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From the cover of the Kindle edition of C. Peter Wagner's book.

It’s Not the Name It’s the Theocratic Vision — THE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION’S PR PROBLEM

By Frederick Clarkson

…vement, especially in the global South “is “growing at a very, very strong rate… in spite of all the accusations regarding the NAR and so forth.” He also claims that a major source of American apostolic church growth comes from Latin American migrants—many of whom are Pentecostal. He argues that their strongest national coalitions are in countries where there is “persecution against the church.” Interestingly, he also predicts that church growth g…

In its Battle for ‘Life’ the Antiabortion Movement is Willing to Expose its Enemies to Death — And There’s an Old Christian Theology that Supports Them

By Beatrice Marovich

…wealth. This is especially true for Black women, whose maternal mortality rates have historically been twice as high as those of White women, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that the maternal mortality rate in the United States is only getting higher. And while antiabortion activism threatens to make the situation even worse, reproductive rights advocates are highlighting the death-dealing dimensions of these…

New Report Shows Dems are Far More Religiously Diverse Than GOP — Though One (A)religious Group Remains Woefully Underrepresented

By Chrissy Stroop

…state in the Senate, despite most of the country’s population being concentrated in the urban centers of blue states, while many red states resemble Wyoming, where pronghorn antelope outnumber humans. When it comes to the inclusion of secular Americans in government, however, the Democratic Party can also be blamed for undue negligence toward one of its most loyal demographics. Despite some progress in recent years, Democratic leaders evidently co…

After Roe: 3 Troubling Trends from the ‘Compassionate’ Anti-Abortion Crowd

By Robert Repino

…d time” because “we’ve been polarized” (note the passive voice). Three separate times, he describes anti-abortion trigger laws—abortion bans designed to automatically take effect at the overturn of Roe—as merely “performative,” as though the people who passed them didn’t really mean what they were doing. (They did.) A number of others have expressed a similar view, like the panelists in a recent discussion hosted by Georgetown University who lamen…

The Failure to Focus on — And Yes, to ‘Cancel’ — Right Wing Antisemitism is a Problem

By Elad Nehorai

…the coverage of antisemitism in mainstream media: While the totals demonstrate a meaningful but modest focus on the Left (55% to 44%) in general, if we draw a distinction between action and rhetoric a different picture emerges. What we see is not only a notable 53% to 19% disparity in focus on the Left’s rhetoric, but a gigantic disparity between attention given to the actions of the Right (25%) and the Left (2%), suggesting that the Right is far…

The End of Roe Comes Courtesy of the Catholic Church — But From ‘The Dorothy Day Abortion Fund’ to ‘St. Vincent de Paul Vasectomy Clinic,’ Here Are Some Ideas for Catholics Looking to Make a Difference

By Mary E. Hunt

…ht—is a far cry from the Ivies on admissions criteria and bar exam passage rate. But the Catholic morality and natural laws studies it includes prepare the farm teams that try reproduction-related cases that wend their way to the high court. ‘We cannot remain silent’ There are many Catholic reactions to the leaked draft. As expected, and in line with the significant victory that the Catholic Right has seemingly achieved, the bishops are crowing. I…

Supernatural Drama ‘Evil’ Provides No Easy Answers to Questions of Faith, Reason, and the Nature of Evil

By Michael F. Pettinger

…he doesn’t tell her is that he sometimes uses psychoactive drugs in a desperate effort to reproduce an ecstatic vision he once had—and perhaps to glimpse the soul of his lost “friend,” Julia. As the two of them spar over questions of faith and reason it feels like a spiritual striptease, with each character becoming increasingly vulnerable. It would be easy to supply rationalizations were Bouchard and Acosta to give in to the resulting mutual attr…

Turn on the News: Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Faith Doesn’t Matter (But Amy Coney Barrett’s Did)

By Daniel Schultz

…to know exactly how important the judge’s faith was to her, asking her to rate it on a scale and how often she attended church. Jackson responded that she strived to separate her personal faith from her work as a jurist, an answer that seemed to satisfy Graham. Graham was working toward a larger point about how Democrats in his opinion mistreated Amy Coney Barrett when she appeared before the same panel. “How would you feel if a senator up here s…

Rather Than Attack Amnesty For Labeling Israel an Apartheid State Critics Could Address the Actual Problems

By Joshua Shanes

…s time to end these frivolous accusations of “antisemitism,” a tactic that cheapens the term and avoids discussing what’s truly at stake. Instead, we need to focus on the issues themselves, particularly ongoing crimes in the West Bank. Instead of reposting old talking points that dismiss out of hand the findings of yet another renowned human rights organization, those who oppose the label could have used their time to engage critically with the en…

The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…and legal access to abortion. And African American women have the highest rate of abortion amongst all groups of American women. The reasons are not mysterious—Black women are disproportionately poor, under-employed, single and living in highly segregated communities with limited health care access which have borne the brunt of the economic depression. Due to slavery and the violent legacy of Jim Crow, Black women have a history of coercive contr…