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Louie Giglio ‘White Blessing’ Incident Reveals Something Critical About Evangelical Efforts to Address Racism

By Jeremy L. Sabella

On June 14th, as the city of Atlanta reeled from the murder of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of white police officers two days prior, white evangelical Christian pastor Louie Giglio hosted a panel on race at his Passion City Church. While sharing the stage with Black Christian rapper Lecrae and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, Giglio said the following: “We understand the curse that was slavery, white people do, and we say that was bad, but we miss the…

Fake Rabbi Showdown

By Peter Manseau

…ncer.” Those were more or less my thoughts while watching the spectacle of Atlanta megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long proclaimed king “on behalf of the Jewish people” by a fellow calling himself “Rabbi Ralph Messer.” As seen in a video now going viral (and as noted by my RD colleague Anthea Butler), the crowning ceremony occurred last weekend. It includes such cringe-inducing moments as Messer unrolling a Torah scroll and wrapping Bishop Long in…

A Jew in Church? No Big Deal

By Benjamin Weiner

…es,” he writes, after spending a day in the company of Prince Rahm, of the Atlanta-based Black Hebrews. While it is certainly fascinating, and perhaps admirable, that we have come to a moment in American religious life when an Orthodox Jew can say such a thing, it also betrays a stunning naiveté. The evangelists Cohen seems to enjoy so much, though they might fetishize a Jew, presumably would not reciprocate; Jesus, after all, being the only way t…

Freedom’s Just Another Word…

By Ben Brazil

…white, famous (Oprah!) and utterly obscure. More personally, I will think about the young Middle Eastern stranger who hugged me when CNN called the election for Obama. In the middle of an Atlanta bar, he hugged me for probably five seconds before letting go. Normally, it would have been uncomfortable. Last night, it felt just about right….

Evander Holyfield Allegedly Beats Wife. Reason? Tithing.

By Anthea Butler

…uestioning from followers, assuring that funds will come no matter what an individual circumstances are. Since the temporary restraining order was filed, both Dollar and Holyfield have been silent on the matter, but Holyfield will appear in an Atlanta courtroom for a show cause hearing with regard to the temporary restraining order on February 18. I wonder if the pastor he would beat his wife for will be in attendance? Somehow, I doubt Dollar’s lo…

Florida Primary Winner: ‘War on Religion’ Talking Point

By Sarah Posner

…ingrich stoked their anger, and their admiration for him. Debbie Earle, of Atlanta, was at Gingrich’s event tonight in Orlando. “I love Newt,” she told me, “he’s a genius.” Based on the Bishops’ letter, Earle believed that the Obama administration rule would require not just contraceptive coverage, but coverage for abortion as well. (It does not.) “It’s against what we believe, the right to life,” she said. “Where’s the separation of church and po…

Why Republican Reaction to Marriage Equality Will Be More Like School Prayer Than Abortion

By Sarah Posner

…legal precedent; and the outcry over government overreach in the firing of Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran (with more such outcries likely to come) are all examples of deploying religious arguments — that is, arguments for religious privileges or practices being exempt from the public and legal acceptance of LGBT equality. It’s worth remembering that the religious freedom argument was an intense motivator for white evangelicals in the 2014 midte…

How AIDS Changed the Way American Christians Talk About Sex

By Anthony Petro

…long admired his powerful 1993 documentary Fast Trip, Long Drop. He was in Atlanta, where I was living at the time, to screen another film. One scene featured a man standing at a podium talking about his experience with AIDS, including his faith in God. This image jolted me—I’d honestly never thought about religion and AIDS in that way, that is, about the religious lives of gay men with AIDS. I was more familiar with conservative Christian rhetori…

This is No Ordinary Anti-Blackness — The Racist History of the Pet-Eating Conspiracy

By Kyrah Malika Daniels and Dianne M. Stewart

…into laws that ensured Black disenfranchisement. The September 24-26, 1906 Atlanta race massacre readily comes to mind as a powerful playbook on how to disenfranchise Black voters and blame it on the “rapacious” character of Black men. The November 10, 1898 Wilmington coup and race massacre is another prime example of extreme political repression targeting Blacks. Infuriated by the establishment of interracial governance and power-sharing between…

For Sale to the Highest Bidder: The Trail of Tammy’s Tears

By Jonathan L. Walton

…s marriage, and landed Jim Bakker in jail for embezzlement. Well, today an Atlanta venture capitalist hopes to sell over 15,000 hours of PTL footage as he prepares to put over four-tractor trailer loads of film on the auction block. The footage has been reportedly appraised at $8 million. And while I am certain that reels of film displaying Jim’s snake-oil sales pitches and Tammy Faye’s mascara trail of tears may not be high on the budget agenda o…