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Escape From Manhattan: Tech, Tragedy and Storytelling in Sandy’s Wake

By Rachel Wagner

…rs Upon entering the Javits Center for Comic Con Manhattan, the energy was palpable. Over half of the attendees were in full costume, and I was immediately struck by the care that obviously went into their production. Most of the costumes were not pre-fabricated, but had obviously been lovingly constructed over months. I saw numerous iterations of Spiderman, Captain America, and Batman. I saw Finn, Fionna, and Marceline “the Scream Queen” from the…

Aliens Are Fattening Us Up For the Rapture

By Mark Hulsether

…his evangelical theme—but since I teach about end-times discourse I try to pay at least passing attention to evolving trends, and this twist seems mildly noteworthy because I have seldom heard it. Although I spoke of Lindsey’s “short answer,” I hasten to add that viewers will learn it only after lengthy sequences about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the United Nations, a case for the U.S or Israel attacking Iran, and a pitch for the phone ministry…

With Release of Pentagon Report, UFO Narrative Belief System is Suddenly Supported by Military Witness Testimonies

By Diana Pasulka

…). Ironically, this report reversed the multi-year—and quite successful—campaign to debunk all types of witness testimonies regarding UAP sightings. The campaign to debunk testimonies, called Project Bluebook, was also funded by the U.S. government and is outlined in the Robertson Panel Report of 1953. It’s not incidental that witness testimonies have been integral to the formation of many religious traditions. The plethora of new religions inspir…

“Americans Hate Muslims, Too” (And Other Impediments to U.S. Advocacy for Religious Freedom Abroad)

By Chad Bauman

…rprised to find that around a dozen other travelers—mostly Europeans and Japanese—sat patiently in chairs, waiting to find out whether there might be room for them as well. I wondered how we had managed to get a room while all these other people waited. As if sensing my question, and after checking us in, the Hindu proprietor took us aside and quietly told us that he had detected our American accents on the phone, and had given us the room instead…

Dispatches From the Beltway: Horton Hears Progressive Religion

By Robert P. Jones

…h his 2,000-member Fairfield Christian Church, Johnson ridiculed the early participants of We Believe Ohio, joking that their combined congregations could fit into a phone booth. Along with Rev. Rod Parsley—the movement’s bombastic mouthpiece who called on Ohio Christians (who he called the largest “interest group” in the state) to “lock and load” to defeat the “hordes of Hell”—Johnson was the force behind the so-called “Ohio Restoration Project,”…

Cross-Burning Hearing Ends, Trial Set to Begin

By Lauri Lebo

…eshwater’s attorneys to turn over billing records related to time spent preparing affidavits related to an interview Freshwater was to have had with investigators. Apparently, the Freshwater team has been less than forthcoming at turning over documents related to discovery and appears to have gone to great lengths to avoid providing the material. R. Kelly Hamilton, Freshwater’s attorney, said he could not turn over billing records requested by pla…

Bad News for LGBT Anglicans, Mormons, Adventists, Norwegians, Russians, Georgians, Egyptians, Kuwaitis, Saudis…

By Peter Montgomery

…el on LGBT Rights This week a Ugandan LGBT rights activist Clare Byarugaba participated in a panel at an Amnesty International USA national conference in Chicago. Other panelists included All Out co-foounder Andre Banks and Chicago transgender educator Trian Alexander. According to a report in the Windy City Times, Byarugabe said, “I don’t feel safe in my own country. Our leaders have sanctioned homophobia and intolerance of the LGBT community. [O…

Sometimes Salvation Looks Like Rage: An Open Letter to “Non-denominational” Churches

By Yazmine Nichols

…se ‘New Pariahs’ are forced into acts of desperation—whether it be through participating in black market activity, defending territory, or refusing to cooperate with authorities—that result in stigma and alienation. In the Tamar story what is understood as righteous is completely upended and re-defined. Righteousness is not just what doctrine or dogma one adheres to, righteousness is the work that one does to make one right before God. Righteousne…

What Liberals Want: A Response to Susan Thistlethwaite

By Frances Kissling

…at all. Progressives have achieved a certain public standing and by their participation in electoral and partisan politics have the attention of political leaders. Talking to those who are batting at them from the left is a waste of time. Liberals, hold more sway in the academy and are far less concerned with access as a route to achieving social change. We do have different theories of change. For liberals social transformation occurs at the mar…

The Real Mormon Moment

By Joanna Brooks

…’m really a nobody,” wrote one woman. “Just a stay at home mom who doesn’t particularly go out of her way to take up too much space on the internet.” Whether or not these formal and informal disciplinary actions have been ordered by Church headquarters in Salt Lake City has been the subject of speculation; Church officials deny high-level coordination. But it’s also being reported that the stage may have been set for Kelly’s excommunication court…