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Students at Conservative Catholic College Speak After Sudden Cancellation of Pro-Gay Speaker

By Rob Shryock

…tments at Providence co-sponsored a lecture by John Corvino, a pro-gay-marriage philosopher whose website is called “The Gay Moralist.” Corvino’s lecture, “The Meaning of (Gay) Marriage” was to be given on Thursday, September 26th, and would be followed by a critical response from Providence theology professor Dr. Dana Dillon. What happened next has been widely reported throughout the media. Providence College’s Provost, Dr. Hugh Lena, sent an em…

Prosperity Gospel and Foreclosure

By Sarah Posner

…ation but to make a “Passover offering.” Seven is a biblically significant number, the number of completion and perfection, and in this spring of 2007 the Praise-a-thon began on Easter Sunday, the seventh day of Passover. If you make the Passover offering, Munsey claims, God will give you seven blessings: God will dispatch an angel to lead miracles; rid you of your enemies; bless you with prosperity; heal you; give you longevity; give you an inher…

The Jihadi Revolution is Dead (But Bin Laden’s Death Didn’t Kill It)

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…shielding them. Later a phalanx of Muslim protestors protected their Christian comrades as they worshipped in the public square, an urban intersection that was for that time transformed into a massive interfaith sanctuary. The religiosity of Tahrir Square is far from the religion of radical jihad. Rather than separating Muslim from non-Muslim, and Sunni from Shi’a, the symbols that were raised on impromptu placards in Tahrir Square were emblems of…

A Matter of the Heart: Talking to Gay Christian Rocker Jennifer Knapp

By Kristin Rawls

…erybody. It’s an honor to watch. And the LGBT clergy that I’ve met are amazing, amazing people. They’re inspiring to me every day. Not just because of sexual orientation, but because of what they have had to learn in their own lives about loving [all of] their neighbors as themselves. I am amazed by the kind of enthusiasm and love they have. I think they show that a life of faith, no matter what your path, can be a really fruitful one. You’ve…

Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…er,” he said, “I believe priests can adapt it for same-sex couples.” Colombia: Marriage Equality Ruling Reportedly Coming After Holy Week According to media reports, the Constitutional Court has agreed to rule in favor of marriage equality and against a conservative judge’s proposal for civil unions as an alternative. The reports predict a 6-3 victory after the Court meets. Cuba: Obama Meets With Dissidents, Including LGBT Activists U.S. President…

Ten Commandments of the Antichrist: The Georgia Guidestones

By Joseph Laycock

…rural Elberton, Georgia (“granite capital of the world”) known as the Georgia Guidestones. The monument consists of four 16-foot-high slabs of granite arranged around a central column and topped with a capstone weighing 25,000 pounds. Carved onto the face of each slab is a list of ten precepts for creating a better society, written in eight modern languages. On the four sides of the capstone are written the words, “Let These Be Guidestones to An A…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…ome time to talk to RD about this new role as he and his American Episcopalian guides drove East from Denver to Louisiana, up through South Carolina to Washington DC. ______________________ RD: A number of American human rights experts have said that the killing and forced displacement of the Ngok Dinka people from Abyei in May, and their replacement by the Arab, northern-aligned Misseriya, constitutes “ethnic cleansing.” Is ethnic cleansing part…

Dirty Money in the Appalachian Church: Six Years After Deadly Coal Mine Disaster, Where Are We Now?

By Michael J. Iafrate

…of coal to the state’s economy? When asked these questions, diocesan officials such as Fr. Brian O’Donnell, the executive secretary of the West Virginia Catholic Conference (the public policy arm of the Diocese) reply that “it wouldn’t be prudent” to speak strongly about these things. In a recent email and phone conversation, Fr. O’Donnell also dismissed any concerns about the influence of coal money on the public policy statements of the diocese…

The Pundits and the Dominionists

By Julie Ingersoll

…re subtle: it’s in the now-multiple generations who have grown up in Christian schooling and Christian home schooling for which he laid philosophical, theological and legal foundations—Bachmann’s legal education is but one example of that. The influence plays out in the many Americans who see history and science as theology, promoting “Christian American history” and opposing evolution as an explanation for human origins. Granted Americans have a…

The Religious Right’s Apocalyptic Visions of an Obama Presidency

By Bill Berkowitz

…retak[ing] several Eastern European countries,” staring with Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.” Lack of action by the United Nations subsequently led to Russia’s occupation of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria. President Obama “deepen[ed] U.S. ties and U.S. trade with Communist regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia.” In the Middle East, “in mid-2010 Iran launched a nuclear bomb which exploded in the middle of Tel Aviv, des…