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How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism — An Interview

By Bradley Onishi

…Luther King Jr and J. Edgar Hoover? Absolutely. The FBI is so important in helping to peddle this image of King as a communist. And the FBI did so in a number of ways. They investigated King and his “communist” connections even when the FBI realized that the communist connections were not there. So the FBI takes it into its own hands. And they begin not only to surveil Martin Luther King Jr, but to engage in counterintelligence. They sent him a le…

God Will Not Make You Straight: An Interview with GCN’s Justin Lee

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ring apart relationships in their lives—I wanted to write a book to try to help people come back together. I argue that the gospel itself shouldn’t be overwhelmed by this “gays versus Christians” mentality. It’s not and never has been about LGBT people being on one side and Christians being on the other. The gay-versus-Christian dichotomy has become so prevalent, it’s even affecting the LGBT community, as you point out in your book. It’s difficult…

When Are You Dead? Science Just Made the Work of Religion a Bit More Difficult

By Arri Eisen

…ight ask. A Muslim might say: to kill one person is to kill all people, to help one is to help all—but another might ask: how are we defining life? One Buddhist says, we must hold on and wait for a miracle—but another responds: we must let this person and her soul go peacefully or else we are negatively impacting its next life. Once again, science sneaks in on (invades?) the way we live and die—and makes it easier, and harder, to do so. But here a…

Does Liberal Theology Profane God?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…told Pat Robertson about, btw). Liberals like to invoke God on things like helping the poor, alleviating poverty, and enacting health care that will help everyone, including the least of these. Liberals also like to talk about God when they mention societal outcasts like gays and lesbians. This is what gets stuck in Mohler’s craw especially. This is apparently where he sees “liberal theology” taking God’s name in vain. But, the Bible, while condem…

Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance

By Carolyn Gallaher and Priya Dixit

…getting underway, a nearby restaurant owner encouraged county militias to help him counter the protestors. Militias arrived and took up positions on the roof and along the building’s perimeter. The arrival of heavily armed White men at a largely Black protest, however, added fuel to the fire. A Black protestor told a local reporter: “aiming those rifles and firearms, it kind of made the situation escalate a lot. That’s where the violence took pla…

Take the Van Gogh Challenge: Doctor Who Part VII

By Gabriel Mckee

…and the Doctor” doesn’t really explore those possibilities, but I couldn’t help but wonder at their omission. The writers don’t pass judgment on the Doctor’s actions in this episode, but I see a tension in this story over van Gogh’s suicide: it seems to have been either a fated event (in which case the mysterious forces of time were set against the Doctor’s goals), or an unintended effect of the time travelers’ interference (in which case Vincent…

Fix the Economy GOD’$ WAY: Dave Ramsey’s Great Christian Recovery

By Paul Harvey

…overnment schemes towards the common good, for God commands individuals to help themselves that they might then help others privately and voluntarily. God’s plan, in short, is the libertarian plan mixed with Christian self-restraint; for capitalism without morality is anarchy. Much of this is standard-issue conservative economic script, of course. But to this familiar story, Ramsey adds his theology, giving divine imprimatur to a particular and hi…

Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ld Congress of Families summit in May. Netherlands: Mobile app designed to help LGBT migrants & refugees Dutch officials have created a mobile app to help LGBT migrants get information on refugee rights and resources and Dutch asylum procedures. Liberia: Essay on ‘tacit tolerance’ and backlash to public pressure for LGBT equality Baba Sillah, a Liberian post-graduate student in the Graduate School of Global Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo, p…

Mormonism’s Black Issues

By Joanna Brooks

…nized as scripture. In the years since the repeal of the priesthood ban, a number of official steps have been taken to correct prejudice within the Church. The Church published a new edition of the Book of Mormon in 1981, replacing a promise that the righteous would become “white” with a promise that they would be made “pure” (2 Nephi 30:6), but leaving intact a handful of other Book of Mormon scriptures correlating dark skin with spiritual accurs…

Cruz and the Evangelical Illusion

By Sarah Posner

…“We brought them with no expectations and we were highly pleased with the number who decided Ted is the right man to be of the president of the U.S.” When judging these statements (particularly the words “very diverse,” “significant standing” and “the number”), keep in mind that Barton is known (among evangelicals) for playing fast and loose with facts. Three years ago, the evangelical publisher Thomas Nelson halted publication of one of Barton’s…