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RDPulpit: The Intolerance of Tolerance Movements

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…—who warmly welcomed my friend and coldly shook my hand, never to make eye contact with me or acknowledge my presence for the rest of the night. It was my last meeting with that group. The intolerance of the tolerance-seekers again reared its ugly head. It’s anecdotal evidence, sure, but I have more examples than space permits. The truth of the matter is misogyny is alive and well in the GLBT community, no matter how many times they open the door…

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It

By Annika Brockschmidt

…d to film him and Reuss together. Reuss is also accused of having tried to contact Russian government officials to support his political project. Nuremberg 2.0 The German Verfassungsschutz (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution) estimates in a 2021 report that 21,000 people belong to the “Reichsbürger” movement, of which it categorizes 1,500 as “right-wing extremists.” The report counts 2,100 people as “ready to potentially commit…

Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the Answer in Afghanistan

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…to stabilize the Afghanistan security situation: it would activate the UN Contact Group on Afghanistan and expand it to include its six neighboring countries along with the United States, Russia, and NATO. It is important for the United States to respect such initiatives and work with them to encourage progress along regional lines. The key to this five-point framework for US policy in the South Asia region is to demilitarize the US presence whil…

I Grew Up Evangelical and the Christian Nationalist Insurrection Did Not Surprise Me

By Deirdre Sugiuchi

…ept us from questioning the ways we were mistreated. At the school, sexual contact between students was for the most part prohibited. When a girl I knew was caught kissing a boy, both were punished. We students were taught that queerness was the same as bestiality or pedophilia. Once I was punished for holding a friend’s hand while she was crying; the staff member in charge accused me of being too intimate. The school operated on a level system, m…

Saipov Wasn’t a “Member” of ISIS, But That Misses the Point

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ived in the United States since 2010 and did not appear to have any direct contact with the ISIS organization. He did talk with other Uzbek Muslims about religious and political matters, it appears, and he likely had connections with the ISIS online community, the baqiyah, through Twitter and Telegram. He likely read the online magazines. In fact, an article in one of the online ISIS magazines, Rumiyah, had some months ago given specific instructi…

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Legacy of Eugenics and Racism Can’t Be Ignored

By John P. Slattery

…-theological works of the 20thcentury. With that, please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions, concerns, or invitations to discuss this with a larger group, at www.johnslattery.com. Citations of major quotes from Teilhard: “Do the yellows…”: Günther Schiwy, Teilhard de Chardin: sein Leben und seine Zeit. 2. (München: Kösel, 1981): 105. “I hate nationalism…” : Günther Schiwy, Teilhard de Chardin: sein Leben und seine Zeit. 2. (München: Kösel…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…uardian of the person with whom they are accused of having same-sex sexual contact or is in a position of “authority over” them. The news agency further reported the measure is nearly identical to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act the country’s Constitutional Court overturned last month on a technicality. “This bill is part of the rising tide of homophobia in many African nations, whose government leaders are working to deny the rights of their LGBT…

Barna Plays God, School Board Boot Camp, and the Birth of the ‘SAGECON’: Day 3

By PRA Staff

…grandchildren, neighbor’s children, and any other kid they might come into contact with. In his words, “it doesn’t matter who the children are. Recognize you can disciple them.” Biblical worldview Barna then sits down with Tony Perkins and Marc Nuttle, a longtime evangelical political strategist, to expand upon the importance of a biblical worldview. Tony remarks that promoting and spreading biblical worldviews is of utmost importance. Indeed, tha…

What a Forgotten 19th Century Suffragist Can Teach Us About Women’s Rights vs. The Religious Right

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…ue civilization is a recognition of the rights of others at every point of contact, and when this takes place the world will step out of the darkness of heathendom into a full light of a religious and political civilization grander than any of which it has yet dreamed. For real freedom to occur, religiously and politically, it was necessary to maintain the separation of religion and politics, to keep a secular government intact, if only to more fu…

Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way

By Shelby Balik

…st weekly, many dioceses have omitted the practice rather than attempt non-contact Communion. In Jewish tradition, the most important prayers require a minyan (a quorum of ten adults). Congregations have attempted socially distanced minyans or online gatherings with mixed results. For Muslims, Salat al-Jumuah (Friday prayer) requires between three and forty men at minimum, depending upon the tradition. Imams have settled for virtual quorums. “As l…