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Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe

By Sarah Posner

…ly their savior, but someone they converse with to obtain instructions for most details of their lives. Many call him “daddy.” Bourland introduces special guest from Zimbabwe, Pastor Vicky Mpofu, her “spiritual mother” whom she likens to Moses, a figure “God has anointed” to “deal with an affliction on her people.” Mpofu is, says Bourland, “an oracle of God to bring a warning to our country.” She predicts that people, “will wake up and listen,” th…

Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ationalist organization had informed that it would be holding an event – almo*]}*st certainly a counter-demonstration – and the Mayor’s Office asked for all events on the square outside the Opera Theatre to be banned. The European Court of Human Rights has on a number of occasions found that the likelihood of counter-events does not justify restricting citizens right to peaceful assembly. The regional police also asked for the ban, although it is they…

Fighting Demons, Raising the Dead, Taking Over the World

By Bruce Wilson

…omething so alluring, even overwhelming, that the secular, urban Jew was almo*]}*st pulled in. (After several days at Ted Haggard’s church, Spiegel called This American Life’s Ira Glass who—as if he were a deprogrammer weaning her from a cult—had to convince Alix Spiegel that she really belonged back in her secular realm of origin, Chicago.) From its early days, New Life Church’s members worked to map out all the territorial demon spirits inhabiting C…

A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…istian), accepting Jesus as the messiah, at only 34%, was far and away the most damaging prospect for one’s Jewishness. It turns out that 94% of Jews, on the other hand, are happy to keep Sabbath desecrators in the fold, and 68% are fine with the atheists. Better to deny God’s existence altogether, it seems, than to allow Him a single son. (Read “Jewish atheist” Herb Silverman’s Pew response—particularly his joke—for more on this.) And, after cent…

Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

By José Cabezón

…al dimension of the protests. This is understandable, given that it is the most dramatic aspect. After almo*]}*st 50 years of living under Chinese rule, there is no denying that most Tibetans continue to believe that Tibet is an independent country. They tear down the Chinese flag from public buildings, raise the Tibetan flag in its place, and chant Pö rang wang! (Tibetan Independence!). Many Chinese, for their part, claim to be baffled: “Why do Tibet…

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

…e as well where the rioters were older and from a higher social class than most right-wing terrorists have been to date, according to a survey conducted by the Atlantic. The men and women who stormed the Capitol had well-paying jobs, were middle-aged—and a concerning number were former members of the military and law enforcement. Many things about the attempted coup in Germany remain unknown, “especially regarding the groups’ specific plans and in…

When Corporations are “Persons” Under the Law: The Real Problem With Health Care

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…sident Kennedy. George W. Bush did so, after the 9/11 attacks. And perhaps most tellingly, Bill Clinton did so to speak about health care reform. It was not an auspicious setting for an intractable public debate. On the one hand, President Obama runs the genuine risk of media overexposure. Just 233 days into his presidency, and just two days after an enormous and unnecessary flap over his broadcast address to American schoolchildren, this Presiden…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ou look at the many, many photos of the haram mosque, which accommodates almo*]}*st two million people, then you will see that such instructions are of limited value; because if for whatever reason you do not find that door, then you might be left to circle around the entire structure just to find your hotel, for which they suggest you take one of the hotel business cards, as if they don’t have that information. If you think I could just go online wit…

Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…s omnipresence. Herzog avoids the everday aspect of the net (and attendant statistics) looking instead for the colorful and odd individuals with stories to tell. As a result, Herzog has created a documentary which is highly suggestive, but doesn’t get to the center of the cultural importance of the internet. No one will confuse this documentary with the work of a sociologist like Sherry Turkle, but with Lo and Behold Herzog has given us a good sta…

Pence’s Religious Freedom Policy Made ‘LGBQ’ Hoosiers Sick—Literally

By Sunnivie Brydum

…g those days for at least half the month had nearly doubled between the first and last quarter of the year. Then-Governor Mike Pence signed the first iteration of Indiana’s RFRA on March 26, and then amended it a week later amid national backlash in an effort “clarify” that the law did not void existing non-discrimination protections. But the damage was already done. The study analyzed 2015 data reported by 21 states to the Centers for Disease Con…