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Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…jour. Now these same Wall Street alley-cats are awarding themselves multi-million dollar bonuses while simultaneously receiving billions of dollars of bail out funds to keep the system they have run aground afloat. Here yet again, no great psychological nuance is needed to see that people are angry and with good reason. I agree with Brooks that the punitive legislation hastily offered up in the US House of Representatives this week is unhelpful as…

How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism

By Benjamin E. Park

…t movement and Joseph’s death at the hands of a mob, that fateful summer still resulted in a number of legacies. Polygamy is abandoned after government opposition. Sort of. The text of the revelation itself, which remained secret while the Saints resided in Nauvoo, was finally made public in 1852 when the church was settled in Utah. It was there that they announced their controversial marital practice to the world. The revelation was then canonize…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…e serious whining—of the religious right. While opponents to Prop. 8 have filled the streets of a number of cities with thousands of angry and steadfast demonstrators, religious right groups appear see the anti-same-sex marriage amendments that passed in California, Arizona, and Florida as a much-needed culture wars booster shot. With pro-gay civil rights demonstrations continue across America, pro- and anti-gay spokespersons squaring off in debat…

How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture

By Christopher D. Cantwell

…asked questions about the tradition. “An evangelical is someone who likes Billy Graham,” goes Marsden’s oft-quoted phrase. Yet in ways that the editors might not have intended, the juxtaposition of these two conversations—the reprints and the new additions—also invites a consideration of the ways in which this body of work might have ill prepared us for this moment. In fact, the sense of surprise that continues to confront evangelical zealotry for…

Sacred&Profane: Wilco Worship and the “Churn” in American Religion

By Gary Laderman

…ut remains vital and viable. Without a religion to tie you down, one can still be religious and access something sacred in some form or other. Signs of religious life without religion are everywhere, though capturing and measuring these non-affiliated sacred investments and activities is as elusive for the social science-minded and the parochial scientist, as it is for the know-it-all journalist and the know-nothing policy wonk who still believe i…

400 Churchgoing Mormons March in SLC Pride Parade

By Joanna Brooks

…Ford of Alpine, Utah marched in his Sunday best with his sons Parley and Willard, who are named for historic LDS Church leaders Parley P. Pratt and Willard Richards. “I saw about a dozen people openly weeping as they watched us walk by. One body builder guy in a tight tank top heaved with sobs,” said Ford. “I walked over and hugged him.” Clair Barrus witnessed the tears of parade-goers as evidence of deep wounds carried by gay Mormons and gay peo…

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t: The Problem of the Rape Exception

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…tually means. In this case, the committee report for H.R. 3 says that the bill will “not allow the Federal Government to subsidize abortions in cases of statutory rape.” Wow. Well, how to make sense of this? I can think of a few possible angles: The LOLsobbily Logical On the one hand, the rape exception has always been dicey for those who want to claim that, while they’re not fond of denying medical decision-making to women per se, nevertheless…

Black Masses Continue to Titillate Conservative Catholics

By Joseph Laycock

…cedented attention. Mayor Mick Cornett has already received 450 emails and phone calls opposing the event. Archbishop Paul Coakley has also condemned the event and called on Catholics to protest if it moves forward. Daniels, naturally, has expressed delight that his antics are finally provoking Church officials. This newfound energy has nothing to do with Daniels and everything to do with the events of last May. An online petition features footage…

Racial Justice Will Be Top Priority for New Prez of the United Church of Christ

By Frederick Clarkson

…century preacher, Jonathan Edwards. The UCC’s photogenic white churches still populate the village greens of New England. It also prides itself as a “church of firsts,” They were among the first Americans to oppose slavery. By 1785 the church had ordained the first African-American protestant minister; in 1853 ordained the first woman as clergy since New Testament times; and in 1972 ordained the first openly gay person. So it was no surprise that…

The Rundown Truth: Scientology Changes Strategy in War with Media

By Hugh B. Urban

…ion about his bank account, credit cards, home address and social security number—was illegally retrieved, and that he was subjected to surveillance and phone-tapping. The church, meanwhile, countered that Behar’s article was a slanderous, sensationalist attack on a legitimate religious organization and part of a much longer history of misunderstanding and persecution that this religious minority has faced since its inception. In keeping w…