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Is Accreditation of Religious Institutions a “Farce”?

By Eric C. Miller

…ts. And if the schools pursued accreditation, which is costly, they would become unaffordable. (According to the lawsuit, Bible colleges generally run 25 to 30 percent of the cost of a liberal arts school.) Illinois would become the 29th state to deregulate its religious colleges and seminaries were it to do so in response to the Dayspring suit. The most recent state to deregulate such religious schools was Texas, according to the CT report, where…

Jesus Backs Gender Equality at the Oscars

By Evan Derkacz

…l Streep and J-Lo (among many others) shouting vehement amens… …yet one Twitter user noticed yet another endorsement of Arquette’s call… Rare photo of Jesus blessing Patricia Arquette during her acceptance speech. pic.twitter.com/C4nr8Pp9Az — Tim Lyzen (@TLyzen) February 23, 2015 It’s actually actor Jared Leto, but this wouldn’t be the first time a child of hippies was mistaken for the Prince of Peace….

Now That ‘Serial’ is Over: 2014’s Best Podcasts about Religion

By Andrew Aghapour

…es they never thought they’d dare to share in public,” and it has quickly become the podcast of record for deep, dark secrets. “Into the Mystic” is a collection of three stories about mystical experiences and crises of faith. It’s also a great introduction to the power of storytelling. The second runner up, You Made It Weird, is ostensibly a comedy podcast where stand-up comic Pete Holmes interviews fellow comedians. Relevant to our purposes is Ho…

Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…olated from the Church of Uganda. Mr Museveni said that homosexuality had become a ‘danger’ to the young generation. There’s more from the Uganda Monitor, which reports that the remarks were made at the consecration of a bishop, and that the speech declared that the wedding of a gay couple is counter to both biblical teachings and African norms and customs. Africa: Experts Hope Botswana Court Ruling Will Encourage Openness: Reuters reported on Tue…

Why Tony Campolo’s LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism’s Tipping Point

By Cathleen Falsani

…God, and Adventures in Missing the Point—in more recent years Campolo has become best known as one of the leaders of the influential Red Letter Christian movement, which seeks to counter the incursion of partisan politics into evangelicalism by focusing on the “radical, counter-cultural teachings” of Jesus as set forth in scripture, and by “embracing the lifestyle prescribed in the Sermon on the Mount.” “I think that Christianity has two emphases,…

Mexican Bishops Exorcism Against Equality; African Bishops Oppose ‘Enemy of Human Race’; Israeli Islamic Leader Anti-Gay Op-Ed

By Peter Montgomery

…mmittee approved the bill with support of Likud ministers, but it did not become law before an election was called. Some laws against discrimination already include sexual orientation, such as the Equal Employment Law, to which MK Anat Berko (Likud) proposed last week to add gender identity. In the Times of Israel, Miller notes, “It was Hadash — which partnered with the Islamic Movement and Arab nationalist party Balad in the Joint List ahead of t…

Trick or….Bible: Christians Coping with Halloween

By Maxwell Grant

What are Christians supposed to do with Halloween: a day which has become a cavalcade of non-Christian symbolism: ghosts, witches, black cats, and evil spells? For many, the long-standing answer was to close the curtains, turn off the porch light and stay home. But some Evangelicals have been looking for a different approach. For example, there’s “Jesus Ween,” an attempt by a Canadian pastor to offer a “Christian alternative” to Halloween. The id…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ia to entrap people, and rely on informants. Knowing who the enemy is has become increasingly difficult for gay people. From the ranks of its own religious police force, Isis is believed to have deployed undercover agents to entrap those who have been accused by others of being gay. Elmo, a doctor now working in a call centre in Beirut, fled his Isis-held town in Syria after a member of his family — a cousin attempting to curry favour with his new…

Perhaps Islam isn’t the Only Reason Donald Trump Didn’t Recall Muhammad Ali

By Sean O'Neil

…n the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics. It took time, though, for Ali to become a national hero. Indeed, he’s been embraced more widely in retirement than during his boxing career, since many conservative white Americans had once balked at what they perceived to be brash, boastful, and divisive proclamations—both inside the ring and out. Ali was fully appropriated into mainstream America without words and with his disability on full display when,…

Why Won’t the President Say “Islamic Terrorists?”

By Paula Cooey

…h I’d like to address here. While the meaning of the term terrorism is subject to debate, let’s take for a moment the basic definition of terrorism as a strategy meant to strike fear in an opponent in order to achieve power or control. More specifically, terrorism has come to mean perpetuating violence on civilians, making it distinct from other exercises of violence to achieve power—for example, military combat. Assuming this somewhat loose defin…