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Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

By Mary Barker

…of a Mormonism coming of age in an intellectually and socially challenging world. The new orthodox marriage In the 19th century, the Mormon practice of polygamy shocked the Christian sensibilities of Americans, who considered it a blatant form of immorality and an offense to God. Mormons, however, argued that it was a religious obligation, which meant that it was protected by the First Amendment. They did not argue that other Christians had to lik…

Global Islam, the Year in Headlines

By Qamar-ul Huda

…kers are killed. 8. Civil War in Syria Creates Over 300,000 Refugees; the frustration of rebels waiting for Western military support brings them closer to al-Qaeda extremists. 9. Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani Teenage Education Activist Escapes an Assassination Attempt by Taliban. 10. Brazen Taliban attacks in Afghanistan/Pakistan cause over two thousand deaths—but they still participate in negotiation talks in France and Qatar. 11. Boko Haram, Radic…

In Historic Vote, Presbyterians to Allow LGBT Clergy

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…conservative alliance called Presbyterians for Renewal agreed, telling the New York Times that his group does not plan to leave PC(USA) but that they are perplexed by the vote. “We see this as a bit of a crisis of conscience for us. The book that we hold up as holy is saying one thing, and now the church is behaving differently.” Adee says there is more work ahead for More Light. They will now begin to work on policies and procedures needed to imp…

Lila Rose and the Right Resurrect Malicious Child Predator Myth Putting LGBTQ People in Even Greater Danger

By R.L. Stollar

…mpaign employed the mantra, “Homosexuals cannot reproduce, so they must recruit. And to freshen their ranks, they must recruit the youth of America.” However, surveys and studies of those who actually abuse children demonstrate just how mistaken the link between queer people and sexual abuse is. Study after study has found that queer people do not, in fact, harm children at higher rates than other people. Instead, a very different picture emerges…

Pro-Gay Christians Breaking Out

By Peter Montgomery

…would still be regarded as normal, as political constituencies around the world, like the pre-civil war American south, continued to invoke the New Testament injunction that “slaves be obedient to your masters” as their justification. Not to mention the derivative political theologies that provided ready justifications for bans on inter-racial marriage and, in very recent times, the ethical obscenity that was racial segregation and apartheid. Sim…

Step Right Up And Get Your Low-Priced ‘Pro-God Content’! Donald Trump Enters the Bible Business

By Karen E. Park

…notable that almost every news outlet, from USA Today, to Fox News, to the New York Times, refers to the cost of the God Bless the USA Bible as $60 as if the left digit bias employed by used car salesmen and grocery stores is too embarrassing for journalists to acknowledge. But I say it’s important to refer to that actual low, low price of $59.99. Between June 2020 and now, Trump has gone from seeming to hawk a Bible in Lafayette Square to actuall…

Why 9/11 Changed Everything Nothing

By Paul Harvey

…in Laden, crowds almost instantly formed outside the White House chanting “USA! USA!.” Depending on whom you believe, this reaction was either an unsettling display of vengeance directed against a relic of Cold War alliances who no longer had much cachet in most of the Arab world, or it was an understandable existential catharsis; a healthy celebration of patriotism that was more about celebrating “us” rather than denigrating “them.” The day after…

Paul for the People: John Dominic Crossan Imagines a “Letter to the Americans” In His New Video Series

By Peter Laarman

…4. By then, however, it had long broken out from Galilee, going first to Jerusalem. When Paul arrived on the scene, he went to Jerusalem. As a pilgrimage city, Jerusalem would allow this new form of Messianic Judaism to begin to move out along the pilgrim networks. The crucial decision facing Messianic Judaism concerned whether Gentile converts could become full members of the Messianic community without undergoing circumcision. Paul was part of t…

From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better

By Peter Laarman

…D: Not many good books about religion get the attention of widely-followed New York Times columnists. How has your life and your sense of responsibility for shaping a different future been affected by Nick Kristof’s tip of the hat? Brian McLaren: I’ve been a big fan of Nick’s work for a long time, so I was thrilled that he read and enjoyed the book. It was also encouraging to receive some commendation from Malcolm Gladwell recently. How much this…

The Sex Scandal Following Whole Foods’ Guru

By Michael Schulson

Over the holidays, the New York Times ran a punishing profile of Marc Gafni, an ex-rabbi who reinvented himself as a New Age spiritual leader. A founder of the Center for Integral Wisdom and organizer of the Success 3.0 Summit, Gafni has built a New Age brand around two trademark concepts—Unique Self and Outrageous Love—which, like much of “Integral Theory,” seems to draw from psychotherapy, Eastern and Western religious traditions, and philosoph…