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Why Christian Fundamentalism Is Still a Big Deal in U.S. Politics, And How It Got That Way

By Eric C. Miller

…dividual experiences of spirituality over rigid doctrinal statements. They use words like “seekers” rather than talking about lost or damned souls. They also tend to avoid rigid political platforms. If you walk through the multiple parking lots at Willow Creek, you can spot bumper stickers that span the political spectrum, and megachurch pastors have advised both Republican and Democratic presidents. Of course, all of this exists on a spectrum. So…

Pope Invites his Flock to Join Facebook: Is the Digital Reformation Here?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…money. In all of these categories, participation was higher among internet users than non-internet users, making clear that digital or so-called “virtual” practice is an important component of the “real” relationships and commitments made by believers today. Texting, blogging, tweeting, and posting on Facebook group pages and personal profiles have become, as I argue in my own forthcoming work on the topic, important modes of relational and spirit…

The Collapse of the American Jewish Center

By Sarah Posner

…broken by the death of innocent civilians, but that Hamas is to blame” because it uses civilians as human shields. Some have even said civilians who voted for Hamas can be legitimate military targets. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish denomination in North America, told me the “overwhelming sense of our movement is support for Israel and [for] the military response in the face of these tunnels,” refer…

You Are Not Your Star Sign

By Spencer Dew

…seriously. So do we. We deeply apologize for any confusion this may have caused.” All of which was intended to mean that Allstate customers remain in good hands, as the catchphrase goes; but which, in fact, draws our attention to the profound divide between that logic which is “actuarially sound” and that logic by which, as the past few weeks have emphasized, a sizeable percentage of Americans use to make sense of their lives. The “misperception”…

Preaching to the ‘Moveable Middle’: Bishop Gene Robinson on Marriage Equality and the Election

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…issue. Part of the intent of the book is to give people the words they can use when someone challenges them about being supportive they have some notion of what to say. My hope is to give them a sample of the kinds of words they can use when they are challenged. Why is marriage so important for gay and lesbian people, and why should straight people be supportive? This is about achieving full and equal rights, and it has as much to do with respect…

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

By Michael Schulson

…world. We should probably worry more about something like these tweets because we’re in a space in which the use of anti-Judaism as a way of fantasizing the perfection of the world is already becoming very powerful. What’s the connection between anti-Jewish politics and utopian politics? It depends on what you mean by utopian, but I think it’s very strong. Already in early Christianity, there’s a sense in which the overcoming of Judaism…is one way…

Is America Willing to Be Freed from Its Demons?

By Willie James Jennings

…hese demons, but what we fail to admit to ourselves is that our demons are useful—and no one really wants to get rid of a useful demon. These demons make us money. Politicians, pundits, news outlets and advertisers all play with the tensions, conflicts and frustrations between black and white people. They use racial antagonism to boost ratings, to draw attention to their products and to keep viewers. We are constantly afflicted by the media with y…

Please Reverend, Do Something About the Fat People

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…increased risk for turning into a carrot. Now I suppose that living in a house with electricity does probably make you more likely to use an electric shaver, but it’s still a leap to go from there to the conclusion that everyone else has a “facial hair problem.” Age, income, overall health, and ancestry can all affect body weight, and they may also correlate with different patterns of religious activity. Perhaps these things were controlled for. (…

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

…urn our adolescents gay.” Gladys Feliz, who is a member of the Dominican House of Deputies, on Wednesday used an anti-gay slur in a tweet she wrote in response to the vandalism of a banner outside of a school in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo with Brewster’s name on it. “For the defenders of the U.S. ambassador, the Spanish language dictionary calls you faggot,” wrote Feliz in another tweet. “I hope you are satisfied!” Cardinal Nicolás de…

Repurposing the Gospel Aura: Eminem’s Chrysler Ad Borrows Some Spirit

By Douglas Harrison

…d perhaps unsurprisingly, Anglo-American pop culture has been drawn to the use of black gospel choirs as a means of accessing the vast cultural capital associated with this music. When a black gospel choir willingly participates in mainstream American music or mass-market advertising or Hollywood films, the music shrouds everyone and everything around it in the warm glow of the gospel aura, but without explicitly dredging up America’s sordid histo…