Religion Dispatches
…d For You.” (Note to self: thatjewdiedforyou.org still available.) It’s like JfJ are PETA now…willing to do anything for publicity. I fully expect them to open a Jesus deli downtown: ThatJewCooksForYou.com As one friend put it: “It’s got potential. Kosher style. Lamb-of-God chops. Wood-smoked bacon.” The upside there is that it’d pit PETA against JfJ in a tasteless deathmatch. …
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…om in the United States applies to every religion. You have gone too far.” https://twitter.com/MaxMillerOH/status/1691564395342488045 Critics rightfully point out the troubling free speech implications of a sitting Congressperson commanding a private citizen to delete a tweet. To others, Miller’s tweet is further proof of the lack of principles among GOP leadership, which is insufficiently committed to an authentic America First agenda. But simmer…
Read More…d fed you by making you forget.’ Because the Muslim God is one of love and compassion (contrary to common [mis]perception.) Ramadone: You know, there’s an hour to go, and… ugh. Just. Don’t. Ramadundant: The “conversations” you and your Iftarty guests have in the thirty-odd minutes that separate their arrival, zombie-like, at your house, from the serving of dates. Most conversations, if they take place at all, have to do with food; it is the verbal…
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…ve in evangelical teachings. Fix that. I can tell you that Christo-centric Instagram pages would be wise to not play the safe side by clinging to “Christ would want us to unite…” jargon. No. If unity is truly the end goal, it cannot come without first the acknowledgment of wrongdoing and the understanding that peace does not equal passivity. Choose a side. White churches such as Hillsong and Bethel Music would do well to incorporate the Black cont…
Read More…ive a wedge between single men and women in churches where courtship had become the norm. They also say the courtship formula stigmatized Christian singles. I Survived IKDG comes in the wake of critiques of purity culture and Christian teachings on sex and sexual identity. Matt Barber and Brittany Machado’s 2015 documentary Give Me Sex Jesus critically examines purity culture as do several books written by those who grew up in the movement, like L…
Read More…ves for a discount to assist plantation owners with more helpers for the upcoming winter (for cutting and stacking fire wood, winterproofing etc.), hence the name,” read the graphic, complete with an illustration of a slave auction. Yeah, because nothing like that took place in American history. Still, the Daily News’ Jaime Uribarri drags Smith through the mud by recounting the cruelty of online critics: “You’re a f——— idiot” was one of the the mo…
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…on of jumper cables to start a necessary conversation.” In a recent “Guest Commentary” titled “Becoming a Christian Citizen: Electoral Lessons from the Religious Right for the Religious Left,” published in the Fall, 2008 edition of The Public Eye, a publication of Political Research Associates, Clarkson wrote: The main reason why the Religious Right became powerful is not what most people may think. Some would undoubtedly point to the powerful com…
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…e Old and New Testaments, supports the search for truth and a constant overcoming of the self, overcoming what you used to be. Christ didn’t associate with prostitutes for nothing. He said, ‘I help those who have gone astray and forgive them’ but for some reason I can’t see any of that at our trial, which is taking place under the banner of Christianity. I think the prosecutor is defying Christianity. The lawyer wants nothing to do with the injure…
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…Blood Pact with Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting of Haitian History” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 41.2 (2012). Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/37…
Read More…ut were not averse to the idea. Menstruatin’ with Satan art by Tina Scott. http://christina-scott.com TST-Arizona had a falling out with the local branch of the YWCA over their “Menstruatin’ with Satan” drive. The chapter had gathered so many feminine hygiene products for the local YWCA that the chapter also had to construct a shed in which these products could be stored. But a local manager announced that Christians had complained about working w…
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