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‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons

By Catherine Wessinger

…a Branch Davidian. In 1992 the girl’s father and a former Branch Davidian contacted Texas Child Protective Services and made additional allegations of child abuse at Mount Carmel. In testimony before Congress in 1995, this girl alleged that when she was ten her mother left her in a motel room with David Koresh, who had sex with her. She never pressed charges. Social workers with Child Protective Services investigated the allegations of child abus…

Killing the Prophet: The Spanish Exception

By Anouar Majid

…thinking of Spain, the Western nation that has had the longest continuous contact with Islam. Last September, when Muslims were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, I attended a festival of Moors and Christians in the small town of Villena, in the region of Alicante. There, every year from September 5th to the 9th, the town reenacts the medieval clash of Moors and Christians in a never-ending fiesta that combines a tribute to the town’s patron…

An Open Letter To American Muslims on Same-Sex Marriage

By Reza Aslan and Hasan Minhaj

…GBT rights is a new conversation, something that’s only recently come into contact with modern Islamic thought, but trust us, it’s not. Challenging the status quo for the betterment of society is one of the very foundations on which Islam was built. No one is asking you to change your beliefs. If you feel your faith tells you that homosexuality is haram, fine. We disagree with your interpretation, but you’re entitled to it. Ain’t America grand? Bu…

Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tical-cum-cultural challenge. The classic case is the variety of laws in a number of countries derived from the colonial era which still criminalize same-sex sexual conduct, even when and where the colonizing power discarded such laws a long time ago. On another front, while care, kindness and consideration are at the heart of religions in their common humanity and linkage with human rights , various interlocutors misconstrue or resort to less tha…

Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction

By Susannah Crockford

…throughout are posts about the myth of the lost continent of Atlantis and contact with aliens, common beliefs in new age spirituality. Posts from 2007, which are still visible, also reference themes in new age spirituality, mostly about the nature of God and how spirituality is different from organized religion. By 2022, the posts had become predominantly occupied with conspiracy theories. A second blog run by a user called David DePape was found…

Stop Debunking Climate Change Deniers

By Michael Schulson

…gs tend to form and reinforce beliefs in a communal way. And it’s personal contact that changes minds, not just good ideas. Diplomacy, in other words, might be a lot more effective than debunking. “Sometimes democracy is less a matter of thinking well,” Shulevitz writes, “than of choosing your friends wisely.” In that diplomatic spirit, there’s a whole movement of thinkers devoted to environmental theology, and other reconciliations between enviro…

Capricology: Television, Tech, and the Sacred

By Diane Winston

…over the years between the two series? Did they shift as Caprica came into contact with other worlds? In response to the destruction the Cylons brought about? Or do the two series have different conceptions about the range of what constitutes normal human sexuality? Or does this image simply seem shocking to adolescence in this culture? Another element which fascinated me in the pilot episodes were the black gloves which the Adams/Adama family wea…

Ten-Year-Old Hero Confronts Anti-Gay Bigotry

By Lauri Lebo

…nonsense he’s been told by manipulative adults,” Wildmon said in a statement. “For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse.” The group claims over 12,000 members responded to an “action alert” to contact Fayetteville officials demanding an end to the parade. Of course, the good news in this is that poll data indicates that the Will Phillips of the world a…

Saipov Wasn’t a “Member” of ISIS, But That Misses the Point

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ut in general it is fair to say that ISIS’ days of territorial control are numbered. But ISIS has never been a movement that’s defined solely by territorial control. The enormous cyber network of participants in online chats on Twitter and Telegram, and the global audience for the slick online publications such as Inspire, Dabiq, and Rumiyah have constituted an alternative movement rivaling the size and significance of the Arab Sunni-based Calipha…

Why Atheists Should Fight For Establishment of State Religion

By Shanny Luft

….” Hemant Mehta’s popular blog, Friendly Atheist, called on his readers to contact their representatives and demand that they “do everything in their power to make sure this bill never sees the light of day.” As it turned out, Mehta’s readers needn’t have bothered, since the national backlash against the North Carolina resolution led state legislators to permanently shelve it. The battle was over in days, and none of the soldiers in this war learn…