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Presbyterians to Propose Historic Resolution for Religious Freedom and Against LGBTQ Discrimination

By Frederick Clarkson

…ncerity of belief, for historical precedent or lineage of belief.” There is, however, nothing in the resolution that characterizes anyone’s views as “hate” nor does it call for anyone’s views to be “stifled or punished.” Nevertheless, Gissing insists that the resolution and its authors are urging the church to “become an advocacy group that will use political and judicial means to thwart religious liberty protections for those holding traditionali…

Transforming America’s Israel Lobby

By Dan Fleshler

…ions. It also will place new pressures on pro-Israel American Jewish groups, which, with a few exceptions, defended Israel’s military conduct during the war in Gaza. In his recently released book, Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change (excerpted below), Dan Fleshler, an American Jewish activist in what he calls “the pro-Israel left,” explains the reluctance of Jewish liberals to criticize Israel…

Colorado’s Personhood Initiative Fails—For Now

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…the ballot. (Ms. Mason is also the Communications Director for Personhood USA, the Colorado-based umbrella group coordinating the state personhood efforts.) The amendment’s text would make it illegal to intentionally kill “any innocent person”—with “person” defined as “every human being regardless of the method of creation,” and “human being” defined as “a member of the species homo sapien at any stage of development.” But the proposed text doesn…

By His Wounds We Have Already Been Entertained: Tiger Woods, The Masters, and the Ritual of Celebrity Disgrace

By Dan Mathewson and Trina Jones

…equel). Which brings us back to where we started: the headline in the Toronto Star which read, “Augusta Chairman comes out swinging at Tiger Woods”—and, yes, that was rich. But in the end, should we have expected anything less?…

Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise

By Thomas Lecaque

…enemies of the country trying to destroy the nation. It’s Trump as a savior, yes, but it’s a war. It’s a war to destroy part of the country, the part that is not on their side. Trump may talk about World War III in the speech, but it’s not a world war that he’s threatening, it’s a civil war. This is crucial. The discussion of fascism in America is long and complex and ongoing, but Trump is making his call for the Thousand Year Confederacy. There’s…

Fun with Facts, or, Yes Virginia, The UCC is still a Trinitarian Denomination

By Daniel Schultz

…for an egregious error, you’re doing it wrong: Contrary to Internet rumors, the tiny, liberal United Church of Christ denomination did not saw off one leg of Christianity’s Holy Trinity when it tweaked the language in its bylaws this week. You might not have known from the furious headlines on Christian websites proclaiming that the 1 million-member UCC will rebuff Christ and God by slashing a reference to God as “Heavenly Father.” Terry Mattingl…

Attack on the US Capitol Has Many Journos Finally Taking White Evangelical Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism Seriously

By Chrissy Stroop

…plans of President-Elect Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, as false. Meanwhile, USA Today’s reporting by Rick Jervis, Marc Ramirez, and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena focused on evangelical leaders Jeffress and Graham proclaiming that they have no regrets over their Trump support, and that they don’t expect Trump to lose evangelical backing because of the violence. To be sure, they say they condemn the insurrection itself, but they attempt to normalize evangel…

Facebook Doesn’t Kill Churches, Churches Kill Churches

By Elizabeth Drescher

…al gathering place for the majority of believers and seekers. And, it seems, too, that Facebook has taken up much of the chat about “football,… good schools,… local politics,” and other matters that Beck sees as the “main draw” of routine ecclesial practice in days gone by. Yet the sneak peek Beck offers of his own research appears to undermine the argument. Not Enough Social to Go Around The relationships among the undergraduates in Beck’s resear…

Netanyahu’s (Republican) Esther Moment

By Sarah Posner

…he Bible predicts a military confrontation with Iran. By then, Hagee’s book, Jerusalem Countdown, had sold nearly 500,000 copies. It had occupied the No. 1 position on the Wal-Mart inspirational best-seller list, showed up on Wal-Mart’s list of top 10 best sellers for seven weeks, and made the USA Today top 50 best-seller list for six weeks. Hagee, who serves as head pastor of the 18,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, hosts his o…

The Link Between Texas’ Law Requiring ‘In God We Trust’ Signs in Schools and the January 6 Insurrection

By Andrew L. Seidel

…the gallows they erected at the Capitol. “In God We Trust,” “God Bless the USA,” “Hang for treason,” and “Amen.” In God We Trust gallows from January 6th Insurrection. Image: Tyler Merbler/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) But the link between the January 6th insurrection and these In God We Trust display laws is more intimate than a few overlapping mentions suggest. The drive to display In God We Trust in public schools was lifted right out of the Christian Nat…