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Trickle-Down Metaphysics and the Dawn of a Trumpian New Age

By Michael Schulson

…lity to be a basic law of the universe. TarcherPerigee, a Penguin Random House imprint, republished At Your Command this fall, hoping to ride that wave. “Having influenced some of today’s bestselling New Age writers….Neville’s core principle that imagining creates reality has captivated modern readers,” the promo copy explains. The publisher probably didn’t expect the book to resonate quite so uncomfortably with the political moment when they chos…

RD News Round-Up—September 29, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…ding up to this year’s election.“ (For more on Pray the Vote, go here) The promo for Craig Detweiler’s new book Into the Dark reads: “Detweiler, a well-respected film expert and media spokesperson on Hollywood and Christianity, examines forty-five twenty-first-century films that resonate theologically—from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to Little Miss Sunshine—offering groundbreaking insight into their scriptural connections and theological applica…

Muslims Need Not Apply—To the White House or Congress

By Julie Ingersoll

…n then be denied by other tea partiers. The result for those of us trying to follow the movement is that every time we write about something extreme, it’s dismissed with “well, every movement has its fringe folks.” I started to write this a week ago but had second thoughts because the whole exchange with Joan seemed like a one-off. Then today Salon.com is reporting that Tea Party Nation leader and founder Judson Phillips is calling for the defeat…

Give Me That Old-Time Ex-Gay Snake Oil

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…mistakes symptoms for the disease here. To say that homosexuality is the cause of substance abuse, depression, violence and early death in the LGBT community is like saying being a teenager causes gangs. While gang membership may be predominantly composed of teenagers, there are societal and familial forces that bring those teens into the gangs. Gangs, aside from the violence they perpetrate, are often a replacement for the love, opportunity and s…

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…g] popular support against imperialism,” Salaymeh explains, some activists promoted “Islamic unity,” in which use of “Islamic law” became a popular rhetoric. Rabb, too, noted, “Historically, Shari’ah served as a means for political dissent against arbitrary rule.” “So shari’ah became a battle cry of resistance,” Salaymeh says. “It’s used by certain political groups to claim they are not being represented, or that their government is not representa…

Communion or Disunion?

By Mary E. Hunt

…acrament does not make something holy, but the sacrament is celebrated because something is holy. In this case, what is holy is the life of a good woman that the community gathers to give thanks for and celebrate. I suspect that the priest at fault would not see it that way, but increasing numbers of Catholics do. What some have dubbed the “wafer wars” are not just differences in theology, but also differences of worldview. The days of hocus pocus…

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

By Mandy Van Deven

…GOP into a populist, religiously conservative political party. Republicans used to champion family planning because they saw it as key to international security. In the 1960s, many hardcore Cold Warriors were in a panic that overpopulation was going to cause such misery worldwide that countries would succumb to communist revolution. George H.W. Bush was so obsessed with distributing contraception that he was nicknamed “rubbers!” Things changed in…

Persecution of Ugandan Bishop Continues In United States

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…sive Howard Ahmanson, has, since the early 1980s, made it its mission to cause splits and dissension in Protestant denominations. According to Jim Naughton of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, who conducted an extensive study of the IRD: The IRD was established in 1981 by neo-conservative intellectuals hoping to counter the liberal public policy agendas of the National and World Councils of Christian Churches. Its founders, including Michael No…

RDBook: Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa

By Luke Ssemakula

…k international connections are reluctant to advocate political reform because they have nowhere to turn for help in case of state persecution; some of these welcome the patronage of politicians. Others still refuse to buy into the dualism of sacred versus secular, preferring instead to see God as fully invested in humanity’s full experience—these consider democracy an arena in which they can be the salt of the earth and light to the world and the…

Pastor Convicted in Lisa Miller Child Kidnapping Case

By Peter Montgomery

…neth Miller of helping Lisa Miller (no relation) flee with her daughter to Nicaragua to avoid complying with court orders granting custody of her daughter to her former partner Janet Jenkins. Meanwhile, Jenkins has filed a civil RICO suit against Kenneth Miller, Liberty University Law School, Thomas Road Baptist Church, and others who the suit alleges helped Lisa Miller kidnap her daughter. Liberty Counsel, the legal organization headed by law sch…