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The March for Life: Grassroots Movement or Agitprop?

By Patricia Miller

…efore it’s even begun) in the Washington Post alone: one about the upbeat mood at the march in the wake of Donald Trump’s promise to crack down on abortion; an article questioning whether the march can heal the divide in the anti-abortion movement over Trump; a piece from John Gehring about how the march will show that pro-life doesn’t stop at birth; and an article about thousands assembling for the march. For comparison, this photo is from the 20…

From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence

By Mark Clatterbuck

…n circles. I was raised in the tradition from infancy, remained a fervent foot soldier into my twenties, and have now been studying the movement as an outsider for the past two decades. As a consequence, I honestly wasn’t expecting any big surprises when I bought my ticket to see some of the NAR’s brightest stars at the ReAwaken rally when it swept through my hometown. I was wrong. While forays into national politics and spiritual warfare rhetoric…

Argue-by-Number: A Suggestion for the Church

By Mark D. Jordan

You remember the set-up for the old story. A single joke-book circulates in a prison. Since everyone knows it by heart, there’s no need the recite the whole joke. Prisoners can just call out the joke’s number to provoke raucous laughter. Or not—because some people just can’t tell a joke. Some days I wonder whether we shouldn’t adopt a similar system for church arguments about homosexuality. Not the raucous laughter (though there are plenty of cau…

In the Aftermath of the “Himalayan Tsunami”

By Luke Whitmore

…ru of the Sikh tradition, Guru Gobind Singh. This year in mid-June the monsoon rains came early and poured down upon the Land of the Gods with the sort of unexpected intensity that comes once in centuries. Flash flooding, landslides, and rising waters stranded tens of thousands of visitors and destroyed roads, buildings, livelihoods, and bridges. It is too early to know how many people have died but the number will probably be in the thousands. Th…

The Sacred and the Dead: Operator, Can You Help Me?

By Maren Haynes

…d that’s priv’ledged information, And it ain’t no business of mine. It’s floodin’ down in Texas, poles are out in Utah, Gotta find a private line. ~ “Operator” In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented a device that could represent accurately the human voice. It thoroughly, irreversibly altered our interconnection, enabling us to talk to another person across an enormous distance with the sonic clarity of being in the same room. A special series on…

Swiss Priest Sacked for Blessing Lesbian Couple; Mormon Equality Advocate Excommunicated; Pope-Backed Anti-Gay Referendum Fails; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

….” Also this week, a star of one of Russia’s biggest sitcoms, Odin Biron, took an enormous risk by coming out as gay. András Simonyi, managing director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University, and a visiting research fellow, Mihai Pătru, published a commentary at Huffington Post this week arguing that the international LGBT community has a goal but no strategy. One excerpt: It is useful to take into account the histor…

Yes, It’s Worse To Be Gay in Russia

By Chrissy Stroop

…ys, deported, and fined 100 thousand rubles (a little more than $3000) to boot. Four Dutch nationals have already been arrested and deported for violating Russia’s ban on so-called “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” and all eyes will be on Sochi as we wonder if any similar incidents will occur there. These days, I teach interdisciplinary humanities and intellectual history courses at a Russian university, and I still push the envelo…

Trayvon Martin and American Exceptionalism

By Anthea Butler

…ttles and an iced tea in his hands, by a white man with a gun on “neighborhood watch.” Trayvon’s trip to the 7-11 was not just a run to the store, but another statistic in the long arc of racialized violence in America. George Zimmerman, who shot Trayvon in his role as neighborhood watch captain and executioner, is, according to his father, “half Hispanic with black friends.” Really? Having a black friend makes it okay to shoot a black person? Zim…

“You’ve Never Met a Muslim”

By Hussein Rashid

…n, four New York Muslims reflect on piety and patriotism, on sharing classrooms and rituals of community life, on the courage and goodness of New Yorkers, and on the horrific event that has shaped a generation of American Muslim life. Hussein Rashid_________ September 11, 2001. The day I became Muslim. That’s a lie. I am now a Muslim. I was not always. America made me Muslim. I was born into a Muslim family. Like all good children of immigrants,…

Recovering From Rejection: The Second Coming of Ted Haggard

By Wendy Norris

…rd 2.0 “I’m going to teach the Scripture,” Haggard tells me in his living room two days before the service. “But I’m going to teach it first person singular. I’m going to tell you how God has worked in my life and you can work it out with my story with the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit and how God’s going to walk you through your life. But I’m not going to tell you what God thinks. You have to determine that on your own.” Haggard’s weekly Oval Of…