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The Forgotten Struggle Over Gender and Bigotry in Christianity

By Stephen J. Patterson

…t of those who do not? Well, anyone can read those tealeaves. In today’s fastest-growing churches, the gospel is all about class. And gender? Simply put, the church is the last, greatest bastion of gender bias in American society. The Catholic Church does not ordain women as priests and probably never will. Neither do the Orthodox churches. The largest Protestant denominations do not ordain women as ministers, nor do most of the historically black…

How Should We Speak of Unspeakable Evil?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…land on September 1 the trial of Francois Bazaramba began; the former Baptist Pastor was charged with organizing mass killings during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The trial is taking place in Finland under what’s known as the “Universality Jurisdiction,” which states that any nation may prosecute if “the crime committed is considered a crime against all.” *The trial of Kaing Guek Eav or “Duch,” the head of the Khmer Rouge’s Tuol Sleng prison, con…

“My Scientology Movie” Pokes the Hornet’s Nest

By Gordon Haber

…s nicely reflected similar frustrations on this viewer’s part. Some of the strongest moments in My Scientology Movie involve the audition process. As the documentary was shot in Los Angeles, they have no problem finding young actors looking for parts. What’s interesting is that the auditions do indeed provide a glimpse into the cynical overlap between show business and Scientology. “The practices of Scientology are like acting class techniques,” R…

Before We Scold DeSean Jackson and Others For Anti-Semitism We Need To Talk About ‘Chosenness’

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…he Jew profits from his status in America, and he must expect Negroes to distrust him for it.” I argue that what Baldwin is articulating and what’s ultimately missed by Jemele Hill and others who, in this moment, seek to teach Black folks like DeSean Jackson and Nick Cannon a lesson about anti-Semitism, is that without recognizing the emergence of American Jewishness as a particular form of whiteness it will quickly devolve into the same racial re…

Palin, Yet Again

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…s point about it being time to “lay off” Sarah Palin is well taken. The first and foremost difficulty with this recommendation, of course, is that Sarah Palin, unlike the other three former candidates, continues to put herself out in plain public view, as the other three have been all but invisible, working behind closed doors on the current fiscal mess. Governor Palin, admittedly, has little to do with that work, so she is free to adopt a more pu…

Even if Biden Wins Will We Reckon With ‘Virtuous Republic Syndrome,’ the Persistent Belief that America is a Blessed Nation?

By Peter Laarman

…ge between race-based settler colonialism and the emergence of the capitalist system. The other reason liberals reject the idea of an unbreakable linkage between racism and capitalism is more subtle and comes from a hopeful place. They argue that it’s patronizing and insulting to believe that a White Way of Thinking can withstand the rise of diversity and inclusion within capitalist institutions. Unfortunately, the notion that demographic change w…

Trend Watch: “Progressive Christian”

By Daniel Schultz

…. See for example Union Theological Seminary in New York, Eden Seminary in St. Louis, the Beatitudes Society, even the Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation (at least when its website is up and running), which is a progressive retreat center of sorts. That, if you can believe it, is just a quick and dirty list. I’ve probably missed somebody. But it’s sufficient to demonstrate a couple of things, I think. First, more people are willing to wear the “pro…

Time to Face Facts: White Evangelicalism Has Always Been Right Wing

By Neil J. Young

…ent. He notes that 15,000 college students at an evangelical conference in St. Louis last January “enthusiastically applauded a call by an African-American speaker to work diligently against racial injustice” and support the Black Lives Matter movement, but he conveniently ignores what soon followed. As Mark Oppenheimer pointed out in a piece for the New York Times, support for Black Lives Matter quickly dissipated among these young evangelicals o…

Tomorrow-Less Land

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…at away, and the system really does collapse. When rapacious quasi-capitalists start acting like there is no tomorrow, then that’s when it really hits the fan. That shift in temporal orientation actually destroys the system. And what we have witnessed in the last half-generation since Ronald Reagan first sold the rhetoric of Republican de-regulation and trust in free markets is just that: the death of tomorrow-thinking, under the pressure of the d…

Fighting (Over) Words: What is an Evangelical Feminist?

By Julie Ingersoll

…re black.” Later this month the “girls” of tea party nation are meeting in St. Louis for the “Smart Girl Summit.” Honestly, when I first read about the leadership training for conservatives at the website Smart Girl Politics and at the Smart Girl Summit, I thought it was leadership training for girls—probably homeschool and Christian school girls. No. Girls, as in adult females. Sponsors of Smart Girl Summit include tea party-oriented Freedom Work…