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Pope Francis Has Painted Himself into a Corner on Women Deacons

By Mary E. Hunt

…that he felt like a goalie fielding questions from all sides, it is a good bet that he had indeed seen the questions in advance. In fact, the latter part of the conversation was based on written materials, adding evidence that he had indeed probably thought about all of his responses. It remains to be seen if and when the commission will be set up, who will be on it, and when it will deliver some response. Francis has been to enough meetings to kn…

The Deadly Burqini, Or, What Exactly is an “Islamic Swimsuit”?

By Shabana Mir

…a might result in a sense of physical and emotional freedom. What could be better? Hell, they might make it as far as throwing off their yoke and joining the ranks of the liberated. Swimming is probably the best form of cardiovascular exercise for almost everyone, including individuals with depression, obesity, arthritis, diabetes, and various age-related ailments. Unlike jogging, it does not cause strain to your joints. Water calms you. Swimming…

Resurrecting Marley at 70: Rastafari History in 5 Songs

By Darren J. N. Middleton

…out the life and legacy of these other heroes, like Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere, and even South Africa’s Steve Biko. Having taught African religions in the States for more than twenty years now, I can say that it’s well time they should. Just as civil rights triumphed over Jim Crow, immigrant patterns in the US began to change radically, complicating not only the traditional white-black binary but the very nature of black Amer…

In a Time of Irrational Fear and New Media: The Deadly ‘Dance Plague’ at 500

By Ed Simon

…d Frau Troffea … to dance for several grueling days.” Connections are made between northern European dance manias and southern Italian tarantism, the practice of frenzied dancing to nullify the venom of spider bites. Regarding such comparisons, Barbara Ehrenreich in Dancing in the Street: A History of Collective Joy reasons that “rye does not grow in Italy, nor do tarantulas menace Germans,” concluding that nothing ingested has been “found to indu…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ts, whom Azerbaijan’s government is eager to appease in its delicate dance between the west and the rest. … One could well ask whether the LGBT community have any friends in Azerbaijani politics whatsoever. When approached for comment, several of Azerbaijan’s opposition politicians did not seem willing to engage with the topic. Isa Gambar, former leader of Müsavat, the country’s largest opposition party, said that he remained sceptical of both the…

Art for Peace: An Interview with Artist Mary Button

By John Shorb

…the youth participants were not only from a number of different countries—Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya—they also came from a wide variety of faith backgrounds. One of the things that I became very quickly aware of was how unsure and self-conscious I was about talking about my own faith. I was totally blown away by the openness and ease with which so many of these young people talked about what their faith…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ses and others,” AP reported. The groups were blocked by Russia, Cameroon, Tanzania, and 51 Muslim countries. In addition, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reports: Russia led an effort at the United Nations to strip language from an AIDS resolution that would have called for the decriminalization of homosexuality and drug use. Russia was joined by Iran, Poland, and several Gulf states in blocking the decriminalization language from being include…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s. “It does not establish a hierarchy or ranking system pitting a marriage between a same-sex couple above that of a heterosexual couple or vice versa. “It provides absolute protections of religious freedoms … because you cannot replace one form of prejudice and discrimination with another.” Abbott, reported the Star Observer, “said a decision on how to move forward with a ‘people’s vote’ was unlikely to be made for weeks.” Meanwhile, polling show…

Manischewitz Bought By Romney’s Old Crew

By Gordon Haber

…the matzo fit only for brei and the wine is unspeakable—as soon as I knew better I insisted that we drink a good kosher cabernet at seder and leave the Concord Grape for Elijah. (In all fairness, the wine is now made by a giant beverage conglomerate that slaps a Manischewitz label on the bottle. But the Talmud says that if you put your name on something, you’re responsible for its quality… Actually I just made that up. But it should say that.) No…

How Orthodox Christianity Became the Spiritual Home of White Nationalism

By Katherine Kelaidis

…battered by Muslims and Marxists, in which to make his stand. As an added bonus, he can defend the Catholic faith in a national church. The Orthodox communion is governed through a highly decentralized, synodical system in which 15 self-governing churches—traditionally organized along national/ethnic lines—act with autonomy. While this system of ecclesiastical governance predates by centuries modern concepts of race and nationalism, for a nationa…