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The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ill go to Mina, etc. There is still no address for the hotels, but a local phone number. There is also information about processing customs at Jeddah, meeting the tour guide, and information that says “the group” will proceed to Makkah—which means the first will have to wait for the last person, which is the beginning of feeling like you are a group. They even include suggestions to “get to know” your fellow travelers. I still had no idea what wer…

UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rch: Francis who? U.S. Bishops stick with culture war political priorities Despite widespread expectations that Pope Francis’s focus on poverty and the environment might influence the political priorities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops, the bishops approved a “Faithful Citizenship” guide for 2016 that continues making the U.S. hierarchy’s political priorities the culture war issues of abortion, marriage equality, and “religious freedom…

Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…end much time exploring the everyday experience of the internet—whether social media or the omnipresent smartphone or Pokémon Go. He’s drawn instead to online addicts and people who are convinced they have a high sensitivity to the radio waves that transmit the internet. One everyday scene, however, so fascinated Herzog that it earned a place in Lo and Behold. Behind an image of Tibetan monks staring into their phones with the Chicago skyline behi…

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

…tron this week, saying she is being silenced for her views on same-sex marriage. Despite being dumped by Cottesloe Tennis Club, Mrs Court remained defiant yesterday, accusing the LGBTQI community of wanting to “destroy marriage”. Mrs Court said she was disappointed the tennis club had dumped her as vice-patron, saying the move was “politically motivated”. “I think it’s sad. You don’t have the freedom of speech today to really defend yourself,” she…

The Benedict Opt-Out: Why Christian Self-Isolation Won’t Work

By Kaya Oakes

…s to relationships, but also to Christians’ relationships with the growing number of Nones. Christians who self-isolate will miss out on the opportunity to know, learn from, and perhaps even to love some of the Americans who have thought the hardest and longest about religion and its role in their lives. Jesus, after all, did not lead his disciples away from the people and their questions, and their messy, real lives, and doubts. He walked toward…

The Religious Mourning of ‘Saint’ Kobe Bryant Continues

By Terry Shoemaker

…year’s All-Star game, one team wore Kobe’s number 24, while the other wore number 2, Gianna’s uniform number. The MVP award, given this year to Los Angeles Clippers’ star forward Kawhi Leonard, was renamed permanently for Kobe Bryant. Pregame and half-time shows centered on Kobe, his family, and his impact on the sport of basketball and society. The collective grief and bereavement displayed by fans and players alike not only demonstrate the power…

From Pastor to Harvard’s ‘Godless Church’ Planter

By Becky Garrison

…k to. What was the response to your coming out as an atheist? An enormous number of Christians have threatened to do physical harm to me. Many others have been kind in their response. They don’t understand and of course, they offer to pray for me. Some atheists have disagreed with me. I’ve heard comments like “I’ll give you a year but this won’t stick.” But overall the Christian response has been much worse than the feedback I got from the “angry…

Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs

By Jessica Johnson

…ed to popularizing podcasts, drawing audience numbers up and generating social media buzz. Why use language like “kill,” suggesting a crime had happened, rather than control, authoritarianism, and/or megalomania? As The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill climbed the Apple charts, clocking in at number three on August 12, 2021, behind number one, “True Crime,” and number two, “The Daily” by the New York Times, this ranking was celebrated by fans who made n…

New Poll Finds “Growing Appetite” for Mixing Religion and Politics

By Sarah Posner

…the results generally found a “widening” divide between the religious affiliated and non-affiliated (or “nones”), one data point was particularly striking: even among the nones, support for churches endorsing candidates rose eight points, from 15 in 2010 to 23% now, among that group. By contrast, 26% of the religiously affiliated supported church endorsements in 2010, rising to 35% in 2014. While those supporting church endorsements of candidates…

Closed-Door Conference in Poland Shows How US Conservative Christian Networks Export ‘Conversion Therapy’

By Antonia Gross and Rina Nikolaeva

…eport.” Van Meter is also the Past President of the American College of Pediatricians, a conservative group of anti-LGBTIQ, anti-abortion doctors, accused by health organizations and the scientific community of spreading misleading information, and even misusing other institutions’ work to serve their own agenda. The ACPeds has reportedly been working closely with the Christian nationalist advocacy group “Alliance Defending Freedom” (ADF), which h…