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Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…conservative Catholic LifeSiteNews noted that Napier has defended other bishops promoting orthodoxy; earlier this year he said that allowing Communion for some people living in “irregular” family situations would make it harder for the Church in Africa to hold the line against polygamists. LifeSiteNews and other conservative Catholics were less pleased with Brazilian Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, who said at a July 30 mass that “you cannot s…

The Fire Next Time: Tibetan Protests Spread

By Megan Sweas

…immolated in eastern Tibet. India has responded to the unrest by placing a number of Tibetan refugees under what they term “house arrest.” Below, Megan Sweas reports from India on the latest wave of protests. –Eds.] DELHI—Shibayan Raha had worried that this would happen. At a protest against the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, a 27-year-old Tibetan exile lit himself on fire and ran past the podium before police and other activists c…

Florida Qur’an-burning Pastor Terry Jones Shoots Himself in the Foot (well, almost)

By Julie Ingersoll

…any states). Florida’s permit is also really easy to get: I called the gun shop up the street that offers the classes and was told you must be 21, have a drivers license, a “clean record,” and take a $49 two-hour course that doesn’t even include any real shooting. Moreover, Michigan is a gun-friendly state in its own right. In fact Michigan was one of several states in which recent proposed changes to the conceal and carry laws would allow permit…

Glenn Beck Takes on Liberation Theology

By Elijah Prewitt-Davis

…dite modes of engagement, we slouch uncomfortably into our favorite coffee shop couch while, despite our deepest wishes, their game goes on. Sometimes, however, these propagandists strike a nerve so close to home that not responding seems the greatest injustice. Last Tuesday, Glenn Beck dedicated an entire episode to attacking liberation theology and one of its greatest proponents, James Cone. Linking Cone’s groundbreaking Black Theology and Black…

Environmentalists Are Lousy Metaphysicians

By Curtis White

…embarrassment the spiritual vision of Muir? What we’ve been left with are numbers. The problem of climate change will be solved if we can reduce the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 ppm. 350 ppm: that’s the holy grail of environmentalism. As a consequence of this approach, environmentalism can tell you that a problem exists (the polar bears are going extinct), but it can’t tell you why you should care. Environmentalism leads now with scien…

The Subway Sandwich Artist Argument; When “Religious Freedom” Isn’t About Religious Freedom

By Patrick Hornbeck

…be writing in advance of the December 5 oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the first major LGBT rights case the Court has accepted since affirming a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in 2015, as well as the first such case it has taken up since Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the bench. At first blush, it might appear that Masterpiece Cakeshop is about religious freedom. Supporters of the baker, Jack P…

Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” Depicts Death Struggle Between Hope and Despair

By Peter Laarman

…s aware that the kids at Abundant Life refer to it sneeringly as “the gift shop”). In terms of what’s conventionally “done” in these circumstances, the church’s benefactor is clearly entitled to speak. But Toller can’t stomach it—not after young Michael has just martyred himself for the environmental cause. It can plausibly be argued that the real “action” in this film is essentially theological: Michael is an evangelist for a different kind of fa…

Mississippi Businesses Say No To Religious Discrimination

By Sarah Posner

…on Ledger: Eddie Outlaw, who owns William Wallace Salon and Fondren Barber Shop, was part of the creative team behind If You’re Buying, with Mitchell Moore, who owns Campbell’s Bakery in Fondren. “A lot of us were trying to counter the negative stuff from outside Mississippi,” Outlaw said, referring to the national coverage 2681 got while it circulated the Capitol. “We wanted to let people know – not just the LGBT community but the progressive com…

Shariah-Approved Sex Aids, Abstinence-Only Goes to China, and Abercrombie Hijab…

By Michael J. Altman

…find “shariah-approved” products for “sexual health” at El Asira—an online shop attracting 30,000 visits a week. Teetotaling Mormons in Idaho grow barley for beer brewers. A Muslim mason who worked to rebuild the Saint Jean Cathedral in Lyon, France, has been immortalized as a winged gargoyle on the facade of the church. The inscription beneath his stone image reads “God is great.” In Germany, a team of researchers have built digital models of syn…

Could The Right Have More Sway Under Obama?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…self, except for the action of Christians. And so in the political-affairs shop in particular, you saw a lot of people who just rolled their eyes at everyone from Rich Cizik, who is one of the heads of the National Association of Evangelicals, to James Dobson, to basically every religious-right leader that was out there, because they just found them annoying and insufferable. These guys were pains in the butt who had to be accommodated. I find the…