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Vick Redeemed by Record-Breaking Performance

By Anthea Butler

…ll the wrong he committed to pit bulls. Giving up his body to the pain, by running, passing, and strategizing his way into the record books, (bruised ribs and all), his penance is made pure in the eyes of the public because of the resulting touchdowns. That is, if one believes in penance. Judging from some of the commentary, prison isn’t even enough to garner forgiveness. Had the Eagles not taken a chance in signing Vick, I don’t think he would ha…

High on Drugs: Breaking the Just Say No Addiction

By Gary Laderman

…al accounts from raves, suggests we should take seriously claims that the drug may have medicinal and spiritual value. The linkage between drug ingestion and religious experience—medicinal therapies and sacred realities—is a common feature of social life in many cultures. Drugs of all kinds, initially drawn from the plant world in the form of mushrooms or tobacco, jimsonweed or soma, have been considered powerful and invaluable because they combin…

The Breaking of Biblical Womanhood: The Problem With the Hot New Book Taking Aim at the Subjugation of Women in Evangelicalism

By Jill Hicks-Keeton

…fety. When the Bible is subjected to critical analysis and is engaged with the experiences of women and other historically oppressed populations at the center, when their voices are truly valued, then those who have been subjugated by gospel truth can say “no.” But evangelicalism didn’t really ask us. It doesn’t know to….

Rubio Leaves Science to the Theologians, or the Free Market. Or Something.

By Sarah Posner

…took place 13 days ago. I’m not engaging in horse-race analysis of whether Rubio has ruined his chances by exposing himself to be a complete idiot. We know that’s not fatal in American politics. Instead, I’m writing about what Rubio said because it provides a window into the tiny corner into which the Republican Party has backed itself. And here’s another qualifier: I think what Gary Younge wrote about the future of the Republican Party right afte…

Netflix Removing Antigay Film Isn’t “Free Speech,” it’s Free Market

By Sunnivie Brydum

…diagnosed with AIDS. Meanwhile, one of the actors in the film told Mexican newspaper El Universal that he’s definitely not homophobic, but doesn’t think gays should be allowed to adopt children. “I have doubts when it comes to the child’s happiness,” Robert Palazuelos told the paper in March 2015. “I don’t know if the kid will be happier in an orphanage or a gay home.” While the film’s central premise feels outdated, the battle over same-sex coupl…

How an Ancient Story of Renegade Rabbis Caught With Black Market Technology Can Help Us Navigate ChatGPT’s Apocalyptic Aura

By Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld

…alls of new media. In the story, two renegade rabbis are caught with black market technology: a written scroll of rabbinic stories. Handwritten scrolls of rabbinic thought may seem like a far cry from AI—or, indeed, from the category of technology itself—but just like the tools of the digital age, writing was a human-made tool designed to make life easier. Yet much like AI today it sparked panic. These rabbis were crossing a technological red line…

Fake, Evil, Spiritual, Commodified; What’s the Truth About Popular Yoga?

By Andrea R. Jain

…it outright, sometimes with great hostility. Are you hoping to just inform readers? Entertain them? Piss them off? I hoped to inform all of Selling Yoga’s readers and to offend some of them. In fact, if this book does not offend at least some readers, it is not properly communicating its main arguments. I suppose the best way to convey what I mean is to point to Selling Yoga’s epigraph by Aldous Huxley: “Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of th…

Conservative Catholics Unhappy About New Book on LGBTs and The Church; and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onor and dignity of Muslims, residents of Chechnya, Russian citizens.” The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which broke the story, says it has since faced threats. An adviser to Kadryov called the paper’s staff “enemies of our faith and of our country.” In other news, Pink News reports that bloggers using the Live Journal platform are being forced to abide by Russia’s anti-gay “propaganda” law now that its servers have been transferred to Russia;…

‘Restart the Economy’ is a Prayer to a Conservative God Who Demands Human Sacrifice

By Stephen Young

…ovements. Combined with broader uncertainties brought by the pandemic, the Stock Market has likewise been tanking. The developing cry to end social distancing predictably centers on reversing these obstacles. “Restart the economy” is becoming a refrain. President Trump has already tweeted in this direction: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1241935285916782593 His top economic adv…

Christian Publishing v. the Vagina

By Katie Toth

…rs too late. When he was at Zondervan, he says, the publishing house was already learning how to market its Christian books to a younger, more secular crowd. “Lifeway looks like they sell a bunch of Zondervan books,” says Meisenheimer. “Well, yes—but they’re mostly Rick Warren. They’re not our hip, young cool books.” Zondervan does not release sales figures and couldn’t speak to the claim. Tyndale editor Adam Graber usually edits Bibles, although…