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Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting with Jesus: 1946-2011

By Lauri Lebo

…writer I know, he shines a light on those reasons, illuminating the myriad complex ways that the wealthy ruling class have rigged the game against us and then tricked us (so often with religion) into believing it’s for our own good. While no small excerpt can adequately capture his complete work (I encourage everyone to buy his books) the following piece from Rainbow Pie better sums up his writing better than I ever could: Economic, political, and…

Emanuel’s Pulse: A Plea for Black Church–LGBTIQ Solidarity

By J. Kameron Carter

…ck assembly I’m working on now—on blackness as an alternate imagination of communion, on communion otherwise. As I watched the endless loop of coverage and tracked my twitter feed, I thought about blackness as an alternative mode of congregationing, an alternate, ecumenical, non-exclusionary collectivity that exceeds black church, that ain’t reducible to black church, but that black church has a special relationship to. Black church’s relationship…

“What Kind of Islam Is That?”: Talking With Refugees From ISIS

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…IS forces. When he became a refugee he was able to stay in a slightly more comfortable Christian camp than the one for Arab Muslims; it was set up in what had formerly been a playground next to a Catholic church in the Erbil suburb of Ankawa. The camp consisted of one-room campers instead of tents, supplied by the Christian charity, the Good Samaritans. The pharmacist told us that the Syrian Army had assured them that they would be safe as ISIS ap…

Looking For Answers at the Oscars: A Guide to This Year’s Contenders

By S. Brent Rodriguez Plate

…evolving sense of shared and sharing identities, it is also a ritualistic coming-of-age story in which young Zuckerberg becomes a man through rites of passage. These are peculiar rites to be sure, even as they mimic broad structures of separation, transition, and reincorporation found in initiation rites the world over. From Face-to-Face to Interface Reviewing the film in the New York Times, Manohla Dargis tells us, “instead of discovering his au…

Intensive Care: Preachers’ Daughters Episode Five Recap

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…is it that kids today still use the term “mix tape”?) While she’s out and completely unreachable by phone, her dad, Ken, goes into the hospital with breathing difficulties and is admitted to intensive care. Taylor finally gets the message, is stricken with remorse and concern, prays for her dad’s healing, and resolves to be more responsible. My Dinner with Frankie: Mark and Cheryl Perry invited their teenage daughter Olivia’s friend Frankie over…

Giving Up God—Not Just a Spiritual Stunt

By Becky Garrison

…ith some of the beliefs of Christianity but weren’t sure if they wanted to commit. My first thought would always be, “Why don’t you come to church, pray, read your Bible? Just test it out and see if this adds any meaning to your life.” So in the same way, I’m asking: what would the world be like if there wasn’t any God? The only way to find that out is to just go there. What authors have influenced you? Merold Westphal, a theist and a professor at…

“God Created You”: Bishop Supports Gay Ugandans, Defies Death Threats

By Jocelyn Edwards

…ney as he was to be used as a sexual partner,” said Kayihura. But the LGBT community in Uganda has said that they fear a cover-up by a government trying to downplay the homophobia in the East African nation. The proposal of last year’s anti-gay bill in the country’s parliament provoked a firestorm of criticism in the international community, with donors—who account for about a third of the nation’s annual budget—threatening to withhold aid if it w…

From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside

By Joseph Laycock

…t because, according to journalist Maury Terry, Lueken also made anonymous phone calls to reporters investigating the Son of Sam murders. She offered information connecting David Berkowitz to a Satanic cult. I’m very interested in Satanic Panic and it seems that the Baysiders had a major role in disseminating urban legends that serial killers are part of an organized network of murderous cultists. 4. What are some of the biggest misconceptions abo…

‘Calling’ Rick Warren to Task on Anti-Gay Ugandan Law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…etween anti-gay Christians and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. In her travels, she had become fast friends with A. Larry Ross, who serves as Rick Warren’s publicist. “I knew this was going to break before it did, so I called Larry and told him what was going on and encouraged him to have Rick Warren make a statement against this law, because the silence from evangelical leaders was deafening. I told him somebody needs to sta…

Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in ‘The Battle for the Mountain of Government’

By Frederick Clarkson

…gence apps” including As One America, which contains the name, address and phone number of Christian neighbors “who are not showing up to vote or who are not registered.” He then showed a map with big red arrows pointing to precincts “within striking distance” from Vida Church to the precincts that are “where the devil’s got a stronghold that God wants to break up.” The app was developed by Superfeed Technologies, which has also designed apps for…