Search for "USA 1800-299-7264 Emirates Airlines Phone Number , Reservations "

Politics in a Fallen World: Lying, Fact-Checkers, and the Future of Civilization

By Michael Schulson

…in a fallen world. We live in a fallen world, but as the centuries progress, no, actually, the system of the world as it is constituted—lying is in fact what allows the world to flourish. So if you read Pierre Nicole, who’s a Jansenist theologian in the 17th century, he is a Biblical hardliner and would think that every lie is a sin. But he says, you actually could not tell the difference between a holy and a not holy society. He’s the first perso…

Religious Affiliation, ‘Mankind’: India’s Anti-Corruption Activist Leads Second Freedom Struggle

By April L. Bogle

…i brought Vipassana to the Police Service (“Police officers have sick minds, too,” she joked) that she herself took the course. “I am a calmer, better human. I can take on the issues of agony and ecstasy in a more controlled way,” she told her Atlanta friends in conclusion. It was time for the group to share the Indian brunch spread out on the dining room table, and the delicious aroma of curry made me think of something Bedi had said the day befo…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…during the Obama years to fight back against the discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people around the globe. Conservative groups have called the office an attempt to “entrench the LGBTI agenda” into the United States government, and accuse it of browbeating countries opposed to gay-friendly school textbooks and same-sex marriage. While the Trump administration’s relationships with Russian officials continued to make news, t…

Trump’s “Muslim Ban” A Gift to Terrorists

By Ali Olomi

…ates for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.” The response to the proposal has been swift; spontaneous protests in support of immigrants and Muslims took place in airports across the nation, advocacy groups (successfully, so far) challenged portions of the order, while public figures like Madeleine Albright vowed to register as a Muslim. The immigration ban on refugees f…

Commies, Blacks, Jews, the UCC and Other Threats to America

By Daniel Schultz

…s of America National Missionary Baptist Church National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Mother A.M.E. Zion Church Lemeul Haynes Congregational Church Jewish Labor Committee Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral United Church of Christ American Muslim Association of North America (AMANA) Beulah Church of the Nazarene Bethel Tabernacle AME Church, Brooklyn Pax Christi USA Tikkun-Network of Spiritual Progressive…

More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s

By John Wigger

…revenues of $129 million, 2500 employees, a 2300-acre theme park, Heritage USA, and a private satellite network that reached into fourteen million homes in the US. That year, six million people visited Heritage USA. Jim and Tammy lived in luxury, buying vacation homes, expensive cars and clothes, and traveling first class with an entourage. Then it all came crashing down. In March 1987 Bakker resigned in disgrace after his 1980 sexual encounter wi…

Wichita, the Sequel: A Clinic Reopens at Ground Zero in America’s Fight over Abortion

By Kathryn Joyce

…was caught after the murder, fleeing halfway across the state, he had the phone number of an Operation Rescue leader on his dashboard—the tip of the iceberg in terms of the broader connections he’d built with anti-abortion extremists. The church, Roeder would later testify, emerged as the only place he could find a shot at Tiller, around the elaborate security measures the doctor had learned to follow at his clinic and home. “Justifiable homicide…

The Trials of Janie Spahr

By Richard A. Lindsay

…e was called to co-pastor Downtown United Presbyterian Church, in Rochester, NY, her case ascended to the highest court, which ruled she could not take the position because she was openly lesbian. “It was all right with the church when I was doing outreach to the LGBT community, but when I was invited to be a pastor and preach and teach in a church, that was a different matter.” Spahr and various members of Downtown United and Westminster Presbyte…

Bishops Search for Condoms in Cookie Boxes

By Mary E. Hunt

…in this case, USCCB-launched investigation is what Sister Sandra Schneiders, IHM, calls the equivalent of a grand jury investigation. There is the presumption that something is wrong, not something right, that there is guilt to be uncovered, not virtue to be unleashed. What is wrong seems to be women and girls thinking for themselves and acting for the common good. What boggles the mind is why the Roman Catholic Church would be so presumptuous as…

I Volunteer to Root Out Christian Extremism

By Peter Laarman

…m willing to work with this number until a better one comes along. Of this number, roughly 8,000 congregations claim upwards of 1,000 members; most are smaller, indeed most are much smaller. My concept is this: I think we can create a Christian Honor Corps (CHC) of perhaps 10,000 persons. Persons like myself who take our responsibility to monitor Christian extremist thought seriously and who are willing to work hand-in-glove with you and with othe…