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Can The Religious Left Be Effective Again? Longer Answer: Quizás

By Daniel Schultz

…t previously available to researchers” to track churches’ participation in service ministries and political action. His conclusions are intriguing: more churches are focusing on ministry, fewer on politics. Specifically and against the grain of the received narrative, conservative evangelicals are leading this shift: Fulton found that the most substantial decrease in political participation has occurred among white evangelical churches. For exampl…

Unquestioned Support for Israel Wasn’t Always the Way for Conservative Christians

By Amy Fallas

…ely led to the removal of 50,000–70,000 Palestinians. The American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) in Ramallah took in refugees from Lydda and Ramle and workers sent alarmed letters to co-religionists in the United States regarding the condition of refugees. Reverend Willard and Christiana Jones share in their writings that they converted their schools into makeshift medical centers and temporary encampments to assist the influx of Palestinian…

Sharing the Bad News of Donald Trump’s ‘Theology of Glory’

By Matthew Dodrill

…m—gives rise to an ethical dualism. Either we participate in the suffering service of Jesus Christ, our tradition tells us, or we don’t. Either we’ll follow him on the cross, or we won’t. At this juncture of the ages, resurrection life is hidden and revealed in our cruciform service to the least of these, and everything else is in league with Sin and Death. There is no third way. There is no straddling the chasm. The election of Donald Trump to th…

LGBTQ Equality Pendulum “Abruptly” Swinging Back as Religious Exemptions Gain Victories

By Patrick Hornbeck

…uct” than the “artistic expression” involved in designing a custom wedding centerpiece. Much as generations of artists, sculptors, musicians, playwrights, novelists, and maybe even “Subway sandwich artists” might wish to disagree, Judge Lampe unequivocally equated the design of custom cakes with these traditionally protected forms of speech. While Miller’s attorneys based their arguments on both the Free Speech and Free Exercise clauses of the Con…

Do Evangelicals Oppose Syria Intervention?

By Stephen V. Anderson

…couple of weeks back, in a “personal statement” supplied to Religion News Service blogger Jonathan Merritt, National Association of Evangelicals president Leith Anderson wrote: On September 3, the National Association of Evangelicals surveyed evangelical leaders* to ask “Should Congress authorize direct U.S. military intervention in Syria?” Sixty-two and a half percent said “no.” Thirty-seven and a half percent said “yes.” Anderson noted that he…

No, the Democratic Party Is (Still) Not the Party of God

By Daniel José Camacho

…t” is basically anything not Republican. “Liberal Christians often pay lip service to many politically radical Christian thinkers and activists while lining up behind the political and economic forces that they fought against. ” (Note: in this piece, I use progressive/liberal Christian to designate those who self-identify as such theologically, or who self-identify as not conservative theologically. Politically, self-identifying Christian liberals…

Vatican’s New Media Evangelizing Strategy Can’t Save it from All The Bad News

By Anthea Butler

…e done when one’s pen reflects the greatness of the soul and is put at the service of truth and noble causes.” Since serving the truth and a noble cause is an admirable trait for a journalist, I can not help but point out that the day before, the Pope was continuing his “I’m sorry” tour before a crowd of people who perhaps needed to hear it the least. June 11 marked the end of the celebration of the “Year of the Priest” and the Pope marked it by c…

#MeToo and the Problem with the “The Billy Graham Rule”

By Sara J. Moslener

…iritual powers, often employing a hawkish rhetoric that conflated military service and personal piety. “Sissy stuff” is what Graham called Christianity as a young man attempting to reconcile his athletic prowess when he found himself first beckoned to conversion. Graham’s Jesus was a tough patriot who enlisted others in the battle against evil. Power, dominance, and victory: this was the rhetorical currency that launched Graham into greatness. So…

New Mag Provides a Platform for Christians of Color

By Anita Little

…rter and have bylines at these various religion outlets like Religion News Service and The Christian Post. What about your previous experiences made you recognize that there was a lack of perspectives from Christians of color? I’ve always found myself working in newsrooms where there’s a lack of diversity in the areas where it really counts. Yes, it’s good to have writers and staff who are diverse. However, I think it’s just as important to have d…

A Truly Fearless Human Being: Rev. Howard Moody, 1921-2012

By Tom Davis

…rm. That experience stayed with him. When he began the Clergy Consultation Service in 1967—the group of 21 New York clergy who referred women for abortions when it was still illegal in every state—he arranged for the clergy involved to attend a demonstration that could teach them what an abortion procedure entailed and what a woman experiences in an abortion. The clergy met with a pathologist who explained the procedure using a life-size model of…