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Can Faith-Based Organizing for Gun Control Work?

By Sarah Posner

…more conservative than even regularly attending evangelicals,” reinforcing more homogenous political positions around their faith. (Bean’s 2014 book, The Politics of Evangelical Identity, documents how this conservative political identity—with a focus on Christian nationalism and abortion—is formed in evangelical churches.) Another obstacle for faith-based gun control activists is the intensity and homogeneity with which white evangelicals view gu…

DeSantis is a No-Show, the Right’s ‘Secret Sauce,’ and Final Thoughts on Pray Vote Stand

By PRA Staff

…session. While enjoying pizza the aforementioned panelists respond to anonymous questions by providing more detailed strategies for how to evangelize their friends (and themselves) in the face of questions like gender identity, the separation of church and state, and whether God is good and all-powerful. The panelists hammer home to these young adults that they must always sweetly refuse to acknowledge the validity of any argument that their paren…

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ind of anti-gay rhetoric to use. Not surprisingly, there was a significant Mormon presence at the conference, including an opening keynote rom Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS. Ballard praised this year’s “Utah compromise,” in which the church agreed to back the inclusion of LGBT people in some statewide nondiscrimination laws in return for broad religious exemptions. There were no speaking slots f…

Cruz and the Evangelical Illusion

By Sarah Posner

…historian of evangelical political engagement, has said that “Land is much more influential among journalists as a ‘evangelical leader’ than he is with the average Southern Baptist in the pews. He has more say in newsrooms than sanctuaries.” While the media, particularly in the 2000 election cycle (before which Dobson had threatened to form a third party if no sufficiently Christian candidate emerged) and in 2008 (when Dobson held off on an endors…

Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection

By Jacob J. Erickson

…f Africa, based on Blixen’s own writings. And Blixen, of course, went by a number of famous pen names—Isak Dinesen is one—writing some of the most fascinating and beautiful theological stories of her time. Most notable is Babette’s Feast. But her theology is for another moment. Today, Karen and its surrounding area is filled with shops, schools, and wildlife conservation areas. Kenya’s first national park is around the corner. My strange assembly…

None Means None (Not Atheist, Agnostic, Unbeliever…)

By Elizabeth Drescher

…oeuvre focuses primarily on atheists and the otherwise nonreligious. (And Mormons. Go figure.) It certainly seems that Cragun’s work would provide helpful insight on the substantial minority of Nones who are unbelievers. Indeed, those RD readers who rightly noted that my recent list of “must-reads on Nones” did not include material on unbelievers per se will find his CV a bibliographical treasure trove. (As an aside, a fuller list of resources on…

Hell, in Rob Bell’s Own Words: State of Belief Radio

By The Editors

…there is a film idea that I’m going produce, and there is this Sunday’s sermon… So, yes, more things are coming. [WG]: Good, good, that’s great to hear. Well look, you’ve been talking to a lot of people, and in all kinds of media, for which I am grateful. Is there a final taught that you would share with us… And think about, what have you not been asked, or what have you wanted to talk about that you haven’t gotten to talk about much? [RB]: Joy. J…

Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to 2 Years for Offending Russian Orthodox Church

By The Editors

…em, has not come to pass. Russia as a whole does not condemn us. Every day more and more people believe us and believe in us, and think we should be free rather than behind bars. I can see this from the people I meet. I meet people who represent the system, who work for the relevant agencies. I see people who are in prison. And every day there are more and more people who support us, who hope for our success and especially for our release, who say…

National Review’s Kevin Williamson Comes Out Against Daughters, Misunderstands Science

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…se in this scenario it’s daughters who are the “sure thing.” Notice the common theme of “mothers”? That’s because the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis predicts something about (class? hands? anyone?) mothers. (Who often have fallopian tubes, and sometimes even have cardigans.) The hypothesis does seem to work where it has been studied, for example, in red deer. The important thing here, though, is that it has certain conditions under which it is suppose…

The End (of Religion) is Near, Scientists Say

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…in the Czech Republic. The mathematicians seem far more surprised by these numbers than most religionists would be. The first and most obvious reason involves an important distinction that when you shift the language away from “God” or “religion” and turn to conceptions of “sacrality” or “the sacred,”’ whole new worlds of meaning and meaningful activity bubble to the surface. Lost in the debate is the large and growing number of thoughtful people…