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Mitt’s Jesus, Barack’s Jesus, and Why Christ’s Color Matters

By Joanna Brooks

…o believe and see the image of God in themselves. Christus statue in Salt Lake City(L) and the stained-glass Jesus in the sanctuary at the 16th St. Baptist(R) I was particularly interested in the section of your book that deals with the Depression era and portrayals of Jesus. Thinking about the current U.S. economic situation, I wonder if the different portrayals of a radicalized Jesus also have a class component to them as well? And as an aside,…

Mormon Statement on Feminism is Relevant and Timely… But Only by Coincidence

By Holly Welker

…he vast majority fit the basic definition of the word.” Encouragingly, the number of both men and women willing to call themselves feminists increased somewhat from 2016 to 2018. This isn’t surprising; thanks to a host of situations and events, including the #MeToo movement and the Women’s March organized in response to Donald Trump’s election, the mistreatment of women has frequently been in the news since 2016. It’s also not surprising that Latt…

I Confess, I’m Ex-Straight

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…aturday morning, on the opposite corner from the church at Abbott Road and Lake Otis Drive, a group of a dozen or so protestors are waving rainbow flags and homemade signs with slogans like “God is not a bigot;” “My gay son is fine just the way God made him;” “God [hearts] queers;” and “God loves me just the way he made me.” Inside the event, participants like Joe Dallas were busy reinforcing stereotypes about gay people: Dallas named inborn chara…

TV’s Favorite Family Dumps Religion

By Bron Taylor

…them. Since the 19th century and especially in recent decades, increasing numbers of these exiles from American culture’s most prevalent forms of religion are finding their spiritual meaning in the natural systems we belong to and depend on. We should not make too much of one sitcom, of course, but this one does raise interesting questions: Is Western antipathy toward nature spirituality eroding? Is it becoming more conventionally acceptable to m…

The Politics We Deserve

By Jason C. Bivins

…ween Joe the Plumber’s America and the gorgeously mixed America teeming by Lake Michigan as Tuesday became Wednesday, and while I remain nervous about backlash, I still confess to being stirred when recognizing the America I grew up in, the neighborhood writ large. I wrote at the end of Religion of Fear that “perhaps it is past time to start wondering whether we get the politics we deserve.” The fearful politics I wrote about is not going away. Bu…

By the Way: Mitt Romney’s Coming Out

By Randall Balmer

…ligious faith,” Dwight Eisenhower reportedly declared in 1952, “and I don’t care what it is.” Mitt Romney should take notice. And perhaps his presence at Hinckley’s funeral in Salt Lake City signals a change of course. His willingness to acknowledge his faith may also mark a turning point in his political fortunes….

RDBook: Whither the Religious Left?

By Bill Berkowitz

…arren, the much celebrated and talked about pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, interviewed Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain on Saturday, August 16. Before and after the event, Warren’s Civic Forum received a lot of media attention. Many in the media have anointed Warren as representing the new face of Christian evangelicals; creating a new movement that not only distances itself from the old timers of the Religious…

The Week in Religion, Poetically

By Michael J. Altman

…rector of media for the church’s Missionary Department. Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s Bible is for sale. The one of a kind book carries a $1.5 million price tag and includes unique genealogical notes about the Smith family. A group of American Muslim leaders have made a YouTube video denouncing militancy. And Islamic feminists are staging “pray-ins” at various mosques in protest against the separation of women during…

The Sexual Threat to Fundamentalism

By Michelle Goldberg

…of female goddesses. He told me that Satan worshippers held meetings under Lake Victoria, where they were promised riches in exchange for human blood, which they collected by staging car accidents and kidnappings. Similar demonization is running amok on other continents. The Southern Poverty Law Center has reported on a ferocious and violent anti-gay movement among Christian fundamentalists in Latvia who also happen to be influential with some Rus…

Romney Lets his Inner Mormon Out Just in Time for Tampa

By Joanna Brooks

…the few people of color in attendance. [UPDATE: Tuesday morning, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that Love will speak at the Convention.] Whatever Mormon Republican is tapped to give the prayer (Bay Buchanan? Jason Chaffetz?)—[ADDITIONAL UPDATE: As of mid-morning Tuesday, sources are saying that Ken Hutchins, a lifelong friend of Mitt Romney who served with Romney in Boston-area LDS Church leadership positions, will deliver a prayer at the RNC.]…