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The Plot to Turn the Synod into a “Plot”

By Patricia Miller

…, ermine-trimmed winter cape). He speaks of Francis’ “maneuvers” and calls him the “chief plotter.” And he repeats the question of conservative journalist Edward Pentin’s recent book about whether last year’s synod was “rigged,” echoing its conspiratorial overtones. Of course he fails to note that Pentin’s book, which amounted to an elaborate rehashing of that question, offered no proof of any “rigging” beyond a change in procedures to give the mo…

Forced Cremation of Covid Dead in Sri Lanka Further Marginalizes Muslim Community

By Andrea Malji and Amarnath Amarasingam

…eported deaths. A Muslim leader in Sri Lanka informed the authors that the number is actually higher, and that 82 Muslims have died, with over 70 cremations. The cremation of the victims was carried out by the state without the approval of the families. When Muslim and Christian families of cremated victims brought their case to the Supreme Court, the court refused to hear the case. In protest, Muslim families have started to refuse the remains of…

The Family Research Council’s Mistaken Identity

By Sarah Posner

…specific movement which, according to a 1999 FBI report, “is an ideology which asserts that the white Aryan race is God’s chosen race and that whites comprise the ten lost tribes of Israel.” If Perkins is defending that kind of Christian, it might pose a problem for his efforts to be the protector of black America. Here’s the complete text of Southers’ remarks, courtesy of Media Matters for America: Most of the domestic groups that we have to pay…

Satanic or Silly: Does Yale Press Censorship of Cartoons Insult Muslims?

By Daniel Martin Varisco

…n was clear: since there was no other God, no one should make idols to worship. While some Protestants still rail at Catholics and Orthodox Christians for veneration of their icons and statues, the image of Jesus on the cross is ubiquitous in most churches. Islam as a strict monotheism rejects the worship of any other gods, but modern Muslims are no less interested in visual art and photography than their Jewish and Christian counterparts. The Dan…

Hell, in Rob Bell’s Own Words: State of Belief Radio

By The Editors

…hen you die. And so, the book, in some ways, flips it around and says: “I think this is actually what Jesus was doing.” [WG]: Has this been in your mind and heart for a long time? What prompted you to put it on paper? [RB]: I’ll tell you, probably five years ago, I started, because I kept stumbling… In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus refers to the renewal of all things; in Colossians 1, the apostle Paul talks about the reconciliation of all things. P…

Awakening, Counter-Awakening, and the End of Church

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…hroes of a spiritual awakening. What do you mean by that? DBB: One of the things I think is very important is to separate two terms that are often confused in American religion: “revival” and “awakening.” Those are two different things. I like to remind people that revival is a ritualized event. It happens with some regularity. You go to a revival meeting and the point of a revival is stir up individuals so they have some sort of new encounter wit…

Special Report: Have Evangelical Colleges Succumbed to “Theological Paranoia”?

By Chrissy Stroop

…oo, am pessimistic about the future of American evangelicalism, but I join him in his reminder that that future has not yet been written. As the administrations at evangelical schools are acting on both ideological imperatives and financial incentives—donors often threaten to withhold funds, and parents may refuse to send their children if the schools fail to toe the line—the likelihood of effecting positive change through external pressure is min…

Participant Discredits the Original Ex-Gay Study

By Warren Throckmorton

…d to do with ongoing attractions, intensity of desires, fantasies, etc. I think his wife [Myrna Pattison] interviewed me, if I remember correctly. As far as I know, no follow-up was done.” Bussee said the Pattisons did not question the authenticity of the responses, saying, “They took it on faith that we were giving honest answers, but all of us were eager to ‘claim’ our healing.” Bussee noted that Melodyland was a Word of Faith church which urged…

Breivik’s Religious Pluralist Vision: A COEXIST Bumper Sticker Without the Crescent

By Michael J. Altman

…, after the final phase of Breivik’s war plan, “All individuals of the Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish or otherwise ‘friendly faiths/ideologies will be regarded as friends/allies/brothers and sisters of all Europeans and may not be subject to the same assimilation demands now or in the future.” The end result for Breivik is a bizarre religious pluralism without a Muslim menace. It’s a COEXIST bumper sticker without the crescent. A global right wing coalit…

Unprecedented Anti-LGBTQ Statement By Orthodox Church in America Should Be Christian Nationalist Warning Sign to US Orthodoxy

By Katherine Kelaidis

…he ended ecumenical dialogue with the Episcopal Church USA (the church of his childhood) due to their acceptance of same-sex relationships and began dialogue with the breakaway Anglican Church in North America. Finally, he made it publicly known that OCA bishops were expected to be present at the March for Life and threatened to pull the OCA’s military chaplains should they be required to “condone homosexuality” in any way. Metropolitan Jonah was…