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Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine

By Chrissy Stroop

…ns themed around fear. In the first four weeks, 173,000 people visited the websites and more than 10,000 clicked a button indicating they made decisions for Christ, said Mark Appleton, BGEA’s director of internet evangelism. The article goes on to relate how a teenager named Donmere who happened upon one of the sites began chatting with a volunteer, saying “I’m not really a religious person, but I don’t know who else to turn to but God.” According…

Don’t Blame Religion for Boston Bombings

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…was a product of America. According to the AFP, a statement posted on the websites of Chechen rebels noted that: The command of the Vilayat Dagestan mujahedeen… declares that the Caucasus fighters are not waging any military activities against the United States of America… We are only fighting Russia, which is not only responsible for the occupation of the Caucasus, but also for monstrous crimes against Muslims. Still, for Tamarlan the notion of…

New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media

By Jordan Denari Duffner

…ave dominated significant portions of American Catholic media, including a number of mainstream Catholic outlets that have elevated the voices of those with affiliations to anti-Muslim groups, touting them as experts on Islam. In addition, prominent Catholic institutions and public figures, including priests, have promoted materials on Islam that depict a Muslim-Christian clash. One of Steve Bannon’s favorite “experts” on Islam is Robert Spencer,…

The Clenched Fist of Truthiness: Why Religion Won’t Fix This

By Daniel Schultz

…he’s feeding into a clearly-defined narrative that exists among right-wing websites on the Internet, one that views a clash between conservatives and liberals in almost prophetic terms. I think Holley means “apocalyptic terms” here, implying a final battle between good and evil. No matter, the point is made: the worldview of this video is stark, antagonistic, and manicheaen, drawing sharp and exclusive boundaries between those on the NRA’s side an…

Confronting and Participating in Crass Christmas Commercialism

By Lerone A. Martin

…reason for the season.” And, in fact, Jesus is no further than the host of websites that sell “Happy Birthday Jesus Party Supplies,” pre-assembled nativity scenes, special holiday editions of the Bible, sermon series’, and a catalog of religious Christmas music. Paul Simon has presented us with such a Christmas present in the form of a new song, “Getting Ready for Christmas Day” (video below). The song questions, among other things, just how “reli…

The Week in Religion: Haggard Would Identify
as Bisexual, Trademarking
the Virgin, Woman Kills
‘Devil Dog’

By Michael J. Altman

…any churches are asking their congregants to post prayer requests on their websites. Offerings are also getting more electronic in churches, turning to electronic methods for tithing. By the way, Kim Kardashian tithes. At the age of 92 Billy Graham told Christianity Today that he wishes he hadn’t gotten so involved in politics. In a new GQ profile, Rev. Ted Haggard says “I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself…

LDS Church Disavows “Mormon”-ism

By Holly Welker

…rm now? The most recent statement concludes, “In the coming months, Church websites and materials will be updated to reflect this direction from President Nelson.” However, those updates might be hampered by the church’s failure to plan ahead and secure domain names that don’t involve the word Mormon. While ldsnewsroom.org redirects to mormonnewsroom.org, latterdaysaintnewsroom.org and several other relevant domain names—latterdaysaintnewsroom.com…

Glenn Beck Has a Plan

By Julie Ingersoll

…Warriors) and, though it has been promoted for months on various tea party websites and events and by the National Rifle Association, the tax exempt status of the co-sponsor limits the degree to which the event can be explicitly political. But in other contexts there is the thread that promotes it as an event to “stand up against racism of all kinds.” This is Beck’s slanted version (drawn from “Christian American History” promoter David Barton) of…

No to Church, Yes to Jesus?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ardless of religious identification, affiliation, or practice. There are a number of ways to read this small body of data. The first is, of course, that, growth in the unaffiliated notwithstanding, the majority of Americans still identify with one Christian tradition or another. If you’re outside of that normative religious core, you have to contend on some level with the more dominant religiosity of American culture. Nones—like Buddhists, Hindus,…

Religious Freedom Gets Hollywood Treatment

By Daniel Ramirez

…to be faithful.” The litigious American bishops must agree. Many diocesan websites throughout the country linked the movie to last week’s Stand Up for Religious Freedom rallies and continue to do so in advance of the U.S. Bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom,” which starts next week. A Battle Cry for Today If the call to arms falls ﬂat, it may have something to do with the ﬁlm’s major ﬂaw: its omission of the historical context. Namely, that the titan…