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Obamunism? The Traditional Values Coalition Coins a Term

By Bill Berkowitz

…hey believe lies in store during the Obama administration, nevertheless, a number of groups took part in activities marking the anniversary, and others are planning a series of actions and longer-lasting campaigns. The Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person hosted a forum of original commentary from a group of pro-life scholars and public policy experts who addressed the question of whether the pro-life movement has “failed.” (All c…

The New Disciples: Report from South Carolina

By Sarah Posner

…nizing events at the state level, with the first one held in Iowa in early December, and one in Greenville scheduled for Tuesday. Dalton, who told me she was definitely voting in Saturday’s primary here, refused to say for whom, intimating that she did not want to sway or cause dissension in her tiny congregation. When I asked her whether she believed a God-anointed candidate was even in the race, she replied, “I think it’s a possibility, that may…

“Evil,” a Cautionary Tale For Iran

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…all. It is not at all clear that liberals and progressives cannot use the language of evil, of course; they simply call different things by that name. More to the point, the thoughtful use of the language of evil is subtly related to another concept, that of sacred value. Torture is deemed evil, precisely because it violates the sacred value of the individual human person. Terror and other forms of indiscriminate violence are evil for similar rea…

Purpose-Driven Empire

By Bill Berkowitz

…ies “and has been read by 60 million people and translated into nearly 100 languages.” The project is also “relate[d] to Saddleback Church’s PEACE Plan, initiated by Warren, which mobilizes Christians to combat global problems affecting billions of people, including spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic diseases and illiteracy. To date, the PEACE Coalition has advanced the program among the public, profit and faith sec…

America, Religious Values, and the Death Penalty; Or, If it Was Good Enough for Jesus and Socrates…

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…d vehicle, then fled the scene on foot; it was 30 May 1986 on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Newland inexplicably returned to Beatty’s duplex, and when she spurned his advances, he stabbed her with a knife; Beatty died the next day, after identifying her assailant to police. Newland was convicted of with intent to commit rape, then sentenced to death. This case and the curiously worded charges suggest one more problem: namely, the cultural embeddedne…

Anti-Vaxx Cardinal Burke, Just Off the Ventilator, is Becoming a Living Anti-Abortion Martyr

By Karen E. Park

…s chosen messengers. Cardinal Burke, 72, was born in the small town of Richland Center, WI and served as the bishop of the small diocese of La Crosse, WI (his home diocese) from 1995-2004. He was elevated to Archbishop of St. Louis in 2004 before Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI summoned him to Rome to serve as prefect of the Vatican’s Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church (apart from the pope…

Queering Easter: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Redefine Sainthood

By Susan Henking

…than the gender-bending, clone-challenging threesome of its origin both in numbers and in intent. As many living in San Francisco know (or in the various locations around the globe to which the order has spread), the Sisters are a self-described ministerial, charitable and grant awarding organization. As they explain it, the Sisters are a leading-edge Order of queer nuns. Since our first appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, the Sist…

Mars Hill May Be Disbanding, But Big Questions Remain

By Becky Garrison

…the church has yet to address the status of the Mars Hill Foundation for Planting Churches LLC or the for-profit Resurgence Publishing LLC. Even though Sutton Turner resigned on September 19, 2014, he is still listed as the agent and member of Resurgence Publishing LLC, which is the entity established to handle the sale of Mars Hill’s merchandise. While the process of amending the corporation documents can take several weeks from the moment the o…

Teacher Who Burned Cross into Student’s Arm Finally Settles Suit

By Lauri Lebo

…the burned student and teacher John Freshwater. The debacle first began in December 2007 when Zachary Dennis came home from school with a burn mark on his arm in the shape of a cross. His parents Jenifer and Stephen visited the school, looking for answers. When they felt they didn’t get them, they filed suit against both the Mt. Vernon School District and Freshwater. In addition to their complaint about their son’s injuries, they also referred to…

No, Trump’s Evangelical Support Isn’t Cracking: The ‘Independent’ Jumps the Shark

By Chrissy Stroop

…angelical pushback against outgoing Christianity Today editor Mark Galli’s December 2019 op-ed, “Trump Should Be Removed from Office,” Geddis remarks, “That letter rebuking the Christianity Today editorial was signed not only by leaders of typical evangelical organisations, but also by political figures such as former Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and a number of prosperity-gospel televangelists.” Meanwhile, Geddis’s contention that Tr…