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Southern Evangelicals Defend Pedophilia Using Catholic Legends

By Karen E. Park

…sitioned and later “dated” against her mother’s will had been working as a Santa’s Helper at the mall when she first caught his eye. Incredibly, Moore’s evangelical defenders are turning to the original Christmas story of Jesus’ nativity to explain his behavior in what they claim to be Biblical terms. On Thursday afternoon, Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler defended Moore’s actions using Zachariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist, and Ma…

The New Normaal: “Black Pete,” Muslims and Whiteness in the Netherlands

By Suzanne van Geuns

…boss Sinterklaas could walk the streets and be taken for either a peculiar Santa or a strange dress-up saint, but Dutch expats worry that Pete’s black face paint, red lips, gold earrings, and black curly wig might be misinterpreted. When asked about the distinctly Dutch folk character at an international summit in 2014, current prime minister Mark Rutte responded laughingly in English: It is not green Pete or brown Pete, it is Black Pete. […] I ca…

What the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018

By Joseph Laycock

…orney Marc Randazza to represent them pro bono. Randazza has represented a number of far-right figures including Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, and Andrew Anglin. TST-Santa Cruz announced their adoption of a local beach. Locals described being “shocked” that Satanists would clean up a beach but were not averse to the idea. Menstruatin’ with Satan art by Tina Scott. http://christina-scott.com TST-Arizona had a falling out with the local branch of the…

“Who Is This God?”: The Controversial Sequel to the Jesus Seminar

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…attributed to Jesus were really said by Jesus. The Jesus Seminar has had a number of critics, and neither the criticisms nor the responses were always irenic. (Those wanting a play-by-play will enjoy Walter Wink’s essay from the Bulletin for Biblical Research in which he likens the whole ordeal to a boxing match that, as of the 1997 publication date, was far from over.) The intervening years, though, have shown that the Jesus Seminar—and by extens…

Keep Jews Interesting: It’s Time to Stop Being Defined by Anti-Semitism

By Shaul Magid

…to which Hanukkah Harry shakes his head and says, “Well, not so much.” If Santa were to say that to a Jewish girl in response to the same sentiment, many would probably say, “sounds like anti-Semitism to me.” Salo Baron, one of the greatest Jewish historians in the 2oth century who occupied the first chair in Jewish history in America at Columbia University, is today almost unknown in the public domain. His career of more than half a century chan…

Citing ‘Matthew 25’ Isn’t a Viable Democratic Faith Outreach Strategy

By Daniel Schultz

…ays, “especially given that how we talk about politics is often as real as Santa Claus and unicorns.” Indeed it is. Stoehr’s target in this column are the pat phrases that start out as journalistic shorthand for how a race is going but end up defining reality itself: “Momentum,” like “lanes,” can be helpful to understanding the influence of state-level victories on voter behavior. (Consider the adage, “Iowa picks corn, but New Hampshire picks pres…

Hey Hey, Ho Ho White Jesus Has to Go… But The Issue is More Complicated Than You Think

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…s contributor Megan Kelly’s infamous remark in 2013 that Jesus (along with Santa) was white? In both cases, the racializing of Jesus seeks to attach an implicit sanctioning or explaining of one’s status in society. To quote the popular aphorism in the Black community, They talked about the Lord, what do you expect they gonna say about you?—meaning that Black suffering is understood within the context of co-suffering with Jesus. Stated plainly, Afr…

Corporation as ‘Citizen’ is the Next Anti-Black, Anti-Democratic Model that Needs to be Torn Down

By Peter Laarman

…at corporate “personhood” goes all the way back to 1886 and to the Court’s Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad ruling, in which 14th Amendment rights for corporations were first affirmed. The timing is significant because this was the same white man’s court that had denied federally-enforced 14th amendment rights to African Americans just three years earlier, in the five 1883 cases that gutted the 1875 Civil Rights Act. Corporations be…

‘Only Christopher They Acknowledge is Columbus’: The ‘Biblical’ Reason why Replacing Columbus Day is an Uphill Battle

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…phic landscape. In other words, Trump has turned the Jay-Z line, “I’m anti-Santa Maria. Only Christopher we acknowledge is Wallace”—a posthumous toast to his one-time friend The Notorious B.I.G.—on its head through his Columbus Day proclamation in which he declared on behalf of his supporters that the ‘only Christopher they acknowledge is Columbus.’ Columbus’ elevation into the heroic pantheon within American society is worth considering. Through…

Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families

By Chrissy Stroop

…refusers represent a minority of white evangelicals, they have sufficient numbers and visibility to cause serious problems. The New York Times recently quoted an evangelical pastor who claims he’s aware of colleagues who’ve been forced out of their pulpits because of their support for public health measures, and prominent evangelical magazine Christianity Today similarly reports that many evangelical pastors are scared of taking a public stand on…