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Promise Keepers Launches Effort to Support Messianic Jews in Israel

By Sarah Posner

…ere headed to Israel to meet with 20-25 prominent Messianic Jews and evangelists there, including Calev Myers of the Jerusalem Institute for Justice, a lawyer who represents many Messianic Jews; Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel, a house of prayer modeled on the International House of Prayer in Kansas City; and Tom Hess, who operates the Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations on the Mount of Olives. “We have a list that keeps growing,” said Jesse….

Conservative Christianity’s “Come to Jesus” Moment in Wake of Elliot Rodger Shootings

By Devin Kuhn-Choi

…arns in relation to evangelical abstinence materials, maintaining “essentialist notions of gender” that portray “masculinity as aggression, and sexual urges and femininity as passive submission,” ultimately leads to a loss of control in which “boys give in to their urge to rape and girls give in to their urge to submit to rape.” Likewise, in PUA culture, sex is framed as something to which men are entitled—and that entitlement is clearly evident i…

Atheists Support L.A. Pastor Who Faces “Tribunal” for LGBT Advocacy

By Sikivu Hutchinson

…officials are demanding that he face a “tribunal” and respond to a laundry list of questions on homosexuality and biblical morality. The controversy at Zion Hill is emblematic of a national climate in which traditional black churches are increasingly being challenged on their homophobic policies. Nonetheless, the rhetoric that homosexuality is a white European phenomenon artificially imposed on African descent peoples is still a recurring theme in…

Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum

By Peter Montgomery

…ines, up to 14 days in jail, and deportation. The law makes it a crime to promote LGBT equality in public, but lacks concrete legal definitions for key terms. Russian authorities have indicated a broad interpretation of what constitutes “LGBT propaganda,” and provided vague guidance as to which actions will be interpreted by authorities as “LGBT propaganda.” LGBT travelers should review the State Department’s LGBT Travel Information page. Sen…

Are Liberals Too “Special” to Go to Church?

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ed war, coercive religious conversion, and colonialism perhaps topping the list of ills) imago dei theology is also at the root of liberal ideas of the dignity and worth of each person. Could it also be, among more liberal Nones, at least, that the very theologies that highlighted their uniqueness as “God’s special creations” invite them see themselves as profoundly different from the those in the faith communities in which they were raised? Thoug…

As Cambodia Erupts in Protest, a Stolen Buddhist Relic Ignites Anger

By Joe Freeman

…un away from children who spray them with water. A tourist sign in English lists the must-see sights. High on the list is “New Stupa for ashes of Buddha’s bone.” A long stone staircase littered with the pinkish petals of bougainvillea trees winds up the mountain. At the top of the stairs is the impressive, white stupa, the centerpiece of the site, and the scene of the crime. Older stupas are lined up a short walk away. On good days, the mountain d…

Paul Crouch, Architect of Prosperity Gospel Televangelism, Dead at 79

By Sarah Posner

…kee Episcopalian to reach TBN’s audience. Wead, who developed an extensive list of influential evangelicals with whom he wanted 1988 Bush presidential primary campaign to connect, had first-hand knowledge of the Crouches’ world. Yet he recognized the potential downside of Bush being seen with Crouch, whom he described as an “exaggeration of the most bizarre manifestation of the peculiar evangelical subculture.” He advised the vice-president not to…

New Study: Three-Quarters of American Giving Goes to Religion

By Jay Michaelson

…gifts, most of us probably include religious institutions within a laundry list of good causes: Save the Whales, the American Cancer Society, and so on. In fact, three quarters of American giving—and three-quarters of the concomitant tax benefit – goes to religion. While law students still quibble over whether the Bible Club can meet in the school gym, our tax policy, school voucher programs, and “faith-based implementers” of domestic and internat…

Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

By Sarah Posner

…th will have a deep impact on Jewish-Christian relations. The uproar over Bush is one of what I suspect will be a growing list of examples. …

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