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10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015

By Andrea R. Jain

…re physical exercise. Yet lawmakers insisted that the 5.75 percent sales tax extension did indeed apply to yoga. 8. Yogaphobia Fear of Yoga continued to flourish. To list just a few 2014 incidents: Albert Mohler cited Indiana University religious studies scholar Candy Gunther Brown’s expertise—in 2013, Brown testified in a high-profile court case against allowing yoga in Encinitas, California public schools since it, according to Brown, promotes H…

New Resource for LDS Families with Gay Children Links Acceptance and Health

By Joanna Brooks

…ew I could make a difference. I asked Bob Rees [an LDS former bishop with extensive experience serving LGBT Mormons] to collaborate in writing this booklet. And I funded it out of pocket. You funded this out of pocket? I’ve never been able to get any funding for faith-based work. So I do it late at night. On my own dime. I’ve worked 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 5 years. I’m working with evangelicals. I’m working with Catholics. There is a de…

The Truth in Transgender: Will the Episcopal Church Amend Its Rules?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…tion, is to ground discussion of the resolution that “gender identity and expression” be explicitly named in the Church’s canons as characteristics that cannot be cited as reasons for exclusion from consideration for ministry. As the testimony of transgender priests, deacons, and lay ministers in the video attests (including commentary from bishops Gene Robinson, Ian Douglas, and Chet Talton), transgender people have not been universally excluded…

Quitting Religion, But Not the Practice of Prayer

By Elizabeth Drescher

…there. You’re praying to, you’re praying for, even if, like me, you don’t exactly believe in that.” “I have had experiences that I can only describe as ‘prayerful,’” reported a woman from Pennsylvania who expressed a belief in “the interconnectedness of all life energy” and who sometimes participated in a Pagan communities. Still, she insisted, I’m not a theist. When I’ve had these experiences—a feeling of deep connection, or something more myster…

Is the Episcopal Church a Bain Capital Investor?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…012 annual report does not list individual investment holdings. But, with executive staff and trustees (who are elected by delegates and bishops at the Episcopal Church’s triennial General Convention) with deep ties to the investment community that has certainly lived well outside of the ethical standards one would expect for a Church-affiliated financial organization, it’s certainly fair for Episcopalians to demand more specifics in terms of inve…

Bobby Jindal Hypes His Christian Cred at Liberty U.

By Murali Balaji

…ush, and perhaps converted because he didn’t want the stigma of having to explain himself constantly or to be bullied incessantly. After all, the anecdotes Jindal boasts about in his spiritual journey don’t sound like ones of compassion. They seem more like the intolerant forms of Christian chauvinism that seek to marginalize those who fall outside of that worldview or—through persistent peer pressure—convert them. (Then again, maybe if I grew up…

Global LGBT Recap: “Lavender Fascism,” Rage in India, Pope Francis Ousts Culture Warrior

By Peter Montgomery

…nd Northern Nigeria, Ethiopia doesn’t mandate the death penalty for same-sex sexual acts, but thanks to draconian laws that forbid activism while allowing Western evangelicals to promote homophobia, Ethiopia is on track to join their ranks. “In many countries, it’s getting better for the LGBT community,” says reporter Katie J.M. Baker. “In Ethiopia, it’s getting worse.” She writes that anti-terrorism and anti-advocacy laws, both adopted in 2009, m…

This Year in Satanism

By Joseph Laycock

…red a letter for women to show medical professionals claiming a religious exemption from examining informed consent materials. JULY In July, Adam Daniels––a Satanist from Oklahoma City who is not affiliated with the Satanic Temple––announced that he would hold a black mass in September in the city’s civic center. This was met with a surge of petitions and protests from outraged Christians. Among conservative Catholics, a narrative had formed of ho…

Eight General Seminary Professors “Resign” Without Their Knowledge

By Anthea Butler

…he problems that the faculty have had with the dean include the following excerpt of a letter to the board of trustees (posted at safeseminary.org): He (Dean Dunkle) once described Asian transit passengers in the San Francisco Bay area as “slanty-eyed.” In a large community meeting last spring, he compared the technical side of theological education to “looking up women’s skirts.” Before several faculty members and students, he spoke, as an obviou…

Can a Church Split Truly Be Gracious?

By Adam J. Copeland

…athgate anytime soon. This fact pains me for I believe the denomination is better off with diverse congregations, liberal and conservative, urban and rural, small and large. It pains me because the relationship between Bathgate Presbyterians and the predecessor denominations that formed the PCUSA in 1983 go back many generations. It pains me because it’s hard to act like we are “one in Christ” when we split apart. And yet, when I drove away from t…