippers decided to turn the tables by holding their own protest in front of the church during Sunday morning services. The Foxhole dancers (some of whom complained of sleep deprivation) did not match Pastor Dunfee’s zeal. Rather than bullhorns, they came equipped with lawn cha…

Can the Religious Left be Effective Again? Short Answer: No

By Daniel Schultz

…se areas, they’re much fewer and farther between, and in total, they’re outnumbered by the partisan-neutral churches. That’s not nothing to the religious left! A neutral church is not a conservative church, and that helps. But in terms of political effect, it blunts the liberal thrust. Along the same lines, religious lefties often don’t wear their faith on their sleeves. They’re activists, but they don’t push faith as the source of their activism….

‘Jesus is my Vaccine’ Has a Millennium-Long History Rooted in Antisemitism

By Chance Bonar

…truck with “JESUS IS MY VACCINE” written on the side, “FREEDOM IS NOT FOR SALE” on the hood, and sporting three different types of flags: the Stars and Stripes, the Gadsden flag (AKA “Don’t Tread On Me”), and a depiction of Trump holding a grenade launcher. Not long after, Liberty Counsel, a Christian ministry and law firm, started the hashtag #ReOpenChurchSunday, calling for all churches across the U.S. to reopen on May 3rd in time to prepare fo…