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First it Was an Insurrection Flag, Now Supreme Court Justice Alito is Caught Flying Another Far-Right Flag — An ‘Emblem for an Extensive Spiritual Warfare Campaign’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…massive role in organizing Jan 6th. This isn’t, as the Times irresponsibly calls it, a “provocative” flag which represents the call for “a more Christian-minded government.” This is a flag calling for insurgency. For insurrection. For the overthrow of democracy. The project it represents wants to replace democracy, not with a “more Christian-minded” government, but with theocracy. Literal theocracy And yes, this is the same flag Mike Johnson, crea…

‘The Quiet Damage’ Details the Heartbreaking Effect of QAnon on Five American Families — But Critical Questions Linger

By Susannah Crockford

…argues that, as a result of this direct targeting, Black and Hispanic Americans were statistically more likely to believe in QAnon even though it was rooted in White supremacist and antisemitic tropes. Other catalysts similarly come from pre-existing beliefs, but what comes through most clearly is the importance of faith in those who learn to trust the plan of QAnon. It appeals to people who already had religious faith, especially Christians and N…

Culture Wars Masquerading as Social Science: New Survey Illustrates Evangelicals’ Election Year Anxieties

By Chrissy Stroop

…te and the obscuring of differences of opinion over theology among evangelicals call the survey’s results into question. Referring to a white paper on Lifeway’s methods that he called “light on details,” Djupe noted, “If the data were gathered from a reliable online panel and Census quotas were applied, then this is a procedure used by many academics. We tend to believe that such samples can reliably test statistical relationships, but may not yie…

The Forgotten Nones: The High Cost of Fleeing Fundamentalist Religion

By Andreea Nica

…of oil for my depression and panic. I found myself crying at church, not because I was feeling the ecstasy of God, but because I was overwhelmed with the fact that God would not heal me. I tried everything, including paying hundreds of dollars to have one-on-one healing sessions to expel demons and cut demonic ties from and my family’s past sins. These things still didn’t work and I began to have suicidal thoughts, which I eventually admitted to m…

Indonesia Hears Islamist Arguments For LGBT Criminalization; Zambian Churches Oppose Condom Distribution in Prisons; Lithuanian Conservative Manifesto Calls LGBTs Enemies of Freedom; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…st. Gender issues are not important,” he said. (The recording of the phone call can be heard at the end of the documentary Life in the Shadows: Silent Suffering in Myanmar’s LGBT+ Community.) Win Htein has become well known among foreign journalists in Burma for his cantankerous dismissal of questions about the country’s persecuted Muslims, but at least he has enough respect for the gravity of that issue not to find it hilarious. Mexico: Anti-marr…

The “Marginalization” of Tim Keller: When Anything Short of Adulation Is Oppression

By Anita Little

…of the architects of apartheid in South Africa. Several people tweeted sarcastically that even Kuyper would be “too conservative” to qualify for his namesake award, and it would appear that they’re correct. A member of the PTS faculty I corresponded with expressed the issue was not so much with Keller receiving the award but more with there being a Kuyper award at all. Institutions with storied histories such as PTS are always walking a tightrope…

Two Former Nuns Get Civil Union in Italy; Kenyan Govt Partners with World Congress of Families; Mexican Activists Debate Outing of Priests; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…anged to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry. Marriage equality advocates have called the proposed plebiscite a waste of time and money, and said it would unnecessarily invite a divisive campaign. Hungary: LGBT alliance opposes ‘hatemongering’ against migrants The Hungarian LGBT Alliance urged members of the LGBT community to cast invalid votes in Sunday’s referendum on migrant quotas “to send a clear message to the government that hate mon…

“Reason to Worry”: An Anti-Semitism Scholar Opens Up on Trump, Misogyny and the Future of Anti-Judaism

By Michael Schulson

…not clear to me to what degree Islamophobia taps into our most basic critical vocabularies in the way in which anti-Judaism does. Islamophobia seems to me to be more explainable through more basic xenophobic, anti-immigrant, and nationalist—and sometimes racist—moves. It doesn’t seem to require the entire cultural apparatus that I think anti-Judaism is all about. Maybe to that degree, a lot of misogynist or anti-feminist ideas—the enduring power…

Vatican Instruction on Cremation Rankles Many, But Give it a Second Look

By Karen E. Park

…erything we assume about selfhood in 21st century America is this: No, you can’t. Because your body isn’t yours alone. It belongs to you but it also belongs to God and especially to the community. In the Catholic tradition there is an ongoing and active relationship between the living and the dead. The communion of saints is a community which includes both living and dead people. Since they are still important members of the community in order to…

Not All American Muslims Feel the Dread I Do

By Huma Mohibullah

…Sheehi notes, an “an ideological phenomenon which exists to promote political and economic goals.” Many Muslim Americans are keenly aware of how anti-Muslim tropes are institutionalized and deployed equally by Democrats and Republicans, from left to right, albeit in different discursive tones. Whereas prominent figures and ordinary citizens on the right might openly attack Muslims as “rag heads” who subscribe to a “wicked” faith, those leaning le…