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Praying to the Zombie Jesus: The Spirituality of Horror

By W. Scott Poole

…and her bones molder, as she becomes nothing, the object of your desire becoming an object of horror and then becoming nothingness. When I first heard this story, it struck me as an especially pungent example (literally) of how spiritual traditions fuse with patriarchal ideals about sexuality and notions of purity. A spiritual parable about contemplating the death of a young woman to control ones “juices” assumes the male spiritual seeker as the…

Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All

By Julie Byrne

…ormal connection to the pope in Rome. They make decisions as free-standing communities and “just do it.” A woman called to the priesthood can get ordained. Divorced-and-remarried people can take communion. A Catholic and Buddhist couple can have a sacramental marriage. A lesbian couple can have their baby baptized. Independents do this “sacramental justice” work every day—and not just within their own churches. In fact, independent Catholic priest…

LGBTs in Philippines Reflect on Papal Visit; Francis Meets Trans Man Shunned by Parish; French Group Turns ‘Bar of Sodom’ into ‘Pub of Mercy’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onia Blumberg: Many advocates have criticized the church for failing to welcome LGBT members of their communities. Sister Monica, a nun who ministers to transgender people, goes by a pseudonym in her public communications for fear of reprisal by Catholic authorities. “While there is no public, official position of the Catholic Church regarding people who are transgender,” Sister Monica wrote in a blog on HuffPost, “it would be safe to say that the…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…proposed reforms to the Senate. Faroe Islands: Marriage Bill Sent Back to Committee Over Church Weddings A marriage equality bill was sent back to committee over questions about whether churches should be required to conduct ceremonies blessing same-sex couples. According to dr.dk (awkward language courtesy of Google translate), faith plays a “major role”: The issue of same-sex marriage splitter Faroese, especially because of the faith. Religion…

Hating Liberally: Why We ❤️ Zombies

By Haroon Moghul

…of course, wasn’t your intention, but now you’ve been fired and your name comes up in Google searches for terrorism, so good luck flying anywhere. You bigot. But you can totally walk over and be like, “Hey, Kumar, did you see last night’s episode of The Walking Dead?” And you’ll still have your job. Hence the hugely popular reception zombies receive: They’re just easy for everyone to agree on. Zombies are safely scary. We like to see protagonists…

Who Benefits From Standardized Universal Time? And Other Questions to Ask As You Set Your Clocks Back This Weekend

By Michael Schulson

…e, standardized systems. When confronting this kind of interplay, the most common mistake is to see only two possible outcomes: one in which science wins, and another in which the locals hold out, and continue scheduling their days in the manner of 14th century peasants. What actually happens, of course, is more complicated: the clock in the village square changes to Beirut time, which itself conforms to GMT. But the muezzin keeps using the sun—ex…

Billy Graham Is Probably Not the Author of His Own “Final Chapter”

By Elesha Coffman

…hen he barely mentioned it,” Wacker told the Charlotte Observer. Indeed, a Google search on “Billy Graham” and “hell” yields few results that are not related to the recent book. Several articles that do turn up criticize the evangelist for soft-pedaling the idea. For example, The Baptist Pillar (“Canada’s Only TRUE Baptist Paper”) once stated that “Billy Graham has declared his allegiance with the blasphemous apostasy of our day” by preaching that…

Silence of Latino Religious Leaders Enable GOP Tolerance of Trump Spectacle

By Arlene M. Sanchez Walsh

…o be meted out by any organization, by any class of people in the Latino/a community, one would expect its religious leaders to speak about consequences. Aside from fearless Latino Catholic politicians like Rep. Luis Gutierrez, whose C-SPAN comments on Trump are a must watch, the only other public figures who demanded action were folks in the media: the Hispanic Media Coalition, among others, deserve praise for their work putting a dent in Trump’s…

“I Was a Wild Man”: How to Decode Evangelical Testimony

By Eric C. Miller

…n again as well.” That night, Graham writes, his life changed abruptly and completely. Upon returning to the United States, he settled down, got married, and recommitted his life to Christian service. He thus received his true inheritance in the form of his father’s legacy. Later, this same trajectory would be followed by Tchividjian, with nearly perfect precision. In an interview with the Associated Press, Tchividjian declared that, as a younger…

Appeals Court Eviscerates Notre Dame’s Objections to Contraception Accommodation

By Patricia Miller

…man who wants reimbursement of contraceptive costs pick a health insurance company, maybe on the basis of a Google search, to contract with? As for Notre Dame’s fifth proposed solution, that it and other Catholic nonprofits be allowed to comply with the mandate by providing coverage for Natural Family Planning training and materials, Posner notes witheringly that this option “is not contraception at all.” In conclusion, Posner writes: The very wor…