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Conventional Wisdom: RNC/DNC Giving God a Bad Name?

By Peter Laarman

…, grasp that faith without works is dead; he writes that the real story of Charlotte is of a “party that lives what it preaches.” Well, yes and no. It’s a party that gives Elizabeth Warren a microphone even as it dispatches Rahm Emanuel to make nice with the very same fat cats Warren denounces; that lurches to proclaim Jerusalem the one and only capital of Israel even when it knows how catastrophically wrongheaded this is to the cause of justice…

UCC First Church to Sue State Over Gay Marriage Ban

By Peter Montgomery

…Church of Christ, and Rev. Nancy Kraft of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Charlotte are among the plaintiffs who attended a Charlotte press conference. “As a senior minister, I am often asked to perform marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples in my congregation,” said Rev. Joe Hoffman of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Asheville, who is a plaintiff along with Diane Ansley and Cathy McGaughey, two of his congregants who have been…

Does Religion Still Matter?

By Haroon Moghul

…urity, I was too tired for breakfast. I slept the whole flight from RDU to Charlotte, but once I’d landed in Charlotte, with only twenty minutes to transfer to my Milwaukee flight, I was starving. Famished. Broken. But the only breakfast option I trusted was Starbucks, and every single Starbucks had a line that resembled a breakdown of civilization at the baggage claim. So I did not do that. I stopped at a newsstand slash convenience kiosk and lo…

Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99

By Randall Balmer

…th local churches. In addition to Graham, the Association also sponsored a number of “associate evangelists,” including Howard Jones, Ralph Bell and Leighton Ford. The Association published Decision magazine, and Graham’s syndicated column, “My Answer,” appeared in newspapers across the nation. Politics By his own account, Graham enjoyed close relationships with American presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama (even though Graham met wi…

Religious Groups, Dioceses, Churches Fund Anti-Gay Initiative in North Carolina

By Peter Montgomery

…ciation $20,000, Bayleaf Baptist Church $19,130, and First Baptist Church (Charlotte) $15,000. But religious voices are also weighing in opposition to the anti-gay amendment. Pastors Against Amendment One has filmed testimonials from a number of clergy. One of the religious leaders urging voters to oppose the amendment is Rev. William Barber, President of the state’s NAACP chapter, who has recorded a radio spot urging voters to vote against the “d…

Playlist #1: Indie Rock’s Dark Night of the Soul

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…article on the latest take on religion from angst- and doubt-filled indie rockers. Negative/Mystical Theology Arcade Fire, “Black Mirror” (from Neon Bible) Vic Chesnutt, “Flirted With You All My Life” (from At the Cut) Salome, “The Witness” (from Terminal) Arcade Fire, “City with No Children” (from The Suburbs) Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse featuring David Lynch, “Dark Night of the Soul” (from Dark Night of the Soul) King Missile, “Title Track” (…

Good Hair, Good God! The Divine Politics of African-American Hair

By Anthea Butler

…e source of much of the human hair business in the United States. In fact, Rock’s documentary informs us that the hair cut for temple sacrifices is now the number-one export out of India. The fact that tonsure, a religious act, has turned into a profiteering scheme is remarkable. But there also exist unscrupulous people who are stealing women’s hair, either while they sleep or in movie theaters where their braids or hair hang over the seats; while…

To Let It Go and So To Find A Way: U2, (A)Live with Grief and Grace

By Cathleen Falsani

…er the years because of it from all sides who’ve accused them of being too rock ‘n’ roll to be true believers; or too Jesus-y to be real rock ‘n’ rollers, or both. And yet the loyalty and love U2’s members have for each other and their extended tribe is mirrored often by their fans. Whether they believe the last good album the band made was long before 1991’s sonic game-changer Achtung Baby or that everything the four lads from Dublin create toget…

Can Expelled Teach Us a Thing or Two?

By Arri Eisen

…ans would be attracted to, appreciate and consider careers in science (the number is decreasing annually). I bet we’d have more productive conversation among students and leaders of science and religion around the many profound issues in our nation that engage both: abortion, medical care, stem cells, homosexuality, and genomic research. The battle rhetoric would fade and, more than likely, movies like Expelled wouldn’t be made in the first place….

Swift-Boat Veterans of American Jewry Charge Anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street

By Jay Michaelson

…es ECI’s leadership – knows this to be the case. Which makes ECI’s video a cheap lie — yet another in a long litany of desperate efforts by the far right to convert the largely liberal American Jewish community to neo-conservatism, hawkish policies on Israel, and the belief that “Barack Hussein Obama” is a Muslim. That said, there actually are two interesting forms of antisemitism going on here. First is the antisemitism of ECI itself. To tug at…