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Democratic Hopeful Pete Buttigieg Makes Faith 101 Misstep

By Daniel Schultz

…nfortunately, not enough Christians understand that Pharisees went on to become the dominant tradition in modern Judaism. Nor do many Christians get that the New Testament sees Pharisees through a partisan lens, as it were. They were rivals to the nascent Jesus movement, and often their rhetorical targets. Second and more positively, Buttigieg speaks of the need to represent all comers, religious or not. Good on him for that. Much of the discussio…

Contrary to Popular Narrative the Supreme Court’s ‘303’ Decision Gutting Civil Rights Laws is not About an Individual Standing Up For Her Beliefs

By Andrew L. Seidel

…s, creditors, and obligations. Forming a corporate entity, such as an LLC, comes with immense benefits. But also some strings, especially once it opens itself up as a place of public accommodation. Businesses must follow health regulations and environmental rules. And obey other regulations that keep consumers safe, including civil rights laws. Until now. The court just upended that system. You’re unlikely to hear about LLCs and corporations and t…

Kavanaugh’s ‘Jesuitical’ Response to ‘Abomination’ of ‘Roe v. Wade’ in 2006

By Mary E. Hunt

…sing subtle or oversubtle reasoning; crafty; sly; intriguing. – dictionary.com After many years of Jesuit education, I recognize dissembling jesuitical remarks when I hear them. To wit: At a 2006 hearing to name Brett Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Senator Chuck Schumer asked now Supreme Court Justice nominee a direct question: “Do you consider Roe v. Wade to be an abomination?” Mr. Kavanaugh replied: “If confirmed to the D.C. Cir…

Spiritual Mapping Evangelicals Battle Vodou in Haiti

By Reza Aslan

…nt Frank Amedia as his Christian Policy Adviser. Amedia was one of a large number of Christian missionaries who flooded into Haiti shortly after the 2010 earthquake. Except that, unlike the missionaries who were there to provide food and relief to poor and suffering Haitians, Amedia and his Spiritual Mapping ministry seem to have had an altogether different agenda. “We would give food to the needy in the short term,” he told the AP “but if they re…

Why Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” May Be the Wrong Adaptation for Trump Era

By Christopher Douglas

…en’s fertility choices imagined in Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale. https://twitter.com/eleanor_bg/status/845220527925088256 But it wasn’t only the gendered lines of combat that Atwood recognized in the nascent Christian Right—and this is where Hulu’s adaptation appears to take a self-conscious risk that may ultimately make it the wrong adaptation for the Age of Trump. Margaret Atwood’s novel also carefully noted the racialized history of the Christian R…

In “The Promise,” A Reminder That U.S. Apathy to Genocide Endures

By Hussein Rashid

…s the refugee program was under the Obama administration, with its limited numbers, extended vetting process, and minimal financial support, it was an attempt to recognize that Americans are generous and responsible. The current policy of letting no one into the country says that we are neither. When we say that we do not want people to come and help us realize that vision of a greater country, we mean that what we think is not worth anything. Som…

VIDEO: “First-Generation, Indian-American Muslim Kid” Makes Fun of the President. Onstage.

By Sunnivie Brydum

…art publisher Steve Bannon. OMG. Hasan Minhaj on Steve Bannon. pic.twitter.com/BuFZtCnLY8 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2017 “Now a lot of people think Steve Bannon is the reason Donald Trump dog-whistles to racists,” Minhaj said. “That is just not true. Ask Steve Bannon. Is Steve Bannon here? I do not see Steve Bannon. I do not see Steve Bannon. Not see Steve Bannon. NAZI Steve Bannon. NAZI Steve Bannon.” Minhaj was unapologetic as he…

Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”

By Anita Little

…g Trump’s presidency. And it makes me wonder what we can expect. Will we become numb? Complacent? Kaya Oakes: There are some things the series portrays that aren’t realistic, in my opinion. Atwood herself describes it as speculative fiction, which always operates on the worst case scenario. Maybe this is my California filter, but I don’t see women being rounded up and forced into Puritan-style outfits (maybe ours will be designed by Ivanka?), or L…

Pence Meets With One of Putin’s Top Clerics: Strange Bedfellows at BGEA’s World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

By Chrissy Stroop

…ars? Graham has been an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, who welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (and a Russian state photographer) to the White House on May 10, a day before the start of BGEA’s summit. This oddly timed photo-op, paired with Pence’s meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion, would seem to herald a turn toward normalization of relations between the U.S. and Russia. Evangelical l…

“Exvangelical” Podcast: Safe Space for Those “Living In, Leaving, or Coming to Terms With” Evangelicalism

By Chrissy Stroop

…full name, describes connecting with others’ stories via Exvangelical as “comforting.” Despite becoming an atheist in college, she has only recently begun to sort through “the lingering effects of being raised in a fundamentalist/evangelical world,” particularly the long-term damage done by purity culture. (For this reason, Kendra found episode 10, “Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch of The Flawless Project,” “particularly poignant.”) I e-mailed Emily Joy…