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Evangelicals Looking for Walker to “Do Nothing” in 2016 Election

By Sarah Posner

…de flowers for a long-time gay customer’s wedding, and Kelvin Cochran, the Atlanta fire chief fired after revelations about anti-gay comments he wrote in a book. Congressional Republicans are listening, too; they have introduced the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would exempt faith-based providers from having to place children for foster care or adoption with same-sex couples if that conflicts with “their sincerely held religious beli…

Queer [Theory]-Bashing by Georgia Republicans; The New Know-Nothingism Creeps

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…that only genital intercourse “counts” as sex; what this means is that any number of other behaviors that put teens at serious risk are undertaken far more casually. A study of the sociology of oral sexual expression thus possesses the very greatest public health significance; it is not offering students a chance to “talk dirty” on the public dime. Next, we learned about an important study first published in the New England Journal of Medicine, on…

What the Conservative Christian “Fake-Trans Bathroom Creeper” Has To Do With Suburban Anxiety

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…epherds are heading to big cities: Mark Driscoll’s Seattle, Louie Giglio’s Atlanta, and, of course, New York—home to Tim Keller, Eric Metaxas, Gabe Lyons, Carl Lentz, Greg Thornbury, Jon Tyson, and others. Perhaps the implicit fear here isn’t altogether wrong. Suburban conservative Christians may be on to something when they detect that it will be increasingly difficult for them to limit their business relationships to the religiously or political…

Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…or Hollywood or Broadway or television—or Wall Street, Sacramento, Dallas, Atlanta, Albany or Washington—are controlled by Jews. I think they are controlled by Americans, and the American Negro situation is a direct result of this control. And anti-Semitism among Negroes, inevitable as it may be, and understandable, alas, as it is, does not operate to menace this control, but only to confirm it. It is not the Jew who controls the American drama. I…

Olympics 2008: Ignoring History

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…t”: that was the ritual key in Seoul. The Koreans boldly choreographed any number of events that lent themselves to Orientalizing stereotypes, but then, as I say, doubled back on themselves to show how very fluent they were in western forms of ritual representation as well. These Opening ceremonies have been clearly invoked many times since — in Barcelona, in Atlanta, and even in Sydney, where gestures to indigenous ritual form took center stage….

Who Says the Tea Party is Not a Religious Movement?

By Joanna Brooks

…ook-of-Mormon-belt than they do from Professor Ruprecht’s vantage point in Atlanta, Georgia. To this religion scholar and contemporary cultural critic it seems pretty clear that: A) the Tea Party movement is not monolithic but rather deeply inflected with and informed by local and regional histories, concerns, rhetorics, and cultural nuances; and B) among its LDS supporters in the American West, the Tea Party bears features of a religious moveme…

Double Helix: The Roger Clemens Question

By Arri Eisen

…ids human growth hormone’ and what pops up? Dozens of ads for the best and cheapest sources of these chemicals. So what’s an elite athlete to do? If you’re thinking the answer is simple: ‘Just don’t do it,’ you might be surprised. Let’s turn to the experts. National Public Radio just did a whole show full of experts asking ‘Should we accept steroids in sports?’ Heavy hitters on both sides weighed in (academic heavies in the field of bioethics and…

Michael Vick Walks on Water: Updated

By Nicole Greenfield

…ange from his pre-incarceration days as somewhat of a prima donna with the Atlanta Falcons, a “complacent” and “somewhat lazy” period that the quarterback, now granted a second chance, regrets. As Andy Reid remarked, Vick’s newfound dedication to his role as a team leader, and his shifted focus away from outside distractions, has undoubtedly been a major factor in his success with the Eagles this season. Hard work pays off. But for Reid, the senti…

Telling the World a ‘Big Story’: RD in Conversation with Karen Armstrong

By Laurie Patton

…t to break down. An activist friend of mine who works with Muslim women in Atlanta said that she couldn’t do her work if she didn’t have the work of scholars who interpret Islam. But scholars tend to be a lot more wary about affirming how much they need people like you to get the word out in a more public kind of way. They need to find a way to work with those who reach out in new ways. I would entirely agree with your activist friend who says tha…

A Pastor’s Suicide: Addressing Mental Health in Black Churches

By Darnell Moore

…but Dr. E. Dewey Smith, Jr., a friend of Parker and pastor of a church in Atlanta, admitted that he was aware that his friend was suffering with manic depression and had been dealing with emotional issues. Smith went on to note that he knew Parker was in treatment but “couldn’t back away from ministry.” Parker’s tragic death offers an unfortunate opportunity to critically assess the types of theological ideas propagated within some churches that…