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Mitt Romney: Wooden Pastor or Real Boy?

By Mary Barker

…ribute to their “pastor,” Mormon bishop Mitt Romney, for his compassionate service during the illness and eventual passing of their young son, David. Mitt was “the vanguard of their support system.” It was but one of many moving stories about Mitt and his family shared by members of Mitt’s parish (or ‘ward’). How many men do you know, Mr. Oparowski asked, that would take the time out of their busy schedule to visit a boy like David? My answer is a…

The Pope and Social Media: A Digital Counter-Reformation?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…le, “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word,” made clear that the Vatican did not intend to engage in the sort of wide interactivity, distribution of authority, and mashing of diverse perspectives that is characteristic of the Web 2.0 world. The message makes clear that the task of proclaiming the Word of God belongs primarily to priests, and that they must be trained to be actively present on in…

Goliath the Israel Slayer: Why Max Blumenthal’s New Book is a Painful Read

By Shaul Magid

…IDF; or the New Profile movement of Israeli youth who, after refusing army service, were subject to KGB-like abuse by the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service. Most Israelis know all this. Most American Jews do not, even though a film like The Gatekeepers has been around for almost two years. But Blumenthal’s medium, a combination of myopic perspective, selective focus, and a limited understanding of context and history subverts a valuable opportunit…

Response: What Black Prophetic Politics?

By Jonathan L. Walton

…nd Jesse Jackson turning the Democratic National Convention into a revival service with their soul-stirring speeches, and Rev. Al Sharpton attempting the same. If nothing else, you can surely count on these folks to evoke the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. just as sure as Sharpton’s hair would be “fried, dyed and laid to the side.” But religious symbolism and prophetic substance are strangers to one another. There…

RNC Takes America to Church, Mormon Style, as Rank-and-File LDS Step Up

By Joanna Brooks

…sibilities of an LDS bishop—not theology, not ritual, but rather practical service that ranged from counseling physically, economically, and spiritually distressed parishioners to “shoveling snow for the elderly” and folding chairs after church meetings. Next came Ted and Pat Oparowski, Mormons from New Hampshire who Romney had visited every month when he was serving back in the 1970s as a “home teacher,” a volunteer position held by virtually eve…

The Death of a Black Man at the Hands of Black Officers Unveiled Something More Complex Than Whiteness

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…ed by badge and bullets—symbols of the Blue—distort a commitment to public service and safety by conflating their professional and personal identities, often allowing the former to overwhelm, even displace the latter. Blueness superseded the officers’ Blackness, along with their professionalism, training, and commonsense. Unfair burdens and absurd expectations are placed on Black people in Blue to radically transform a system that sprouted out of…

Celebrate Jesus with Weird Merchandise!

By Gwynne Watkins

…ration and new beginnings and people coming together—concepts that get lip service during even the most secular Christmas celebrations. Easter is about death and resurrection. It’s the highest holy day of the Christian calendar. That’s not an easy thing to package, which is probably why there’s a such clean break between the bunnies-and-eggs version of Easter, and the church-service version. Merchandisers are wise to define Easter by marshmallow c…

Conservative Christian Leader Attacks Commission on Conscience in War

By Rita Nakashima-Brock

…act. One of the most heartening aspects of this Truth Commission is that a number of peace groups, which have worked for decades to stop all war—the Catholic Peace Fellowship, the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the Mennonite Central Committee to name a few—have joined over 40 co-sponsoring organizations (including Yale Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary) to honor and protect the moral consciences o…

Chilean Mine Rescue: Largest Global Spiritual Event Ever?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…Digital social media, that is, has allowed us to employ technology in the service of real and meaningful engagements with others even when these engagements are not face-to-face. The 6,040 people in the Facebook group “Chilean Miners,” for instance (people from Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Canada, Ohio, Wyoming, and so on) were watching the live feed from the mine in their homes, workplaces, cafes and other distributed locales, but praying togeth…

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

…half of State Department positions “are effectively off-limits for Foreign Service officers who would want to move with their same sex spouses.” Vatican: No room for LGBT Catholics at upcoming World Meeting of Families New Ways Ministry, a Catholic group planning to hold a conversation around gender identity issues during the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia next month, was banned by church officials from holding their event in a local parish. St. Joh…