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Ross Douthat: Trump Is Women’s Fault for Not Having More Babies

By Patricia Miller

…ccurred during the nineteenth century. The average woman went from bearing about seven or eight children in 1800, to between three and four by 1900, in tandem with the industrial revolution. And among the native-born white population that Douthat is so concerned about, average family size was even smaller. A two-child family was already the norm for many middle and upper-middle class Protestant women, leading men like Theodore Roosevelt to decry “…

How Does Mormonism Shape Romney’s Foreign Policy?

By Joanna Brooks

…him to do. But he’s a pragmatist not a visionary, and in this his foreign policy resembles his economic policy: it’s designed in its public presentation to appeal to key voting demographics, but essentially values-neutral and centered on defending and promoting the interests of large institutions that reward loyalty. We’ve seen this institutional loyalty-centered approach to foreign policy from LDS people in decision-making positions before. It w…

RDBook: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World: An Interview with Michelle Goldberg

By Mandy Van Deven

…ed its draconian abortion ban in anti-colonialist rhetoric—even though his policy mirrored that of the hated United States! At the same time, both American conservatives and representatives of the Vatican revel in posing as the staunch defenders of traditional cultures under assault by decadent cosmopolitan elites. They really enjoy turning traditional leftist critiques against liberals. This book’s agenda is explicitly feminist. What were some of…

Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ocates in Bogota say that number would be even higher today in the city of about 8 million, known for its burgeoning gay culture and nightlife. But it’s not just Bogota. Support for LGBT rights is spreading across the country. Manizales, a medium-sized city in Colombia’s more conservative “coffee country,” recently hosted a gay pride parade with little controversy. To Sanchez and other gay rights advocates, these changes are welcome. Many say they…

“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business

By Frederick Clarkson

…le inclusion. Category 3: Religious Liberty Protection LegislationPublic Policy ResolutionsResolution Establishing Public Policy Favoring Intimate Sexual Relations Only Between Married, Heterosexual Couples: Resolves “that the public policy of this State supports and encourages marriage between one man and one woman and the desirability that intimate sexual relations only take place between such couples.” Resolution Establishing Public Policy Fa…

Simon Critchley, Atheist Religious Thinker on Utopia & the Fiction of Faith

By Beatrice Marovich

…n tradition? It’s a good question. I don’t really know the answer. I don’t know enough about, say, Islam to be able answer competently. I know enough about Judaism to say that, well, there are very similar elements, or ways of interpreting Judaism, which would make it very close to how I understand Christianity. But I will say that the ludicrousness of Christianity has always attracted me. The idea of incarnation, and the idea of the most powerful…

New Mormon Anti-Gay Policy Sparks Mass Exodus From Church; Christian AID Workers in Africa Refuse to Help Gay Refugees; Ukraine Rejects, Then Accepts EU-Required Gay Rights Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…can to stand together against extreme violence. “We were not there to talk about issues of civil unions or same sex marriage, for example, because that is not part of our policy,” Berry says. “That is not part of the conversation we were interested in engaging in, nor do I think were they.” Berry requested the Vatican meeting as part of his three-week trip to Eastern Europe, which has included visits to five countries and a stop in Athens for the…

Capricology: Divine Madness

By Salman Hameed

…ation for players and designers alike. So, whoever is writing these scenes knows enough about game design to be on top of key debates in the field. Of course, this gets us closer to some religious issues as well in terms of how do we understand the concept of divine creation. What would it mean to replace the Watchmaker God of old with the Game Designer God of the 21st century? Finally, one of my favorite moments was watching the family dog seem t…

The Islamophobia Election: How “Muslim” Became a Racial Identity

By Michael Schulson

…rstood, or discussed in terms of terrorism. We need to individualize people in this country instead of marking them as being a part of a broader community. Most people in this country don’t know much about Muslims, or Islam, or their practices. I think that’s a problem. * * * Also on The Cubit: What Trump talks about when he talks about Islam…

Spiritual Envy: Michael Krasny’s Agnostic Quest

By Lisa Webster

…hey would be okay—it was almost beyond my will. You could say it’s superstition, childhood beliefs coming back. But you don’t know. You just don’t know….