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‘Welcome to the War’: What a Creationist Conference Can Teach us About Evangelical Vaccine Resistance

By Caroline Matas

…ods change from day to day, but whose goal is always the downfall of Christianity and Christians. Why was I the only person wearing a mask at the Answers in Genesis conference? Because this sophisticated web of evangelical multimedia has trained its attention on masks and vaccines as “the world’s” newest attempt at isolating, weakening, and ultimately defeating Christians. For those who are constantly encouraged to believe that the world is out to…

Christian Media Battle Over Controversial Figure

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

…some capacity. Then, Olsen says, one of CT’s partners in the Global Christian Alliance cautioned CT about partnering with the Christian Post because “there were allegations that it had ties to the Unification Church.” When CT raised this concern with the CP, Olsen recalls, “they denied it vehemently, threatened to sue us if we ever mentioned the allegation, and ended the discussion.” But it wasn’t until this summer, as the news broke that Olivet…

The Role of Faith in the Lives of Abortion Providers

By Sarah Posner

…safe for them.” A doctor I spoke with this week, who is Catholic and provides abortions, described to me how she chose OB/GYN as her specialty, and deliberately decided to perform abortions because of the lack of providers. This doctor, who practices in the South, described her evolution from an anti- to pro-choice. Raised a practicing Catholic, the doctor said that as a young adult, “ironically,” she didn’t believe the Catholic Church was conser…

Did North Carolinians Vote Against their Own Beliefs?

By Peter Montgomery

…s and their families and deny them equal rights as citizens. The second saddest number comes with its own silver lining. Public Policy Polling reported on Sunday that most North Carolina residents believe that gay couples should have access to some legal protections. But because most voters didn’t understand just how extreme and far-reaching the amendment before them today was, they would vote for it to “protect” marriage. According to PPP: In som…

Mormons Prepare to March in Seven LGBT Parades this Weekend

By Joanna Brooks

…t same-sex marriage at the polls the way Mormons were mobilized in California in 2008, despite efforts of other religions originally part of the ‘religious coalition’ that supported Prop 8. General church leaders have gone out of their way to make sure all overt same-sex marriage advocacy is being done by local leaders or individuals. – Individual Mormons are coming out and telling their own stories – whether they are gay, lesbian, bi, in mixed-or…

“Split at the Root”: Adrienne Rich and (Religious) Identity

By Ryan Harper

…unts are correct. Less named is Rich’s profound sense of religiosity. By a number of criteria, she was not a religious poet or a religious person. Those who believe religious identity reduces to unqualified assent to the right doctrines, possession of the right genes, or endorsement of the right state will find little religious in Rich’s life and work. But Rich has something to offer any person who wrestles with a tradition, and all of its tangled…

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: America’s Enduring Fascination with the Ten Commandments

By Jenna Weissman Joselit

…h all three phenomena insinuate themselves into the rhythms and paraphernalia of daily life. I’m being an attentive historian of American culture. To put it another way, some people have a hard time enlarging the parameters of the Ten Commandments beyond that of divine writ. To them, they’re set in stone. To me, they’re continuously in motion. Did you have a specific audience in mind when writing? When my publishers asked me that question, I respo…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…reby show that hatred and violence are not the values of our society. A social media campaign is asking people to speak out publicly: “Let’s show everyone that we, the citizens of the Republic of Croatian, we will not remain silent and watch as the foundations of our country collapsing under the guise of tradition and patriotism, while the ruling party relativize hate speech and violence towards those who are different.” Pink News reports that abo…

Growing Catholic Resistance to Bishops’ Crusades

By Peter Montgomery

…know that not everybody out there agrees with the bishops.” Pointing to a number of studies that show that about 90 percent of Catholics don’t follow the church’s official teaching on birth control, McCaulley said the group thought that since the bishop is “always willing to meet with priests,” they could raise the issue with Zubik and ask him to meet with laypeople, as “we didn’t feel competent to speak on women’s issues.” In Washington State, m…

Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican

By Mary E. Hunt

…se in order before its maximum impact can be felt outside. American theologian Ilia Dilio pointed out this dynamic in reference to the recent papal encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“all brothers”). Its unfortunate title simultaneously ignores women qua women and reinforces gender binaries despite its lofty prose about human community. She asked: “How do we make sense of this in a church that does not regard women as equal? A church that will not allow t…