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‘The Quiet Damage’ Details the Heartbreaking Effect of QAnon on Five American Families — But Critical Questions Linger

By Susannah Crockford

…aim to humanize those who engage with conspiracy theories is laudable and welcome, the treatment of why some resonate with those theories—while others in similar circumstances do not—retreads familiar ground. Conspiracy theories are, once again, “an intangible poison infecting many millions of minds.” The contagion metaphor of conspiracy theories is a framing so familiar in the study of radically different beliefs that it is, by this point, almos…

Rope of God: The Aceh Tsunami—Four Years On

By Mark Woodward

…. This was followed by the gracious traditional dance used by Acehenese to welcome guests, especially those coming from abroad. Its origins can be traced to performances used by the Sultans of Aceh to greet foreign dignitaries. It is perfumed by young women who offer guests gifts of sihir (a mild stimulant common in South and Southeast Asia, also known as betel or pan; it is a nut wrapped in leaves and chewed, but not swallowed, and it stains the…

Public Prayer Verdict Shows Its True Colors

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…estraint from moderate Justice Kennedy, who voiced hope that Greece “would welcome a prayer by any minister or layman who wished to give one.” No such luck. With the Brevard verdict, it is Justice Kagan who looks prescient, when she wrote in her dissenting opinion, that the majority decision reflects an erroneous reading of religion itself: “I have no doubt that every member of this Court believes as firmly as I that our institutions of government…

Has Sojourners Really Changed its Policy on
Gay Ads?

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…it is unclear whether it signals a real shift in Sojourners’ stated desire to avoid the issue via paid advertising. It is increasingly important that progressive Christians take a firm unambiguous stand and decide they want fellow Christians to welcome the LGBT community in the church.” It is that “firm and unambiguous stand” that Sojourners continues to resist taking — simply because they can’t understand that the spiritual homelessness LGBT peo…

The Most Popular Stories of 2008

By The Editors

…ogic put the lie to this seductive and simplistic narrative. RDRoundtable: Welcome to “The Family” Jeff Sharlet, Anthea Butler, Diane Winston, and Randall Balmer Is an “aggressively anti-democratic” Christian movement quietly steering us toward a “theocentric” state? Three scholars discuss The Family with the author. Sparks fly. RDEpistle: Open Letter to Sean Hannity Candace Chellew-Hodge Bestsellers by the stars of conservative media were found a…

To Pray or to Prey: Racism, Religion and Violence in Charleston

By Willie Dwayne Francois

…sive study and buoyant fellowship. After an hour of prayer and extravagant welcome, Roof pursued his lethal goal, murdering a recent college graduate, grandparents, mothers, friends and clergy. The site of this white terrorist attack intimates a broader attack on the idea of black freedom. Emanuel Church embodies a storied and triumphant history in the American south. Historically, this place of transformative faith invested capital and bodies in…

Making Fun of Mormonism

By Max Mueller

…t Mormon scholars like Bringhurst believe that this is a natural, and even welcome, vetting process of both Mormons as American and a Mormon as the chief American. (In this vetting process, one belief that America will soon discover—and a belief that the Mormon candidates could make more of—is that the LDS Church counts the Constitution as divinely inspired. Thus the Mormon canon of sacred scriptures includes the central document of America’s poli…

Taking the Christ Back Out of Christmas: Secularizing the Season

By C. Joshua Villines

…stians. This seems obvious, but apparently it bears repeating: a season of welcome and sharing, regardless of the religious beliefs of those who observe it, is a good thing. This is why it seems nonsensical that some pugnacious conservatives want to insist that those around them ignore the long history of this season and portray it as explicitly and exclusively Christian. It is not, and should not be. Just as Christians need the imperatives of Adv…

Invoking God’s Name Like a Bludgeon

By Lauri Lebo

…e. The government has no business trying to convince you otherwise. You’re welcome to sit down. We invited you to stand, but no one made you. But if you do believe, I would ask you, personally and not on behalf of the government, to take a moment to thank Him, for the many gifts you believe you have received from Him, including the opportunity to pursue an education in a country explicitly founded on the belief that we are endowed by our Creator w…

“Ex-Gay” is Anti-Gay, Disguised as Compassion

By Tanya Erzen

…sment.” The difference is that Haffner believes the church must accept and welcome queer youth. Exodus Youth wants to help pastors and churches provide resources to keep young people from identifying as gay. Haffner cites a study that showed that 6 out of 10 mainline churches support LGBT rights. While this is an encouraging sign, her article neglects to mention that within Christianity, conservative and nondenominational megachurches increasingly…