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As a “Cult Leader” Disgraced Pastor Mark Driscoll Does Not Rank

By Jesse James DeConto

…y—and no Seattle aesthetic can turn Mars-Hill-style rote memorization into Blue-Like-Jazz improvisation. One example: Many post-evangelicals flee to Emergent or mainline Protestant churches specifically in search of gender equality, while Driscoll has displayed infamous misogyny. Progressive Christians tend to ground their egalitarianism in the long trajectory of biblical narrative that seems to prophesy resurrection for all oppressed peoples. Thi…

What the Critics of the Mindfulness Trend Don’t Get

By Hollis Phelps

…ally our own. This ideology of work, I would suggest, applies to so-called blue-collar and white-collar work alike. It also applies to professions that have normally thought of themselves as above the fray, such as the professoriate, as the case of Steven Salaita illustrates all too well. To the extent that contemporary work requires a complete identification with the desires of one’s employers and, indeed, with the market itself, the “detachment”…

Do iPads Cause Religious Experiences?

By Andrew Aghapour

…stasy of the “glassy-eyed” consumers being ushered in by a team of Apple’s blue-shirted “preachers.” Entertaining as these loose comparisons might be, it was what Riley did next that caused a brief media flurry and garnered coverage by MSNBC, Business Insider, and over two hundred blogs, news sites, and forums within days of the documentary’s release. Riley tracked down an Apple super-fan, Alex Brooks (editor of World of Apple), and had a team of…

Special Hell: Progressive Catholics Reckon With the Rise of Trump

By Patricia Miller

…itically. One source of dismay for some Catholics is that so many of their number broke decisively toward Trump and were critical to his victory in the Rust Belt swing states. “The Catholic vote went for Trump and many Catholics joined the non-voting defectors. That’s a scandal that calls into question the moral standing and integrity of most—not all—Catholics today,” Marquette University moral theologian Dan Maguire told RD. To many, Catholic sup…

The Theology of Westboro: The “World’s Meanest Church” Is More Than Picket Signs

By Rebecca Barrett-Fox

…he press suggested a play on the church’s own signs, using red, white, and blue, since the book also addresses the ways that the U.S. is crafted as a place of God’s special blessing by the religious right. It was so clearly perfect that I said yes right away. This is embarrassing to admit, but when I submitted the title—which the press accepted without hesitation—I didn’t see the subtitle as a list of institutions that God hated. I saw the title a…

CPAC 2017: Hypocrites on Parade

By Sunnivie Brydum

…titled “When Did WWIII Begin? Part A: Threats at Home” by declaring that “blue lives matter.” He then quickly pivoted to discussion of sanctuary cities, which he described as “providing safe haven for people who have illegally crossed our borders, come into our country, outside of the rules that Congress has set up for immigration.” That’s a reasonably fair description, especially given the ideological bent of CPAC speakers. But then the sheriff…

My Value Voter ’rents go Obama

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…-dad, an 84-year-old retired tire salesman, asserted—completely out of the blue—that he could not support John McCain this year. “I’ve been reading a lot about him and he can’t do anything right,” my step-dad complained. “So, are you going to vote for Obama?” I asked quietly. He sighed. “I suppose I’ll have to.” Then he brightened. “Obama’s a very smart man—he knows a little bit about everything. That’s the kind of president we need.” I was flabbe…

Both Sides Expect Obama to Side with Bishops on Contraception Coverage

By Sarah Posner

Democrats for Life, which lost most of the members of its caucus in the Blue Dog wipeout of the 2010 midterms, is out with a statement about the Obama Administration’s impending decision on whether to expand the exemption from birth control coverage for employer-sponsored insurance plans. If the Administration does the Bishops’ bidding, employers could choose to exclude from insurance coverage the free contraception, mandated by HHS guidelines is…

White Nationalist Mottos, the Fate of Jews in the New Christian State, and ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Humor — Day 2 of NatCon 2024

By Annika Brockschmidt and Ben Lorber

…pite the stereotypical DC “Insider” look, with his blond coiffure and navy blue suit, Ivy League education, and legacy status (his Grandfather was the head of the CIA), Colby was one of the voices who, during the Trump administration, set out to overhaul decades of established Republican foreign policy, shifting America’s focus from Russia to China. As Politico reported in 2023, he was an influential voice among those reluctant to support Ukraine…

God Makes an Independent Film

By Eric Zassenhaus

…-top cross on a cloud-strewn night. “The Lord spoke to me, like out of the blue: You will start a film company. I want you to be the Rolls Royce of filmmaking, be better than anyone in the world… I believe God has given us a vision.” So begins Michael Jacobs’ Audience of One, a documentary that follows the charismatic, avuncular pastor of a San Francisco Pentecostal Church on his divine mission to make a multimillion-dollar science-fiction film ba…