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Thanks, Tony Perkins, for Defending those Violent Jewish-y Parts of the Bible

By Evan Derkacz

…n Bibles from hotel rooms on the campus of Penn State University, Perkins’ latest communique couldn’t resist a little dig at Judaism. It’d be like defending some diss aimed at both your and your friend Lucy’s mother by saying: “OMG, Lucy’s mother so does not cheat on her father!” But let’s backtrack a sec to his main point, in which he quotes the ADF in support of his argument that it’s constitutional for a state-run hotel to include a Gideon Bibl…

LGBT-Friendly Church is Not “Christian” Enough?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…dily resurrection of Jesus and the notion that Jesus died for my sins. The latest insult to my self-claimed Christianity came in the form of a website that lists LGBT-friendly churches around the US I had submitted my congregation, Jubilee! Circle in Columbia, S.C., to be listed in the database, since I consider us an LGBT-friendly Christian congregation. Imagine my surprise, however, when one of the site’s owners wrote to question my Christian cr…

The Black and White (and Blood-Red) Roots of ISIS

By Hasan Azad

The latest gruesome video released by ISIS showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, just thirteen days after the execution of James Foley, is a stark reminder – if such reminders are necessary – of the blood-thirsty brutality of ISIS. ISIS’s flag is black and white, the perfect colors for a group that seeks to implement “Islam,” which it sets against a world of disbelief (kufr). Christians, who’ve been living amongst Muslims f…

Wesolowski Sexual Abuse Case a New Approach or Same Old Same Old?

By Mary E. Hunt

…re the news of his crimes hit. But it could, so it would, and it did. This latest twist about lifting immunity is meant to convince that they were really doing the right thing all along. It rings suspiciously hollow. A certain slime factor hovers over this case—evil so deep and enduring that few people want to talk about it. The sheer number of victims and their willingness to come forward despite whatever stigma they might endure give this case s…

Why Al Mohler offered to “Host” Kentucky’s U.S. Senate Race Debates

By Mike Greer

…’s motives may primarily be self-serving. He perhaps is hoping that this project will establish his position as the preeminent standard-bearer for “evangelical morality” in Kentucky and, by political extrapolation, in the Southern Baptist Convention. This latest political exhibition could also just be that of a Baptist peacock displaying his feathers to impress a powerful Republican who may be a needed ally in the days to come. If this is so, an o…

Violent, Genocidal Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric Moving to US?

By David Sheen

…an life and expressed regret for the souls lost on both sides. As Israel’s latest assault on Gaza enters its fourth week, however, we are witnessing a significant rhetorical departure. Yet as reprehensible as remarks from American Jewish leaders have been, the dehumanizing discourse among political and religious leaders in Israel—where I live and work—has for years been moving toward the grotesque. The images that have emerged from the Gaza Strip…

Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40

By Robert M. Geraci

…elling, edition of D&D, and with it they will, later this month, issue the latest incarnation of the single most important and widely read bestiary ever published: The Monster Manual. New generations will wonder at the immensity of our monstrous imaginations while many relish anew their dreams of an enchanted world. And so, thanks to the game and The Monster Manual, we have a moment to contemplate what it means to imagine monsters and what it mean…

Can Religion Professors Save the Planet?

By Ivan Strenski

…the study of religion should move forward is for it to hitch itself to the latest star in the universe of social causes, it has ceased being an academic discipline: it has ceased conceiving research projects and teaching courses that have an integrity of their own. What are the main questions that the study of religion should address? Are there problems of religion in the same sense as there are sociological (not “social”) problems, as Peter Berge…

Hide the Religion, Feature the Science: 60 Minutes Drops the Ball on Mindfulness

By jeff wilson

…xible enough or are somehow unavailable for selective appropriation by new promoters and practitioners won’t successfully make the jump into previously untapped cultures. One more essential process is required for a practice to succeed in 21st century capitalist America: it needs to be commodified for the marketplace. Mindfulness comes to us packaged with Colorado retreats for high-powered professionals, training sessions at Google (which gets lot…

Black Masses Continue to Titillate Conservative Catholics

By Joseph Laycock

…er general manager Jim Brown answered, “We’ve had none.” However, Daniels’ latest announcement to hold a black mass at the Civic Center on September 21 has generated unprecedented attention. Mayor Mick Cornett has already received 450 emails and phone calls opposing the event. Archbishop Paul Coakley has also condemned the event and called on Catholics to protest if it moves forward. Daniels, naturally, has expressed delight that his antics are fi…