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High Ark: A Geologist on the True Meaning of Noah’s Flood

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…od stories did not say anything about “rain” as the Bible described Noah’s flood. Their floods came from the sea in giant waves. In Africa, flood myths are somewhat more scarce, because floods themselves are rare, and they can be life-giving events. The Chinese flood stories are more about control of nature… the point is not “which one of these stories is true.” The point is to connect the stories to actual facts on the ground. One of my favorite…

When Mormons Mobilize: Anti-Gay Marriage Prop. 8 Effort ‘Outed’?

By Joanna Brooks

…ng, combined with a religious and cultural tradition that assigns enormous value to obedience to church authorities, service, discipline, and sacrifice to create a potent political force that was no secret to those within the culture. According to Laura Compton, the LDS Church provided the “backbone of leadership, flesh of volunteers, blood of money” for the Yes on 8 campaign. “When there’s a natural disaster, Mormons are among the first to mobili…

Obama to Cave on Bush Tax Cuts: Letter to the Washingtonians, Chapter 1

By Daniel Schultz

…. The hope for a Gore presidency went down hard, like sparks struck from a flint. At 2:30 in the morning, the light came down to Florida. I went to bed, confident that we would have a new president when I awoke. In 2001, that new president’s administration had barely begun when the World Trade Center collapsed, the Pentagon burned, a plane evaporated into the hills not too far from where we lived. A strangely quiet day grew quieter. One of my pari…

Much-Married Newt Gingrich Converts to Catholicism

By Bill Berkowitz

…sort of crested with the Religious Right. Never trusted by hardcore conservative evangelicals, Gingrich received an endorsement via a “personal note” from the AFA’s Wildmon to his supporters. “There is a way to lead America out of the recession, its moral decay and its fiscal irresponsibility,” Wildmon wrote.” “Our founding fathers knew how. Our former presidents had the right formula. Proven leadership has always been the way. Now you can reacqu…

Conservative Christian Teenagers Prepare for Politics

By Robert Kunzman

…understandable and accessible, and can be a means to shape the world to reflect their values and commitments. I’ve spent the past seven years following the activities of Generation Joshua, as well as traveling the country and talking with conservative Christian homeschoolers about what they’re doing and why. One thing that quickly became clear is that describing the “typical homeschooler” is next to impossible, and even within the conservative Ch…

Gay, Christian, Pagan, Artist: How Matt Morris Defies the Borders of Spiritual Identity

By Jesse James DeConto

…in Timberlake among them. After high school, he moved to Nashville and briefly attended the Southern Baptists’ Belmont University before launching a successful songwriting career, crafting major league hits. He tried some of his schoolmates’ evangelical and Pentecostal churches before landing at the Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral. But as a gay man, Morris wearied of Christian conversations about sexuality that have raged in the new millennium….

Sometimes You Can’t Say a Word

By Jonathan L. Walton

…t of Martin Luther King’s assassination fielded celebratory calls as a telephone operator in Memphis, Tennessee, telephoned us to awake my four-year-old twins from their sleep. Through her sniffles and giggles, this loving grandmother and now proud American citizen, kept repeating, “you tell those babies Obama did it! Obama did it! Wake them up and let them know that “O’RockoBama” [my son’s pronunciation] really did win tonight!” And I also receiv…

Gen X, Gadgets, and God

By Elizabeth Drescher

…“blessings” (friendship, new home) or “burdens” (anger, money), shake the phone, and get a Bible verse to guide reflection in the course of daily life. What is cool about apps like the Holy Roller is not, however, just what they contain and how that has been selected, but where they go and what comes back. That is, a user of the Holy Roller can share a meaningful verse with others, and they can also send suggestions of topics and related verses t…

Republicans in Favor of Reproductive Rights

By Katie Toth

…poll teaches two lessons. Firstly, she wants to see Republican policies reflect the views of the party’s constituents. Secondly, Stone says, labels of “pro-life” and “pro-choice” are misleading and do little to reveal people’s political opinions. “National pollsters need to stop using self-labeling to gauge true sentiment on the issue of choice,” she says. “These labels have lost their meaning.” In a Gallup poll earlier this year, 72 percent of R…

Good Mourning Modeled by Chaplains and Clergy at the Oakland Ghost Ship Fire

By Kaya Oakes

…e everyone, and affirm everyone.” He acknowledges that Adventism has conservative values, but that it “doesn’t stop me or my congregation from loving everyone,” which was part of his call to minister at the vigil. In the days since the fire, the names and stories of the dead have continued to be revealed. And religious groups in Oakland have done their best to respond. Rabbi Mark Bloom of Temple Beth Abraham held a memorial service on December 8th…