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The Potentially Explosive Russian Church Intrigue Revealed by Mueller Investigation

By Katherine Kelaidis

…man rights worldview which has already had a significant effect on Russian domestic policy and has helped garner Russia’s recent prestige among radical conservatives around the world—particularly in the West. The “axis between Russian Orthodox and American Evangelicals,” as the Economist calls it, has been well documented, and, as Slate’s Ruth Graham points out, it’s not a coincidence that Russian spy Maria Butina sought to infiltrate American pol…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ng media, challenging the laws through legal cases. Nancy Nicol writes: “A number of themes can be identified throughout this body of work that speak to profound discrimination and violence: random violence in public places; police harassment, extortion, custodial rape; ‘corrective rape’ against lesbians ‘to make them straight’; exclusion and violence perpetuated by friends, family and community; Church fueled hate; state fueled hate; employment d…

Legalizing Polygamy: An Argument

By Fatemeh Fakhraie

…nous marriages differ from the FLDS community’s in that there are a finite number of wives allowed and Muslim communities are not separated from Western society through the use of compounds, as FLDS communities sometimes are. However, both of these communities can find themselves trapped by the law if they no longer want to be a part of the polygamous lifestyle. Polygyny is often associated with the exploitation of women partly because its illegal…

Megachurches Mega-Mortgages Mega-Late

By Jonathan L. Walton

…e landlord reports not having received a payment since July. Bishop Week’s domestic violence guilty plea and the subsequent loss of over half of his membership surely explains why the ministry is currently more than $400,000 behind in rent and fees. To be sure, my heart sincerely goes out to parishioners who have pledged money in the past and faithfully committed themselves to supporting their church. I am certain this is a painful time as congreg…

‘Spooky Action’ of Quantum Physics Offers an Alternative Frame for War in the Middle East and the 2024 Election

By Peter Schwartz

…t are the implications of a violent, percussive war in the Middle East for domestic American politics? The impacts will only be heightened as we’ve entered a political season that had already promised to be—even without war in Ukraine and now in the so-called Holy Land—an unholy shit show. But the outbreak of violent struggle in Israel and the Occupied Territories has the potential to favor Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and the authoritarian…

The Revolujah! Will Be Performed: Reverend Billy’s Reality Joke

By Nathan Schneider

…s of Billy’s preaching; it’s not the decadence of apostolic authorities or domestic art, but corporate power and Victoria’s Secret catalogs. To the wedding industry, Billy says, “Corporate marketing’s repeated effort to mediate our life passage events is the Devil showing his hand,” and he praises the look shared by a couple in the marriage rite that is, to him, more real and more powerful than anything marketers can design. He writes, “Consumeris…

How Long Before Trump Claims ‘Religious Freedom’ to Avoid Paying Taxes?

By Sunnivie Brydum

…p reminded people on the campaign trail. And with Pence taking the lead on domestic policy (at least on the transition team), and serving as Senate President, it’s not far-fetched to suspect that this politician’s pet issue of religious freedom will be wielded as a sword in Trump’s America (to the Trump family’s benefit, of course). Certainly, any hope of a kinder, less discriminatory FADA has evaporated with the red tide that swept Washington on…

Pence Amendment not Just About Abortion, but About Thwarting Contraception

By Sarah Posner

…a conservative lifestyle where fathers lead and women honor their highest domestic calling by becoming “prolific mothers” of “full quivers of children.” In service of that goal, Carlson, who has helped craft policy for ultra-right Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Lee Terry of Nebraska, hopes to involve the state in a pro-family welfare system, where tax laws encourage large families, and the government encourages a family-and-faith-center…

Restless Heart Syndrome: When Bad Movies Happen to Good People

By Amy Laura Hall

…urns repeatedly to offer her son purified wisdom, patience, and a sense of domestic responsibility. In a cozy move, the script pairs Monica with Augustine’s concubine, depicting their relationship as a sort of reverse Naomi/Ruth story. Monica seems lovingly to adopt Augustine’s sexual servant as a daughter, and takes up her case with her irresponsibly ambitious son. This is not only a stretch, it also flattens out the layered gender and caste pow…

Meet Pete Hegseth, the Man Who Will Lead the Entire US Military — A Man Deemed an ‘Extremist’ by the US Military

By Jeff Sharlet

…ary of defense—responsible for executing the orders to use the US military domestically, that Trump has said he will give, the unlawful orders he fired one of his previous defense secretaries, Mark Esper, for refusing—refers to the “left,” a category in which he includes protesters, professors, and presidents, as “domestic enemies”: Hegseth views them—us—much as he viewed his enemies in Iraq: And he knows just what to do: This is not “outside the…