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Christians are ‘Jerks,’ The New Scopes Trial, Pastafarians’ Rights

By Michael J. Altman

…cond mass wedding of the year. The Rev. Sun Myung Moon married 7,200 South Korean and foreign couples. The end of the world might be farther off than once expected, at least according to the Mayan calendar. From Qumran to dot-com: the Israel Antiques Authority and Google are working together to digitize the Dead Sea Scrolls and make them available to the public. Finally, did the Berenstain Bears become practicing Christians? *This post has been co…

Landmark OC Megachurch Declares Bankruptcy

By Joanna Brooks

…the money, youth (at least the white youth) and positivity have all moved south, away from the Cathedral and right into the heart of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church territory. Nor has there been a successful transition from Schueller to a next generation of Cathedral leadership. In the last year, church revenues have dropped 30%, 140 employees have been laid off, and its opulent Easter pageant (which once drew hundreds of thousands) was cancelled…

Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen

By Anthea Butler

…magic popcorn in the aisles. Traveling and singing throughout the Jim Crow South that refused to serve traveling black musicians like Walker and Burke, he sold pork chop sandwiches to other musicians on tour. His prodigious family of 21 children, 90 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren testifies to his love of both scripture and women. Joking about his love of women, he said: “I just got stuck on that bible verse that said be fruitful and mul…

The Brutality of the American Eden

By Paul Harvey

…taken in the “Second Middle Passage” from the eastern seaboard to the Deep South during the very years that the Second Great Awakening proclaimed spiritual freedom for all. Anglo-Americans created the evangelical synthesis. They also fostered a racially exclusivist and religiously restrictive culture that limited the freedom of those defined outside the ranks of the free and the citizen. This remained true during the era when America’s God was a r…

MRI Jesus, Bush’s Reading List, Ahmadinejad & the Pope…

By Michael J. Altman

…y that allegedly depicts Jesus during a sex act. See for yourself here. In South Carolina a woman claims Jesus is depicted in her MRI. Mixing scripture reading and prayer with exercise may be the best way to get the elderly to work. President George W. Bush is reading a new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, according to Laura Bush. As the November elections get closer, more politicians are showing up at church. An Algerian court acquitted two Prot…

The Tea Party Religion

By Sarah Posner

…e flag and God), despite initial worries that the tea parties inadequately promoted the “life” issues. The problem with much of the reporting on a tea party-religious right alliance has focused on the turf battles between leaders, and disputes over whether to emphasize the social issues over economic ones at tea party events. Based on my own reporting, though, the absence of bloody fetus posters at tea party rallies says nothing about the interest…

Studying Religion is Suddenly Popular

By Mark Hulsether

…global diversity,” deserving about the same amount of resources as Ancient South Asia or Chinese Religion in the Twelfth Century? Far from being embarrassed that Religious Studies is a good place to study how the history and current practice of Christianity shapes everyday American life, I maintain that this is a major reason the discipline has thrived—both in the past and present. In fact, the relatively “esoteric” parts of religious studies are…

Mike Huckabee’s Fox News Problem

By Sarah Posner

…bee won the Iowa caucuses in 2008, “McCain and Thompson kneecapped him [in South Carolina], claimed he wasn’t a fiscal conservative.” Then, Lewis maintained, when the candidates moved on to Florida, “Fox News reported that Huckabee wasn’t campaigning there.” Sean Hannity, she continued, “said it on his radio show and wouldn’t correct it” and it was an “outright lie.” “You could’ve made a case for election tampering,” she added. I haven’t, naturall…

Hate, An American Voter Value

By Gary Laderman

…gn” enemies to fear. On the domestic side, the list comes too easily: hate Indians, hate blacks, hate Jews, hate anarchists, hate war protestors, hate government, hate the North, hate the South, hate the gays…. Aside from the raw political value of hate, think of the potential for media exposure when you are a religious hater. When the Dalai Lama comes to town (to start with a counter-example) with monks, cultural activities, and lectures, the fun…

Pastor Declares “Civil War” After Supreme Court Rejects DC Gay Marriage Case

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…, I dare say Jim Crow laws would still be on the books here in my state of South Carolina. There are simply some matters, like the rights of minorities, that cannot be put to a popular vote — though the rights of gays and lesbians seem to be put to the vote often these days. Not all religious folks were complaining about the ruling, however. Rev. Rob Hardies, one of the co-chairs of DC Clergy United for Marriage Equality, said he was “delighted” w…