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New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right

By Greg Carey

…ults extend beyond personal moral failings and “virtually no evidence of a Spirit-filled life.” Other Republican candidates shared conservative policy values, and with greater consistency than Trump, and possessed far more compelling spiritual bona fides. Yet before Trump defeated Hilary Clinton, he defeated those conservative Christian candidates. White evangelicals still support Trump. Fea walks a fine line between empathy for his fellow evangel…

Biblical Inerrancy: Responses to “What Do ‘The Christians’ Believe?”

By C. Joshua Villines

…ro-American about the elevation of cultural and political issues over more spiritual concerns. Perhaps over the long haul the influence of the global South, in conjunction with little-known but powerful Christian convergence on so many old doctrinal issues, could take Christianity in a very different, and less divisive, direction. That’s my own Easter hope. _____________ The Rev. C. Joshua Villines, Coordinator of Progressive Clergy of Georgia (fu…

Judeo-Christian America: The Fall of the ‘Christian Nation’

By Edward J. Blum

…a Protestant, a Catholic, and a Jew—going off to war and dying in the same spirit. Then Schultz shows how, in the early Cold War era, tri-faith America helped the nation stand against the monster of atheistic Communism. Although less interested in “Judeo-Christian” values as a theological concept and more invested in its civic morality, groups like the Advertising Council championed Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish brotherhood for the good of the…

Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s put where in the sex act. They never focus on gays as people.” LGBTs are spiritually and morally ill, says the churchman. Estonia: ‘Cohabitation Act’ Passed Over Heated Opposition This week, a hotly debated Cohabitation Act backed by the Reform Party and Social Democrats, narrowly passed through Parliament. If signed by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the Cohabitation Act would enter force in 2016 and allow cohabitating couples, irrespective of…

A Sacred Encounter with Erykah Badu’s Controversial Nude Video

By Tamura Lomax

…tter understood that, if we were all courageous enough to remove the emperor’s clothes while “evolving” towards a space of complete vulnerability, we might—like Badu who is guided by the spirit and wisdom of the Ankh, a cross-like sign used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life—find God in ourselves (and others) and love Her fiercely……

“Pregnancy is Not a Disease”: Birth of an Anti-Contraception Rallying Cry

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…ect, the phrase “Pregnancy is not a disease” also fits well with a certain spirit of the times. Now, let me say here that I know plenty of women who breastfeed for years, have unmedicated home births, wear their babies, and refuse artificial contraception mostly because they are simply happiest doing so. It’s the thing they’ve chosen to care about and are able to devote time to. They are lovely. But there are also communities out there with strong…

What Can a Real Life Haunting Tell Us About American Religion? [Updated]

By Daniel Wise

…an of American religion Catherine Albanese traces metaphysical religion or spirituality through New Age spirituality back through late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Theosophy and back to Spiritualism and Mesmerism. It’s a type of spirituality concerned with intuition, the therapeutic, and the flow of spiritual energy. More and more Americans are embracing metaphysical forms of spirituality as they move away from traditional religious affi…

How Sikhs Handle Hate

By Rajdeep Singh and Simran Jeet Singh

…eligious dress in the public schools; and the introduction of a California bill that protects workers from religious discrimination. Attacks like the one in Oak Creek will only encourage us to respond with the spirit of Bota Singh, Garja Singh, and Bill Baxley—we will stand up against all forms of discrimination and redouble our efforts to eradicate bigotry. As a community, we will put a tax on hate….

Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ospel, then it will have to expose and ultimately expel the ‘new and alien spirits’ that have weakened its authentic voice,” argued Arida. “Among these spirits are Biblical fundamentalism and the inability to critique and build upon the writings and vision” of the theologians and “fathers” of early Christianity. Arida’s essay sparked fierce debate. Among the critics was the Brotherhood of the Orthodox Clergy Association of Houston, Texas, which de…

Queer Repentance: On Not Surrendering to a Text, to Guilt, or to Habit

By Jay Michaelson

…ell. The emotive response of guilt remains long after the mind, heart, and spirit have all reconciled themselves to the reality of sexual expression, and of love. Honest and nourishing sexual expression brings us to love, to truth, to holiness. Guilt knows none of this. Moreover, guilt is a conditioned phenomenon like everything else. It isn’t a still-small voice; it’s mechanistic. It’s a meme, installed by years of repetition, that has no particu…