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An Untold Tale: American Fiction vs. The Religious Right

By Christopher Douglas

…that the U.S. wasn’t following the pattern that might be true in parts of Europe or Canada. I wanted to understand what it looked like as writers tried to register the unforeseen return of politically muscular religion—how they recognized it or misrecognized it, and, as [people who are] generally secular and liberal, tried to criticize its politics. If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise of the Christian Right Christopher Dou…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…irst step.” As Salerno reported earlier this year, Tomlinson is pursuing a number of legal challenges to anti-LGBT laws in the region, including colonial-era sodomy laws. Salerno wrote that “primarily US-based Evangelical Christian organizations have been active” in the region, “preaching that homosexuals are deviant and dangerous, and fomenting opposition to any expansion of LGBT rights.” The “Queering Paradigms” conference was held in Grand Caym…

Could Orthodoxy Be Having its Vatican II Moment?

By Chrissy Stroop

…usually associated with Orthodox Christianity, from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and from North America. In and of itself, such a universal gathering represents a singular and significant event in the life of the Church demonstrating the new global reach of Orthodox Christianity. The council should focus the attention of the Churches away from solely parochial and local concerns to a broader perspective on Church life. Nonetheless, there is no d…

Not All Muslims Are Terrorists, But All Terrorists Are Muslim

By Haroon Moghul

…st group itself, an operation commanded from afar, as have recently struck Europe. Within a day, Donald Trump was gloating—only the Donald would see this as a morally appropriate response to violence—and renewing his call for a Muslim ban. But here’s the odd thing. Even as more information came out, complicating the picture, we continued to hear major media and mainstream voices insist this was nothing more than a simple act of terrorism. Even aft…

Indonesia Allows Abusive Sharia Laws to Stand; Kenyan Priest Joins Challenge to Anti-LGBT Laws; Dominican Republic Bishop Slams ‘Gender Ideology’ at OAS; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r of the successful Irish marriage equality campaign who now co-chairs the European branch of the International Lesbian and Gay Association. ILGA-Europe said anything that limits the shared work of the UK and EU in advancing LGBTI equality is a concern, and called for “more solidarity, not less” in the wake of the vote. The European Union has been a strong advocate for LGBT human rights; but the Intergroup of LGBT Rights warned this week that the…

The Higher the Dome, The Closer to God: “Megachurches” Explores the Arid Architecture of America’s New Sanctuaries

By Anita Little

…mined what we see in art for much of history. As we touched on earlier, in Europe, churches are celebrated as these things of beauty where you go to be contemplative. On the other hand, megachurch architecture seems at times to say more about power than beauty. What do you think these megachurches communicate about power, and what does their proliferation represent to you? I can’t see the idea of power being taken away from European churches becau…

Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…reports often take an especially truculent, pro-Kremlin stance. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty posted a photo essay chronicling the “rollercoaster” of attitudes toward Russia’s gay community since the fall of the Soviet Union, including “a grim U-turn under Vladimir Putin.” Cayman Islands: Coalition of church leaders launching campaign for ‘Bible-based values’ The Cayman New Service reports that a coalition of church leaders, including Anglicans…

Romney’s Compliment to the Jewish People Closer to a Slur

By Shalom Goldman

…meeting with the head of MI-6 were quite distressing for those who follow European affairs (though for many in the Republican base a poke at what Donald Rumsfeld once referred to as ‘Old Europe’ might be a welcome thrust). But Romney’s remarks about Jewish superiority were of a different order, and it’s not only the Palestinian leadership that should be aghast at his remarks. Essentially, what the GOP’s candidate for president was saying is that…

Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds ‘Traditional’ Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ilkins, the institute had a board of governors drawn from the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Welcoming the institute’s emergence, a Catholic website described its board members as “cross-cultural” and “representing diverse religious traditions”. If their religious traditions were diverse, though, their views on family life were anything but. Middle East: In much of Middle East, it’s getting more dangerous to be gay “In much of the…

Among the Problems with Trump’s Proposed Ban: Who is a Muslim?

By Michael Schulson

…t to another religion, are they still Muslim?” Grewal pointed out that, in Europe, Muslim refugees who convert to Christianity are often still subject to discriminatory policies. “That tells us something about how Muslimness is constructed—not really as a religion…but as a kind of religious or ethnic category that you carry on regardless of your theological commitments.” What’s being constructed here, in other words, is a kind of racial definition…