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Is Accreditation of Religious Institutions a “Farce”?

By Eric C. Miller

…te. “However, such inquiry cannot flourish — in many cases, cannot even survive — inside institutions that erect religious tests for truth. The contradiction is obvious.” Conn used Wheaton College in Illinois — the nation’s preeminent evangelical institution, which is widely regarded as “the Harvard of evangelical schools” — as his test case. Even the accreditation of this flagship Christian college, he argued, is nothing short of a “fiasco.” Bayl…

Jesus Backs Gender Equality at the Oscars

By Evan Derkacz

…st 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

…pastors and stand-up comedians. To help you make it through the holidays I’ve compiled a list of this year’s best podcasts about religion. My criteria were strict, my methods thorough: I’ve been listening to a ton of podcasts this year so I went back and picked my favorites, then solicited additional nominations from fellow podcast fans and Religious Studies scholars. The results are in, with two runners up and one winner in each of three categori…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…arriage equality, according to Pink News, “he did say he would refuse to give communion to any legislators who voted in favor of equality.” Meanwhile, advocacy groups and news outlets noted that 2013 tax filings from the National Organization for Marriage showed a huge drop-off in donations after 2012, a year in which there were several high-profile ballot measures on marriage – all of which NOM lost. Still, NOM and its affiliated “Education Fund”…

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

By Cathleen Falsani

…h I’ll add a benediction borrowed from the vicar of the Episcopal parish I used to attend in (Wheaton’s neighbor) Glen Ellyn, Ill., that had, some years ago, survived a painful split over LGBTQ-related concerns: “And what part of ALL do you not understand?”…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ed in its favor, though some attended last week’s Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv. “Such a simple matter, that all laws prohibiting discrimination should apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, did not get the approval of the current government,” Shelah said. “On Pride Week, some of the Likud tried to paint rainbows on their faces. Don’t be fooled: Behind that, you’ll find their true faces.” In the last Knesset, when Y…

Trick or….Bible: Christians Coping with Halloween

By Maxwell Grant

…st season, and asked for the protection of the spirit world in order to survive the coming winter. The Church began shifting its liturgical calendars as early as the 9th century in order to get its arms around the day, and to re-present it as the triple holiday of All Hallows Eve, followed by the Feast of All Saints, and then the Feast of All Souls. So it’s neither a new anxiety, nor a new response, for Christian communities to eye the season wari…

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

…The controversy in this case is not the marriage itself but the apparent involvement of the Hindu religion which is against gay marriage. According to the report, the chairman of the Grand Council of Customary Villages said the group has launched an investigation. “We emphasise that same sex marriage is not allowed in our religion. In our customary law it is also not allowed as it could cause the area to be cuntaka (or impure). If the wedding cere…

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

By Sean O'Neil

…cks in raw athleticism he makes up for with grit. He studies ferociously, overcomes dyslexia, and transfers to Notre Dame, where he also makes the team. But when, in his senior year, a new coach appears to squash Rudy’s dream of getting into an official game, a despairing Rudy is admonished by a black groundskeeper named Fortune, who once played Notre Dame football but quit because he had assumed his lack of playing time was due to the color of hi…

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

By Paula Cooey

…Trump, like the rest of his compatriots on the extreme right, is a bloviating, ego-maniacal demagogue. Some of us have already begun. A U.S. soldier (self-described as “a white, southern, Christian male who loves Jesus”) has issued an open invitation to Muslim families to come over to his home to cook out in the back yard so that their children might play together and so that they can learn more about each other. And the mayor of St. Petersburg, F…