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Punks vs. Monks: Rockers Speak Out Against Genocide in Myanmar

By M. Sophia Newman

…es them a tiny minority in the majority-Buddhist nation. The most notable participants in the violence are a movement of Buddhist monks called “969”. The movement, which is led by a monk named Wirathu, has used a nationalist stance to campaign against the Rohingya, in part by falsely alleging that they are “Bengali” illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. While the number “969” is derived from Buddhist concepts, the movement appears to re…

New Research Links Spiritual-Not-Religious to Mental Disorder

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ship experience psychologically difficult even for those who might wish to participate. In this light seems something of a stretch to suggest that disengagement with organized religion causes mental health difficulties. Someone with an obsessive-compulsive disorder may avoid settings in which apparently random, spontaneous actions take place—as is often the case in praise- and witness-driven evangelical services. Or someone with one or another for…

‘Cult’ Is an Inaccurate, Unhelpful and Dangerous Label for Followers of Trump, QAnon, and 1/6

By Catherine Wessinger

…been anticipating a revolution against the federal government for decades. Participants’ aim is to set up a collective salvation on earth for white people who regard themselves as the true “natives” of the land that is now the United States. In the 1990s, participants in this white supremacist movement that had no name, which I have termed the Euro-American Nativist Millennial Movement, were waiting and preparing to carry out a “Second American Re…

The “Mormon Moment” Yields… Not So Much

By Joanna Brooks

…” or “honest,” increased from 18% in 2011 to 24% in 2012. All of these gains were concentrated among Republicans voting for Romney, naturally. Still, the number one word survey participants associated with Mormons? “Cult.” And fully 27% of survey respondents still have no idea what religion Mitt Romney is….

White Evangelical Leaders Already Distancing Themselves from the “81-Percenters”

By Neil J. Young

…ul re-election bid. None of this commentary sought to minimize evangelical participation in the elections—quite the opposite. Nor did any of it soften the characterization of white evangelicals’ political involvement by placing it in the larger context of multiracial evangelical voting. Instead, conservative Christian leaders promoted the idea of evangelical political unity as a source of strength, even in times of defeat. In his outrageous bid fo…

Five Social Media Trends that are Reshaping Religion

By Elizabeth Drescher

…n over whether one can be absolved through an app-based confession (per il papa: ix-ney on the orgiveness-fey), highlight the importance of creating apps that support personal reflection and provide information that can be carried into face-to-face relationships. If the folks at Nielsen are correct, smartphones will continue to overtake, uh, dumb phones, making app-based connection and information-sharing a continuing growth area. Religiously-them…

If You Liked The Martian You’ll Love These 3 Sci-Fi Shorts

By Andrew Aghapour

…. Luckily, Weir offers a treasure trove of short stories on his website, a number of which break with The Martian’s goal of approximating reality, grappling instead with some of the same issues that we discuss here at The Cubit. Without further ado, here are the top three short stories for anyone jonesing for more Weir: Bored World. The story of a mischievous, trans-dimensional plane of existence. Is this a god, or the story of sci-fi itself? Anti…

Swimming Against the Tide: Religious (Non) Affiliation Might Not Mean What You Think It Means

By Timothy King

…llowing such a line of reasoning might mean we are seeing an uptick in the number of American’s who will report a life-changing Christian experience while simultaneously being less likely to identify with any particular Christian institution. This raises questions about the complicated relationship between Americans and their willingness to affiliate with large institutions (religious and otherwise) in general. The rate of decline in affiliation f…

2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

By Peter Montgomery

…owNext reports that even his acknowledgement that the country may some day see the kinds of changes in attitudes toward LGBT people reflected in other part of the globe sparked criticism from political and religious leaders. …

Obama Caves on (Another) Contraception Exemption

By Patricia Miller

…red to fill out a form stating them. In the short run it’s likely that the number of employers who seek to duck the contraceptive mandate will be small. But imagine a scenario where a larger number of employers seeks to escape a costly mandate, such as equal access to in vitro fertilization procedures for straight and gay couples, for supposedly religious reasons and hundreds flood HHS with generic opt-out letters that don’t identify a specific in…