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The Master: “It’s Not the L. Ron Story”

By Joseph Laycock

…tile environment for new religious movements. This idea brought together a number of other themes and ideas that had been rattling around in his head for some time, catalyzing them into a coherent story. Scientology-watchers will spot many connections between the film’s charismatic leader and Hubbard. Anderson researched the early history of Scientology by reading through The Abberree, a newsletter published from 1954-1965 by two of Hubbard’s earl…

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

…ples to get married. On July 10, 20 same-sex couples were married on the beach in Acapulco. The ceremony, which was opposed by the mayor of Acapulco and the Catholic Church, was witnessed by the governor of the state of Guerrero, Rogelio Ortega. Kazakhstan: Human Rights Watch reports on intensified climate of fear for LGBTs Human Rights Watch this week released a report that says “LGBT people in Kazakhstan face hostility and abuse, a lack of suf…

Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All

By Julie Byrne

…firmation preparation classes. Or a couple who wants to get married on the beach, whereas the Roman church requires sacramental marriage to be performed in a Roman sanctuary. Or a funeral for a favorite uncle who married a man. Roman parishioners who run into these roadblocks might hear about independent Catholic priests by word of mouth or just find them on Google. Even if they are back in their Roman parish the next weekend—and they usually are—…

Oral Roberts, Pioneering Televangelist, Dies

By Anthea Butler

…perity evangelists, died yesterday of complications from a fall in Newport Beach, California. Perhaps no evangelist outside of Billy Graham has played such an integral role in contemporary American religious life in the last century. Roberts’ healing ministry, his seed-faith teachings, the creation of the City of Faith and Oral Roberts University are the highlights of the life of a fascinating American icon whose larger-than-life personality, visi…

Blue Jean Revolution

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…t you through the long winter months… or trying weeks at work. The Veggera Beach Bar on the northern coast of Corfu, in a small seaside resort called Acharavi, is that place for me. A great deal of human energy has been expended there over many years simply to create an atmosphere in which you will feel instantly happy and at home. No, not at home. Better than that. So that you will feel like you are in paradise. Such utopias are rare. And the kin…

What Did ISIS Have to Do With Nice?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ented truck that plowed into a celebratory crowd watching fireworks on the beach of the French Riviera city of Nice, killing more than 80 people. “He didn’t pray, and liked girls and salsa,” the neighbor continued, according to a press report in the British newspaper, The Independent. Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a French citizen who lived in a town near Nice, had been convicted of petty theft on several occasions, and was never seen in a mosque, according…

Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation

By Sarah Posner

…rship practices—into the political fold. As I wrote in 2008 after Virginia Beach Pentecostal pastor John Gimenez died of a stroke at the age of 76: Gimenez was not well known outside Pentecostal circles, but he was an instrumental figure in bringing together prominent evangelicals and charismatic Christians in the political movement to install Christian dominion in government. At the event last spring, Gimenez talked about how he worked with Campu…

All Of A Sudden, There’s Nazis Everywhere… And They Only Seem to Associate with One Party

By Daniel Schultz

…ror erupted over this behavior, Nehlen responded by posting the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of some of his critics. Nehlen’s so reviled that even Steve Bannon’s Breitbart has disavowed him, though no less accomplished a racist than Donald Trump himself praised Nehlen during the primary. Nehlen won’t come anywhere near unseating Ryan, of course, but that doesn’t mean the WisGOP—which appears not to have made any recent statements…

The Happening and the Gospel of Bruce Springsteen

By Diane Winston

…rt. For the outskirts, for that place away—in this song, “an old abandoned beach house.” Of course, Springsteen isn’t the only musician with Big Things in mind: Miley Cyrus’ godmother also sings about sin and salvation. Backwoods Barbie, Dolly Parton’s new album, is a familiar mix of noble women, cheatin’ men, and a forgiving God. Says reviewer Susan Wunderlink, “Her songs put forward Christian spiritual elements like faith and prayer, but Parton…

The Harvard Gym Controversy is Not About Religion

By Shabana Mir

…rgraduate men do not check out women in the gym. Or in the pool. Or on the beach. That women should be “tough” enough to jog away at the treadmill in a state of free bounce while completely unaware of the male gaze. And why, indeed, should they be so very tough? Has society—any society—created an environment of complete gender-blind safety for them that they should give up those hang-ups once and for all? People have wondered why Muslim men haven…