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Pence’s Religious Freedom Policy Made ‘LGBQ’ Hoosiers Sick—Literally

By Sunnivie Brydum

…g those days for at least half the month had nearly doubled between the first and last quarter of the year. Then-Governor Mike Pence signed the first iteration of Indiana’s RFRA on March 26, and then amended it a week later amid national backlash in an effort “clarify” that the law did not void existing non-discrimination protections. But the damage was already done. The study analyzed 2015 data reported by 21 states to the Centers for Disease Con…

UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ation. Canada: Trudeau targets discrimination on gender identity Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote a public letter to Minister of Justice and Attorney General Joy Wilson-Raybould laying out an agenda for his administration. Among his expectations: Introduce government legislation to add gender identity as a prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, and to the list of distinguishing characteristics of “identifiable…

Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…s omnipresence. Herzog avoids the everday aspect of the net (and attendant statistics) looking instead for the colorful and odd individuals with stories to tell. As a result, Herzog has created a documentary which is highly suggestive, but doesn’t get to the center of the cultural importance of the internet. No one will confuse this documentary with the work of a sociologist like Sherry Turkle, but with Lo and Behold Herzog has given us a good sta…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ill go to Mina, etc. There is still no address for the hotels, but a local phone number. There is also information about processing customs at Jeddah, meeting the tour guide, and information that says “the group” will proceed to Makkah—which means the first will have to wait for the last person, which is the beginning of feeling like you are a group. They even include suggestions to “get to know” your fellow travelers. I still had no idea what wer…

Sharing Many of the Same Flaws as its Subject ‘The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill’ Podcast Puts Blame Anywhere But Where It Belongs

By Jessica Johnson

…o which many of the white male evangelical experts interviewed on the podcast still ascribe. By not sharing certain detailssuch as Driscoll’s posts under the William Wallace II pseudonym complaining that the nation had become “pussified,” which could have been supplied in the podcast notes if Cosper (understandably) were reluctant to read them aloud—the vitriolic impact of Driscoll’s misogynistic, homophobic, violent, combative posture in language…

New Poll Reveals a Paradox in Evangelical Support for Donald Trump

By Daniel Schultz

…w that to achieve victory in this fight, just like in the battles of the past, we still need the hand of our Lord and the grace of Almighty God. We have to have that. Trump continues to spew this bile day after day, broadcasting racist, anti-immigrant, transphobic and clearly authoritarian ideology. And still, two-thirds of White evangelicals approve of him. There might be a paradox between the expressed beliefs of Trump’s base and how they vote,…

New Poll Finds “Growing Appetite” for Mixing Religion and Politics

By Sarah Posner

…riendly” to religion, while other are less sure: only 27% of mainline Protestants, 10% of black Protestants, and 24% of Catholics view the Democratic Party as “unfriendly” to religion. Notably, most Catholics—whose leadership expended much energy decrying and contesting the contraception coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act—do not view the Democratic Party as “unfriendly” to religion. Still, though, there has been an uptick in whether t…

The Benedict Opt-Out: Why Christian Self-Isolation Won’t Work

By Kaya Oakes

…. The Benedict Option’s emphasis on withdrawal is Dreher’s solution. While statistics about the number of families who homeschool for religious reasons can be hard to find, it’s clear that beyond Dreher’s own Orthodox and Catholic examples, homeschooling, homesteading and a return to agrarian lifestyles—mostly lived out in deeply isolated areas—remain a topic of interest in many Christian communities. A cursory Google search for “Christian homesch…

Conversion Story #643 (not a real number)

By Amina Wadud

…age of a fractal? A pattern that adheres to its unity and form at the tiniest, most minute level as well as when projected out toward its largest manifestation at the mega level. They call it the handprint of God. To see such a visual depiction of a metaphysical idea was both a relief and a challenge to me. It almost took the mystery out of the whole idea of being a believer. It was no longer just an abstract idea for things Unseen. It was the man…

From Pastor to Harvard’s ‘Godless Church’ Planter

By Becky Garrison

…Atheist Convention? I was raised in the Deep South where my dad was a Baptist pastor. I always felt my calling was to be in ministry but the Baptist church didn’t allow women pastors. As I moved through my young adulthood, my theology became more liberal leading me into the Methodist church where I became a pastor. I’d always been a thinker so when questions relating to my faith began to pop up, I ignored them at first. You see, questioning and do…