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Evander Holyfield Allegedly Beats Wife. Reason? Tithing.

By Anthea Butler

…line of its members. Disobeying God’s rules on tithing and prosperity is a sign of weakness, a theme that Dollar harps upon constantly. Numerous blogs have derided Holyfield for his blind allegiance to Dollar, and Dollar’s own intransigent speech demands a blind obedience without questioning from followers, assuring that funds will come no matter what an individual circumstances are. Since the temporary restraining order was filed, both Dollar and…

Survival of the CrossFittest: After a Schism Over Racism Can the Fitness Empire Shed its Culture of Whiteness?

By Cody Musselman

…oincidentally a product consumed largely by white people; it’s a product designed by and for white people. As Willie James Jennings has observed about Christianity, whiteness is never a surprise; it is the specified result of structural thought. Many CrossFit adherents view its methodology as universally applicable. Yet its business model and promotional culture presume the experience of white people as the norm, making white experience the univer…

Searching for Moral High Ground While Houston Drowns: A Perspective on the Lakewood Church Controversy

By Joshua L. Lazard

…steen is inclined theologically toward prosperity gospel—the idea that the sign of one’s faithfulness is best measured by material possessions and wealth. In a recent era that has seen megachurch leaders’ finances under congressional investigation because of their lavish lifestyles and the various Occupy Wall Street protests, many see the likes of Osteen as no different than CEOs of corporations that received no retribution for their deleterious r…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…isappointed human rights activists and drew international condemnation for signing a harsh anti-gay law that calls for long jail sentences for people who join in a same-sex union, participate in a gay organization, or display same-sex affection. A presidential spokesman defended the signing, saying “”More than 90 percent of Nigerians are opposed to same-sex marriage. So, the law is in line with our cultural and religious beliefs as a people.” Sam…

A Holiday Tradition that Just Won’t Die

By Gary Laderman

…, reinforce the shared values and morals that animate the social body. One sign of success is leaving your mark on society, making an impact; being famous brings you out of the anonymous masses and bestows celebrity, a status that affords you to an afterlife that most will never achieve; individual biographies of lives lived are more compelling than questions of postmortem judgment or the possibility of reincarnation—these lists of the dead convey…

The Sacred Myths of My People: A 4th of July Reflection

By Kate Blanchard

…ting curves and a vast atrium. Everything about it has been thoughtfully designed to contribute to its mission of “advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present, and future.” What gave me pause was an exhibit called “Our Universes” about how “traditional knowledge shapes our world,” which included video storytelling as well as clothing, art objects, and household tools. At first this pleased m…

The Economy is Sacred, Stupid

By Gary Laderman

…what you believe, but how you act. The actions of believers are much more significant than words or arguments: vote out those who will get in the way of you and your money (i.e., “socialists,” “tax-and-spend liberals,” “Democrats,” etc.); use town hall meetings to promote scripted, digestible sound bites that echo the media propaganda machines hammering home simplistic though comforting messages (i.e., “the federal debt is a moral issue,” “health…

‘We’re Through the Looking Glass Now’: Talking Deradicalization with Dr. John Horgan

By Gordon Haber

…n free to express radical thoughts. The expression of radical views is the sign of a healthy democracy. Our problems arose when it morphed into extremism, when the mere expression of views were interpreted as a threat to our own existence. And now we’re intensely polarized. Of course, we know how this happened as well. It was fueled by our leadership; the president saw value in it. And it was intensified by our addiction to social media and the pa…

Was a Teacher Disciplined for Refusing to Apologize for Teaching Science?

By Lauri Lebo

…s.” After the parents met with the school board, Hensley was told she must sign a letter of apology, which she refused, arguing that the presented letter contained factual errors. She was later reassigned to teaching a remedial language arts class. Hensley filed a lawsuit against the district saying that her First and 14th Amendment rights had been violated. According to Hensley’s complaint, the parents demanded she publicly admit she demonstrated…

In Sexual Abuse Hearing UN Calls Holy See on Girls’ Reproductive Rights

By Angela Bonavoglia

…priests in good standing; of mothers of priests’ children being forced to sign confidentiality agreements to get any support at all. These issues—forcing children to bear children, forced child relinquishment, abandonment of children by Catholic priests—were not the main subjects of this hearing, but that they were mentioned is noteworthy because the church’s history of child abuse has taken many forms. And that history is tied intimately to the…