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Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family

By Mihee Kim-Kort

…genital event.” As Celine Parreñas Shimizu explains in her response to the Atlanta Spa massacre: “The Page Act of 1875 reflected the fear of Chinese women as a source of contaminating sexuality. That they were possibly prostitutes. That they were possibly going to introduce a polyamorous way of life into the United States at a time when there was a growing influx of Asians to the country. If you look at that law, it’s revealing that race has alway…

“Who Is This God?”: The Controversial Sequel to the Jesus Seminar

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…attributed to Jesus were really said by Jesus. The Jesus Seminar has had a number of critics, and neither the criticisms nor the responses were always irenic. (Those wanting a play-by-play will enjoy Walter Wink’s essay from the Bulletin for Biblical Research in which he likens the whole ordeal to a boxing match that, as of the 1997 publication date, was far from over.) The intervening years, though, have shown that the Jesus Seminar—and by extens…

Challenging 2-D Depictions of Islam on CNN

By Hussein Rashid

…har, The Muslim Guy, and Soumaya Khalifa of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, who suggested me for the segment. Although I consider both of them friends, we did not speak before the segment, and while I think our points were complementary, Don Lemon, the host, had the last words. I believe the three of us were trying to add some complexity to portrayals of what it means to be Muslim in America. It’s good, but not perfect. Unfortunately, Lemo…

As an African American Who Loves Thanksgiving, Must I Simply Ignore the Historical Suffering of the Wampanoag and Pass the Sweet Potato Pie?

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…the staunchest Confederate-flag waver, the enthusiastic tomahawk-chopping Atlanta Braves (and Kansas City Chiefs) fan, and the obstinate “it’s still the Washington [Football Team] to me” fan? Sadly, and honestly, my answer must be yes. Yes, I am complicit in the celebration of Thanksgiving at the expense of the Wampanoag. So it seems our choices are to either ignore the historical suffering of the Wampanoag and pass the sweet potato pie, or cance…

The Myth of the ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorist Continues with New Zealand Attack

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…Times Square bombing attempt by Faisal Shahzad; and even earlier, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic park by Eric Robert Rudolph, and the 1995 Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing by Timothy McVeigh. Some of these were committed by Christians, some by Muslims, and some by those with no particular religious affiliation at all. Some had racist ideologies in mind, others were simply raging against society. In almost all cases, though, these have been instanc…

Why “Religion or Politics?” Is the Wrong Question

By Kate Blanchard

…d and hung over after a particularly devastating loss (with condolences to Atlanta). My point is perhaps too simple to be worth so many words. But it continues to be exceedingly difficult for most Americans to see that putting “religion” in a special box is the cause of a great many of our ailments. The Founders were absolutely right (gods bless ‘em) to “make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” but they were a bit naïve about “prohibi…

Purpose-Driven Empire

By Bill Berkowitz

…service was in progress.” Leaders of the Cathedral at Chapel Hill, another Atlanta-area church, recently announced that their church is officially for sale. “The massive Gothic building—which at one time housed one of the nation’s most celebrated charismatic churches, with a membership of 10,000—has slipped into disrepair after lurid sex scandals triggered a mass exodus. The church’s founder, Bishop Earl Paulk, has turned the 6,000-seat church (va…

Obama Quietly Declares June “LGBT Pride Month”

By Nick Street

…uage of a ballsy speech that Obama delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on MLK Day, 2008, when he was still a candidate in the Democratic primary campaign. “For most of this country’s history,” Obama said, “we in the African-American community have been at the receiving end of man’s inhumanity to man… And yet, if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that none of our hands are entirely clean. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll…

The ‘Spiritual Warfare’ Worldview of Trump’s Conspiracy Doctor is Part of a Transnational Movement

By André Gagné

…e United States one can find 33 MFM churches scattered among the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, Berkeley, Chicago, Fresno, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Oakland, Sacramento, and San Jose, just to name a few. Dr. Immanuel’s blog contains numerous references to DKO’s ministry, books and teaching. To summarize briefly, DKO’s teaching emphasizes the idea of destiny and preventing evil supernatural forces from destroying one’s life. Some of the major spirit…

Let Gay People Rehab Marriage

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…l revolution that meant no one had to buy the cow to get the milk, growing numbers of cohabiting couples, no-fault divorce, serial monogamy, and of course, the Pill for giving women control over their own bodies. While he doesn’t come right out and blame the gays for the decline in marriage, he does take a backhanded swipe at the marriage equality movement noting that “the concept of marriage as a sacred covenant has given way to the idea that mar…