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To Pray or to Prey: Racism, Religion and Violence in Charleston

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…ck or brown—disrupts the logic and values of a white Republic. I call this pathological racist paranoia. In my theological imagination, with its situational anthropomorphism, tears again welled up in the eyes of God. And as a co-sufferer of racist terrorism, I know that “God sees the truth but waits.” God is waiting for us to choose transformative justice—love in public policy—and be more human. This idea of justice moves beyond a limited emotiona…

Irish Vote Reflects Diminished Moral Authority of Catholic Church

By Peter Montgomery

…that their strongest arguments against marriage equality have lost their impact in key parts of the world. “We’re losing the marriage battles — that’s the truth, especially in Western Europe,” said Ignacio Arsuaga, a Spanish activist who founded a global online campaign platform called CitizenGo. (Its board includes Brian Brown of the United States’s National Organization for Marriage.) “Our arguments are not reaching the majority of society. The…

A Comedy Writer Confronts ‘Mind-Shredding Evil’ in Uganda

By Frederick Clarkson

…s. The LRA massacres whole villages at a time in Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic. Two million people in Northern Uganda have been displaced. Kony’s power over his victims is derived in part by his claim to be inhabited by spirits, including one that had jumped to him from Alice Lakwena (a kind of Joan of Arc figure), who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 1987. S…

Eat, Pray, Trash: What the Critics Don’t See

By Ben Brazil

…and that a geographical path is just the earthly dimension of a spiritual path. Authenticity as Commodity For the most part, though, Eat Pray Love’s critics seem to have little problem with a therapeutic search for a whole, balanced self. Their criticism is that the book and movie lead down unhelpful or unethical paths. It’s at this point that the concept of authenticity turns back on itself, becoming increasingly problematic. In part because th…

White Nationalist Mottos, the Fate of Jews in the New Christian State, and ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Humor — Day 2 of NatCon 2024

By Annika Brockschmidt and Ben Lorber

…ats. We don’t—that’s how we lose.” To rousing applause, Lee closed out the panel by paraphrasing an old John Birch Society slogan: “We’re a constitutional republic, not a freakin’ democracy.” Extremists have arrived in the mainstream Next, Yoram Hazony introduced Albert Mohler and Doug Wilson as the “two great protestant leaders of our generation”—a statement that, at least in relation to Wilson, shows that fringe voices have moved into the mainst…

Palin’s Persecution Complex Culminates with “Blood Libel” Accusation

By Anthea Butler

…oh. The blood libel, refuted first by Pope Innocent IV through a series of papal bulls, has nonetheless persisted throughout history as a way for Christians at times to scapegoat Jews. Palin, by calling the media’s alleged persecution of her a “blood libel” plays into this evil history by inference. But does she understand how this comment of blood libel appears anti-Semitic? Not only is Rep. Giffords Jewish, but accusing the media of “blood libel…

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…esn’t always admit its own existence, but it’s growing in influence in the Republican Party, The New Republic, August 23, 2022 Keri Ladner, The quiet rise of Christian dominionism, The Christian Century, November 2022 A groundbreaking, ten-part investigative podcast series on Straight White American Jesus by Matthew D. Taylor and Brad Onishi reveals the role of the NAR in the events leading up to and during the January 6 insurrection. This artic…

Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”

By Anita Little

…hat we have actually gained quite a bit in terms of social progress in the past couple of decades, and the threat of what we’ve gained being stripped away is likely why some scenes in the series were so jarring. Patricia Miller: I think it’s kind of awesome that you thought The Handmaid’s Tale was of recent vintage—it really speaks to Atwood’s power as a writer, as well as a thinker about issues of women and power and religion. I read the book whe…

Meet the Christian Reconstructionists Behind the Latest Birther Theory

By Sarah Posner

…ial thinking. Titus ran on the Constitution Party (then known as the US Taxpayers Party) presidential ticket with Constitution Party founder Howard Phillips in 1996. The Constitution Party’s platform includes the aim of restoring “American jurisprudence to its biblical premises.” Titus’ clients have included the far-right Gun Owners of America, which opposes all gun regulation, Rep. Ron Paul (in a challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance…

As Irish Flee the Church, a Push For Reform

By Diane Winston

…option: gaggles of green-bedecked youngsters and young adults line the St. Paddy’s Day parade route, but in Dublin’s cathedral youthful faces only speckle the crowd. Three days of talking with Church leaders help put numbers and pictures in perspective. But their insights on the Church’s problems make the new pope’s task sound all the more difficult. Many of the Irish Church’s fiercest critics are also its most devoted sons and daughters, who came…