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Church of Pain: Religion, Ritual, and the Body in the New Serial Spin-Off, “S-Town”

By Spencer Dew

…the series for the New York Times, calls McLemore, “the peppiest pessimist south of the Mason-Dixon line,” noting his “talent for profane rants about civilization’s downfall that he delivers in an Alabama drawl.” There is more than a touch of exoticism in S-Town. The weird old south gets trotted out for display: a secret segregated room with an empty stripper pole, full of casually racist drunks; an anti-social eccentric commissioning iron gates f…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…ng members of the central standing committee of the main opposition Nationalist Party: During their time in power, the Nationalists stopped earlier efforts to pass same-sex marriage bills, including one introduced in 2013 that met opposition from Christian groups that gathered signatures from about 400,000 naysayers. Barbados: Anti-gay US activist speaks at church rally on ‘traditional family’ US anti-gay activist Judith Reisman was among the spea…

Dems Need More Faith, Episode LXXI: The Beer Caucus Proposal

By Daniel Schultz

…in a heartbeat! That’s not even to mention the Dixie and Shiner vote down south, Olympia in the Northwest, Grain Belt in Minnesota, the Sam Adams patriots in the Northeast! Dems are leaving an awful lot of support on the table simply because they’re not willing to chug swill like Scott Walker on a Miller bender. What’s that you say? You say a beer caucus is a terrible idea? You say talking incessantly about alcohol would turn off many non-drinker…

A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn’t Start or End With Dr. King

By Kenyatta R. Gilbert

…ing the course of the largely leaderless movement of more than 1.5 million southern Black migrants who exited the South between 1916 and 1940, staking it all in search of America’s Promised Land in the industrial North. What’s your next book? I have a book titled Exodus Preaching: Shaping Sermons for the Here-And-Now under contract with Abingdon Press due out in 2017. It is a practical companion to A Pursued Justice. The readership I have in mind…

Mormons Fight Marriage Equality in Mexico; Is Catholic Church Italy’s Anti-Gay NRA?; Nigerian Anglicans Cut Ties With UK Diocese; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Nazism when it resulted in such a catastrophe? Ukraine: Right-wing nationalists threaten “bloodbath” at upcoming LGBT march According to a report in Pravda, the Organization of Ukranian Nationalists is threatening to “brutally disperse” a planned LGBT equality march in Kiev on June 12. It quotes a spokesperson for the Right Sector nationalist movement promising a “bloodbath.” “Today, we are forced to accept LGBT marches and festivals, and thus jo…

World Congress of Families Blessed By Georgian Orthodox Patriarch and George W. Bush; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hange church policy, with the denomination’s numerical strength now in the south – both the southern U.S. and the global south: For decades, liberal Methodists have tried — and failed — to change church rules on homosexuality, and it may prove impossible again at this month’s General Conference. While American Methodists are diverse — both George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton are members — Methodists in Africa tend towards conservative views on sexu…

Why Pro-Life Voters Shouldn’t Trust Trump on Abortion—And Why It Doesn’t Matter

By Neil J. Young

…thood’s services excluding abortion. Other conservative activists—like the Southern Baptist Convention’s Russell Moore—have made similar vows, unconvinced by Trump’s claims to have abandoned his previous support for abortion rights in favor of a thoroughly pro-life position. Citing Ronald Reagan’s conversion from a pro-choice governor to an unwaveringly pro-life president as a model for his own transformation, Trump may have convinced enough Repub…

5 Reasons That Cartoons Are the 21st Century’s Great Metaphysical Playground

By Ilana E. Strauss

…t requiring emotionally investment. In fact, jokes have fun with death. In South Park, Satan’s the king of the underworld, but he’s also a guy with relationship problems. Heavy ideas often make people uncomfortable. Just having a different political view from a friend can lead to some awkward conversations, even if you’re just arguing over how you think a new tax will affect the job market — let alone bringing up the possibility of a lonely, mad s…

The Bindi Isn’t Indie

By Yesenia Vargas

…ed as a direct counter to the fact that the bindi tag was dominated by non-South Asians wearing the bindi purely as a fashion statement. The aim was both to educate people on the bindi’s significance and to reassert cultural ownership. Participants can submit selfies or tag their pictures with #reclaimthebindi to take part. Reclaim the Bindi is active on Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, and Twitter, and has recently launched a zine and an online store…

Does Donald Trump Have a Catholic Problem?

By Patricia Miller

…nite State, the Republican primary calendar moves southward to states like South Carolina, where Trump is polling well. But Trump’s momentum and the structure of the GOP primary calendar could be hiding a potential weakness for Trump that may hurt him both in an extended primary fight and in the general election: Catholic voters. Right now Trump is doing well among less affluent and less educated white voters in the South, Appalachia (West Virgini…