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How the Politics of the 1890s Explain the GOP’s Health Care Woes

By Patricia Miller

…A became symbolic of larger moral questions about government control of private life and who makes decisions about life and death. The same thing happened in the nineteenth century, says historian Robert Wiebe, when seemingly dry technical questions about currency and tariffs assumed an “eternal quality that set them apart as touchstones of public morality,” encapsulating anxieties about about far-off forces like banks and the federal government t…

Not a ‘Weenie-A** Lodge’: James Ray Trial Begins

By Johnny P. Flynn

…the afternoon of October 8, 2009, Ray gathered all the people at the Angel Valley Retreat for a Warrior Sweat which was scheduled to last for two or more hours. More than fifty “grandfather stones” were brought into the sweat lodge and by the end of the ordeal two were dead, one more would die without recovering consciousness, and fifteen were reported to be suffering ill effects. In spite of the number of people who experienced difficulties durin…

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…y influential in the United States, and that its “common mission” is to “advance shari’ah, to advance political Islam and the collectivism of a Muslim political movement in America that’s different from our Constitution and our Bill of Rights.” Spiritual Warfare and Multi-Level Marketing Against “Totalitarianism” In a video shown on the website of the Oak Initiative, a coalition of evangelical and charismatic clergy, Lt. General William G. “Jerry”…

Yet Another Survey Shows ‘Nones’ Growth at Record Levels

By Elizabeth Drescher

…ion.” As this work unfolds, RD readers who self-identify as one or another variety of None are invited to share their own perspectives on religion, spirituality, meaning-making, and self-realization in my Nones Beyond the Numbers narrative survey.* *The survey results will contribute to three intertwined research projects I am currently conducting on the meaning-making practices of Nones. The first, sponsored in part through the Social Science R…

Sovereign Grace Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Just Got More Complicated

By T.F. Charlton

…ecific individuals.” Instead they have vocally defended their friend as a “vast influence for good” who has produced a “fruitful ministry of the gospel over many decades.” Dever recently told Mahaney’s new congregation in Louisville, Kentucky that they should “thank God for [Mahaney]” and that being taught by him is a “privilege” that members “don’t fully grasp.” This stance reflects not only the lengthy friendships and ministry ties with Mahaney…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…robi Last Saturday, the Guardian’s Murithi Mutiga reported on the Out festival, a four-day LGBT film festival held in Nairobi. With homosexuality illegal in Kenya, its capital Nairobi is an unlikely – and potentially dangerous – place to openly host an LGBT film festival celebrating gay culture. But on Thursday night, a young crowd packed into an auditorium in the city centre to attend the Out festival, an event hailed as a key step towards encour…

Life Imitates Satire Imitates Life: Rep. King Revives Manchurian Candidate

By The Editors

…trolled by radical Imams,” based on a remark made 12 years ago by neoconservative-friendly American Muslim leader, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani. In honor of this magic number and the hearings King will hold next month in order to address the “creeping threat of Sharia law,” RD presents the first edition of Life Imitates Satire Imitates Life. In this clip, from the Manchurian Candidate a Joseph McCarthy stand-in uses his own investigative tool to determ…

Are Conservative Churches Really Winning by Being More Orthodox?

By Daniel Schultz

…ough: who wants to listen to wishy-washy platitudes, or attend a religious-flavored social activist club? But when you dig down into the numbers, what you find is that not many churches—liberal or conservative—are growing very much. The Southern Baptist Convention, for example, has essentially flatlined over the past few years. Social scientists will tell you that while mainline Protestants might be leading, evangelicals aren’t far behind on the…

More Thoughts on Media Coverage of Liberal Religion

By Sarah Posner

…t’s still crucial to document, contra the singular view presented by conservatives, that religious Americans have varying views. Case in point: today the Religious Institute, in advance of the Supreme Court arguments in the Hobby Lobby case next week, released a statement signed by 46 national religious leaders, affirming universal access to contraception as a “moral good.” The statement reads (emphasis mine): As religious leaders, we support univ…

In a Powerful Statement Black Presidents and Deans Say: No More Stolen Black Lives!

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…Turman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale University Divinity School Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of African American Religious History, Vanderbilt Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion Mark A. Hicks, Ed.D, McLean Professor of Religious Education, Meadville Lombard Theological School Rev. Shonda Jones, EdD, Senior Associate Dean, Wake Forest University School of Divinity Dr. Toni M. Bond, Co-Founder, Interfaith Voices…