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Mitt Romney’s Best-Known Mormon Critic Tells it All. One Last Time.

By Joanna Brooks

…ars. With her graying hair in its bobbed cut, her twinkling blue eyes, her African jewelry, and her matter-of-fact presentation, she’s a beloved figure in Mormon feminism and a role model to young Mormon feminists. We sat down for breakfast in Boston recently. Our goal? To get the whole story of Mitt Romney’s most famous Mormon critic told once and for all. Her message? Yes, Mitt has issues, and no, he does not represent the whole Mormon story. __…

What Do ‘The Christians’ Believe? Easter Reflections from a Non-Christian

By Gary Laderman

…global consequences of Christianity’s shifting worldwide alignment to the southern hemisphere; particularly Africa, Asia, and Latin America. How this realignment—‘de-Europeanization’ might be overstating it, but not by much—of Christian communities in America affects politics, ecumenical relations, and inter-religious dialogue remains to be seen, but American Christianity today belies any notion of common ground or uniformity. Maybe it really is…

Will bin Laden’s Killing End the Jihadi Trend?

By Christopher Anzalone

…nswer. Non-Arab jihadi groups, and al Qaeda’s regional affiliates in North Africa, Yemen, and Iraq, are also likely to be less affected by bin Laden’s death. In recent years, al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan has become increasingly reliant on the military strength of regional allies such as the Afghan Taliban, the Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan, and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Each of these allies has an independent organizational structure…

Red Pop and Freedom: How (And How Not) to Celebrate Juneteenth, a New Federal Holiday

By A. E. Brooks-Key

…, notes that red-colored food and drinks draws upon the diasporic roots of African-American and American foodways. Enslaved Africans sent to Texas, the westernmost of the former Confederacy and cotton kingdom, were drawn from Yoruba and Kongo people for which red held spiritual meaning of sacrifice, transition, and power. In his insightful New York Times article, “Hot Links and Red Drinks: The Rich Food Tradition of Juneteenth” soul-food expert Ad…

Will Women Priests Change the Church?

By Mary E. Hunt

…m preaching on account of her gender. She connects apartheid in her native South Africa with this apartheid at the altar. Alta Jacko draws on Sojourner Truth as part of her inspiration to become what she was forbidden to be by a patriarchal Church. Victoria Rue laughingly tells about distributing Necco Wafers to the children in her neighborhood when they played Mass. There is a lot of footage of ordination ceremonies with women in colorful vestmen…

Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ica and Europe. Watch a set of video interviews on Growing UP LGBT in East Africa, posted at KitschMix. Ireland: Catholic ‘soul-searching’ on marriage referendum As we discussed in some detail last week, Irish voters go to the polls today, May 22, in what could be the first national referendum approving marriage equality. Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a televised pitch for a yes vote, and polls show a decisive majority for marriage, but some acti…

10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015

By Andrea R. Jain

…ncluding Yoga 4 Change, the Prison Yoga Project, Yoga Behind Bars, and the Africa Yoga Project to name just a few, made yoga more accessible to at-risk youth, veterans, prisoners, and those suffering from substance abuse. 3. Take Back the Yoga Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi appointed Shipad Yesso Naik the first Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) as a part of a larger reorganization of his cabine…

Conservative Bishops Headed For Synod Victory?; Indonesian Sharia Official Says Gay Caning Law Meant To ‘Safeguard Human Dignity’; Slovenian Court OK’s Referendum on Marriage Equality Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…just a liberal-conservative split; it is also geographic, with prelates in Africa, for instance, denouncing the “Eurocentric” and “Western” fixation with issues such as gay rights. Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah linked the push for gay rights to abortion and Islamic extremism, comparing them all to what “Nazi-Fascism and Communism were in the 20th century.” The vehemence of the backlash has shocked even some moderate conservatives, and it has sugge…

Even After an Obama Victory Reports of the Death of the Religious Right are Greatly Exaggerated

By Bill Berkowitz

…or revitalized faith-based initiatives, global warming, combatting AIDS in Africa and poverty at home and abroad. “Look for the stock of religious conservative leaders such as Rick Warren, Stephen Mansfield, author of The Faith of Obama, and Cameron Strang, publisher of Relevant, a hipster Christian magazine that puffed Obama, to rise,” Jeff Sharlet, the author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, and RD columni…

Right Wing Catholics Attack Obama Faith-Based Council Member, Harry Knox

By Frances Kissling

…itical of the Pope’s comments on condoms and AIDS. In March, on his way to Africa, the Pope said that the “distribution of condoms…increases the problem” of AIDS transmission. The remark was widely condemned, by UNAIDS, The prestigious British medical journal The Lancet and others. Comments in the past had led to condemnations from WHO. Harry, of course, took a religious slant. He said the Pope was “hurting people in the name of Jesus.” By and lar…