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Speaking for Hinduism in the Absence of a Conversation

By Murali Balaji

…ectives. Hinduism, at least in the West, still lacks that presence, and until it does, there will always be questions of how the narrative is framed. Additionally, the academic study of Hinduism in India was (and still is) dominated for years by Marxist scholars, who based their study on a historical materialist perspective that seeks to cast Hinduism as an oppressive social institution. It’s ironic that Jerryson notes the praise of Doniger’s book…

Don’t Misread Russell Moore’s Disavowal of “Christian Nation” and Anti-Trump Stance

By Daniel Schultz

…rimarily a matter of a conservative social identity. (Yes, the SBC was heavily involved in building ideological evangelicalism in the first place. They’ve had second thoughts, apparently.) Moore’s no idiot. He no doubt has demographic data in front of him that shows the SBC is going to be in real trouble if it doesn’t differentiate itself from the GOP… like, yesterday. So he’s making a tactical move by stipulating the point that America’s not a Ch…

“I Speak to God in Public”: Are Young Black Millennials Reclaiming a Theology of Resistance?

By Joshua L. Lazard

…congregation. Specifically, what Black Lives Matter did for religiously affiliated black millennials is to provide a social gospel that affirmed the political activism of the zeitgeist in a post-Ferguson world as well as challenged traditional theologies in black religious culture. In the months following the death of Michael Brown, black churches and organizations began hosting “seven last words” services patterned from the Good Friday services t…

Evangelicals ‘Crossing the Tiber’ to Catholicism

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

…The King’s College campus is comprised of two floors in the Empire State Building and some office space in a neighboring building on Fifth Avenue. The approximately 300 students who attend King’s are thoughtful, considerate and serious. They are also intellectually curious. This combination of traits, it turns out, makes the college a ripe breeding ground for interest in Roman Catholicism. Among the traits of the Catholic Church that attract TKC s…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…homosexuality is “filth.” “To us, homosexuality is no different than pedophilia, necrophilia, scatology,” he said. “It’s a real plague, a real virus that needs to be destroyed. We need to stop this tumor so it doesn’t metastasize.” The group said it collected signatures to help the passage of the anti-gay propaganda law, and that it was confident it had majority support in Russia, even for its most extreme ideas. “We want to introduce — with the a…

Hajj Journal: Using the Toilet at the Grand Mosque

By Amina Wadud

…There’s lots of sleeping in the mosque, another reason this trip to the toilet might be inevitable. The toilets themselves are the seatless ones, and the istinjaa’ is just a piece of rubber hose attached to the water spigot. There is also a shower in there, so if necessary, a woman could shower in each toilet stall. Therefore, these elements all combine to make this a place of complete wetness. I’m trusting that it was mostly just water, but I er…

Lesbian Rabbi to Lead SoCal Board, Includes Orthodox

By Benjamin Weiner

…takes a little bit of unpacking, however, to figure out exactly what that milestone is, and what the road ahead looks like. Eger, a lesbian, is the spiritual leader of Reform-affiliated Congregation Kol Ami (“the voice of my people”) in West Hollywood, a GLBT-oriented community that is equally welcoming of straight allies and interfaith families. This is no great scandal in the Reform movement, which, along with Reconstructionism, has long champio…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ays and transgender people. His first report to the U.N. Human Rights Council will not endear him to governments and others who shun people with a different sexual orientation. Muntarbhorn reports some 70 countries criminalize same sex relations, particularly between men. And, he says, about 40 countries criminalize same sex relations between women who have sex with women. Globally, Muntarbhorn says people perceived as having a different sexual or…

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

…ulation continues to erode—from 21 percent in 2007 to 19 percent in 2012—while the number of the religiously unaffiliated is rising—from 16 percent to 20 percent over the same period. In other words, “nones” and evangelicals are equivalent in numbers. One explanation for this change in America’s religious complexion is that white Christians are aging: 72 percent of voters over 65 are white Christians, compared to only 26 percent of voters under 30…

Great Moments In Bipartisanship: Bible Edition

By Daniel Schultz

…odus 7]: Moses, Pharoah agree in a spirit of comity that Israelite exodus will be postponed until visa, employment issues can be resolved. Slaves receive tax rebates and low-interest loans for purchase of straw, mud. Egyptian stock market climbs on news of record profits for kiln makers spurred by increases in worker productivity. [ I Samuel 17]: The Valley of Elah is abuzz with rumors that Goliath will skirt a difficult confrontation with David b…