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Trump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident

By David Krueger

…for religious freedom. While colonial authorities in Massachusetts either exiled or put to death those who deviated from Puritan orthodoxy, Pennsylvania became a refuge for Mennonites, Baptists, Quakers, Pietists, Jews, and Catholics. In the 1730s, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church was the only place in British North America where it was legal to hold a public mass. Despite the noble principles of the city’s founder, Philadelphia often struggled with r…

Perhaps Islam isn’t the Only Reason Donald Trump Didn’t Recall Muhammad Ali

By Sean O'Neil

…iduals who don’t use their identity (racial, ethnic, or religious) as an “excuse” for social patterns of inequality and exclusion, but whose individual merits would be revealed through competition, often aided by their belief in Jesus. As a Muslim and an aging, disabled former athlete faced with a society not usually designed with people of different levels of mobility in mind, Muhammad Ali, is a potential reminder of the need for interdependence…

Indonesian Clerics Issue Anti-Gay Fatwa; Anti-Civil Union Peruvian Lawmaker Cites Hitler; Is Christianity more ‘un-African’ than Homosexuality?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hts activists who think the lack of coverage of public accommodations and expansive religious exemptions would be damaging if they came to be viewed as a model for other states: Riess notes, Compromise is not always popular. We’ve seen in the last two weeks that the Church’s conservative partners are disappointed by its softened position. The New York Times reported last week that the Southern Baptist Convention and the nation’s Roman Catholic bis…

Put Your Money Where Your Mind Is: A For-Profit Meditation Studio Opens in New York

By Michael Schulson

…ddha Considering its origin story, it’s appropriate that MNDFL’s studio is sandwiched between a hair salon and a nail salon, deep in the Village. The décor is a mix of wood, white paint, and plants, which cover patches of the walls in living installations. Upon entering, visitors are invited to take off their shoes and make a cup of tea. Next to the check-in desk, MNDFL offers its merchandise, including $40 T-shirts and $32 tank tops. For $150, yo…

Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…is angry following, that there has been a great but hidden struggle going on behind the quiet Buddhist civility and lush tropical landscape of the ancient Burma that is now the rapidly economically developing Myanmar. It is a battle between good and evil, between Buddhist morality and the Muslim hordes he imagines to be poised to conquer Burma’s soul. And Wirathu would like to be its savior. The interview was conducted with the translation assista…

Episcopal Church Removes Bishop Who Split Following LGBT Inclusion Vote

By Elizabeth Drescher

…iocese proper in order to block claims to real estate and other property, will soon follow. The Church continues to resolve property disputes with schismatic churches in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas, but with the exception of All Saints St. Pawley’s Island in South Carolina it has prevailed in property disputes with schismatic churches in cases reaching state and federal Supreme Courts. …

Michelle Shocked Show Shut Down After Anti-Gay Rant

By Kathryn Joyce

…istianity is appalling. According to my Bible, which I didn’t write, homosexuality is immoral. But homosexuality is no more or less a sin than fornication. And I’m a fornicator with a capital F. After several days of silence, Shocked seemingly sought to return to that balance of interests, replying on Twitter to angry fans that “I’m neither against a woman’s right to choose nor gay marriage. Am a fundamentalist tho.” And a statement released late…

Evangelical Star Rob Bell Comes Out For Marriage Equality

By Nicole Greenfield

…truly rocked the conservative Christian world in 2011 by questioning the existence of hell in his book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. Six months after its publication, he resigned from Mars Hill. Although the reasons behind, and the consequences of, Bell’s departure have been debated, one thing is for certain: leaving his church behind has made it safe for him to speak out in favor of same-sex m…

Faith and Football: What the Gospel Church Can Learn from the NFL

By Douglas Harrison

…After McClurkin, a popular gospel preacher and singer, acknowledged homosexual attractions and experiences, he sought refuge in the ex-gay world of reparative therapy and subsequently used a sermon to compare gay men to vampires (McClurkin’s testimony credits fellow headliner at the Gospel Celebration, Marvin Winans, for providing McClurkin with strong, straight male friendships: “being in a sea of men in Detroit helped give Donnie a new sexual i…

American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace

By Joshua Eaton

…five precepts [to refrain from (1) killing, (2) lying, (3) stealing, (4) sexual misconduct, and (5) intoxication] with their foundation in avoiding harm to others; and the guidelines he laid down for the monastic Sangha. Among these last I would highlight the “six principles of harmony and respect”: (1-3) loving-kindness in deed, word, and thought; (4) sharing righteous gains; (5) observing precepts in harmony; and (6) holding views in harmony. No…