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The Shared Fantasy of Redemptive Violence Between ISIS and the Islamophobic Right

By Donovan Schaefer

…ary life, macho movies, laws, publics, institutions, and diffuse, existential dilemmas of personhood and power.” Our stories feature “mythic heroes” who “sacrifice themselves to rebirth the world.” Both in terms of strategy and fantasy, right-wing Islamophobes and global Islamist terror groups want a similar outcome. They have a symmetrical attraction toward a vision of civilizational struggle—one in which great tides of people are lifted up and c…

#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

…ng to the SBC’s position statement on sexuality, “homosexuality is not a ‘valid alternative lifestyle.’” Although “the Bible condemns it as a sin,” it is not “unforgivable,” and homosexuals may seek redemption, according to the church. Under the SBC’s bylaws, any church that acts to “affirm, approve, or endorse homosexuality” is not in cooperation with the Convention. 30% of members believe homosexuality should be accepted by society. United Met…

How To Talk To “Nones” and Influence People: Rob Bell’s Transrational Experience

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…a group with. All of this was right in line with what Bell had been saying all along: everybody has spiritual questions, and they need a place to bring them. A place that doesn’t judge them, or expect allegiance like an institution would. After lunch, Bell signed copies of the book. The long line moved slowly, because Bell spent time with everyone, autographing, chatting, posing for photographs. Like Oprah. And as with Oprah, there was something c…

The Bindi Isn’t Indie

By Yesenia Vargas

…itation of Desi culture, the history of orientalism under the guise of social liberalism and worldliness. But the short version is this: it’s not theirs, and they can’t have it. It’s not for sale, but you can’t expect Westerners to understand that.” “What would you say to those that wear bindis for religious reasons? Sacred in the holy sense,” I ask. “Well, if they’re Hindu, great. But I get the sense that you’re asking me more about white girls i…

World Congress of Families Blessed By Georgian Orthodox Patriarch and George W. Bush; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Service: Last year the commission, in announcing its outline for the proposal, also announced it would recommend setting aside legislation related to human sexuality for possible consideration using the new process.The proposal became known as Rule 44 simply because it was the last of 44 rules the commission proposed for conference business. General Conference delegates approved the first 43 rules, after their own ups and downs, late on May 10. Th…

Porn-Again Christians: What Happens When a Biblical Literalist Launches a Sex Site?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…o enjoy the sexual pleasure of our body apart from our spouse in marriage. All familiar doctrine to a recovering Southern Baptist like me—but what I found most disturbing about the interview was the way his justification for starting the site mirrors the reasons I used back in 1996 when I began my own online magazine, Whosoever, for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians. I don’t think my site was on the web for five minutes before I st…

Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ng LGBT people “amounts to promotion,” reports Pink News. Homosexuality is illegal put the government has put a moratorium on enforcement of the law. Malawi’s Justice Minister, Samuel Tembenu, said it would be better for pastors to focus on pastoral care than matters of state. He said: “Let our pastors continue doing their good work of saving lost souls. However, they should let experts in human rights, constitutionalism and law enforcement to do…

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…unacceptable, that it should be censored and they have used their power to paralyse the distribution. Who knew the Catholic Church was a dominant owner of movie theaters? AFP offers some explanation: The large number of Italian cinemas owned by the Church are a legacy of the days when every parish had its own cinema and local priests controlled projections, regularly cutting sections of films they deemed unsuitable for parishioners. Most of these…

How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support

By Jessica Johnson

If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on moral values the popularity of Donald Trump among them might not be quite so inexplicable. Joining the chorus of voices from all over the political and religious maps, Peter Wehner, former deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush calls the evangelical embrace of Trump discordant. He repeats another common refrain when he attributes this evangelical support to a…

Catholic Leaders Offer Criticism, Support to Boxer Pacquiao After Anti-Gay Comments…

By Peter Montgomery

…ibly meant to eliminate a tax penalty for married couples, but the change will also enshrine a man-woman definition of marriage, and discrimination against same-sex couples, in the Constitution. The initiative is backed by the Swiss Christian Democratic People’s Party. Tunisia: LGBT Advocacy Group Wins Right To Operate Shams, a group that advocates for decriminalization of homosexuality, announced that it had won a legal battle against government…