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How Belief in Moscow as ‘The New Rome’ Explains Kirill’s Astonishing Declaration That ‘Russia Has Never Attacked Anyone’

By Katherine Kelaidis

…opean Council presidency in 2019, a fact still celebrated in the Bucharest airport. If anything, for these western-facing Romanians, like their Greek counterparts, the new Rome isn’t Moscow, but Brussels. Russian claims that the borders of nation-states—most of which are notably less than two-hundred years old—don’t have any significance, are dangerous claims for these kinds of Orthodox nations and people that are looking to modernize, and, ultima…

Does Religion Still Matter?

By Haroon Moghul

…hat decision. (See also: not sleeping.) Curiosity By the time I got to the airport and through security, I was too tired for breakfast. I slept the whole flight from RDU to Charlotte, but once I’d landed in Charlotte, with only twenty minutes to transfer to my Milwaukee flight, I was starving. Famished. Broken. But the only breakfast option I trusted was Starbucks, and every single Starbucks had a line that resembled a breakdown of civilization at…

Hajj Journal: Visiting the Kingdom is Not the Same as Visiting the King

By Amina Wadud

…from arrival time at around 7 p.m. until nearly midnight to get out of the airport. For the tour company, it is most cost efficient to take a full busload of people, so these are the steps: Once I was in touch with our Jeddah contact person, I was taken to the cafeteria area to join our “group”. Then I was given a meal with half a pound of rice and half a chicken. (try to keep count how many times food offerings will be made this evening, okay?)….

Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You

By Frederick Clarkson

…eeting was originally intended to take place at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC—a Christian Right project financed by the billionaire Green family, the evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby stores. But Covid ultimately compelled NACL to relocate to a hotel in Florida. But even before its “launch,” then-Texas House Speaker Joe Strauss had forwarded a 2018 email from Rapert inviting state legislators to join the new organization. According to…

First Gay Bishop? Give Me a Break

By Peter Montgomery

…Shaw, an openly gay celibate Episcopal monk. But the crowd favorite at the DC screening I attended was Bishop Barbara Harris, whose 1989 consecration as the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion also shook up the church. Harris is memorably direct. About the idea that Robinson is the first gay bishop, Harris snorts, “Give me a break.” In response to some of the rhetoric at the bishops’ gathering, she says, “if assholes could fly, this plac…

Forget Debates and Dialogue about LGBT Justice, the Religious Right isn’t Listening

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…politically, signing petitions, getting email addresses. I sat down in the airport the other day next to Karl Rove and I didn’t even realize who it was until I looked up and recognized him. I said to him, “Excuse me, Mr. Rove, but your spears are constantly in my side.” He said, “What do you mean?” I said, “Basically these anti-gay shafts that you’re throwing are killing us.” “I’m not anti-gay,” he said. “Oh, you and the Tea Party are not anti-gay…

“Charity saved the day… [but] charity isn’t enough”: Kate Bowler on This New Era

By The Editors

…le times. (You can subscribe and listen to the entire interview on Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic or wherever you listen to podcasts.) Kate was asked the same question posed to all of Kaleidoscope’s guests (read the other responses here.) What is one of the biggest transformations that has occurred for you in this new era? My stage four cancer diagnosis came at the same time as this election. Everyone I knew was experiencing a lot of hopelessness. Th…

God or Gay, No Need to Choose Sides

By Jay Michaelson

…next book? That is up to my agent! I’m looking at several projects right now: a biography of a well-known queer poet, a discussion of risk and fear in the context of airport security, and a couple of follow-ups to God vs. Gay. Then again, I might just try to sell my novel….

Why Did Utah’s Senator Mike Lee Vote Against the Violence Against Women Act?

By Joanna Brooks

…years later, the gays are getting married, career military women already serving in combat zones are finally getting recognized for their work, and—really—who doesn’t love those family-friendly unisex bathrooms at the airport? Women in combat: check. Unisex bathrooms: check. Gay marriage: on the way. Violence Against Women Act: passed the Senate 78 – 22, no thanks to Senator Lee. Equal Rights Amendment: unfinished business….

Don’t Call it a Turkish Spring

By Haroon Moghul

…and park yourself in front of the arrivals and departures board at Ataturk airport. This place is still booming. What I saw in Istanbul during two separate visits to the city in the past month didn’t match the descriptions that made it onto the BBC or clogged up my Twitter feed. (Which is a kind of echo chamber, great for sharing information and great for getting stuck in it—many Turks, after all, are not Tweeters.) So I went ahead and out of my w…