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Ross Douthat’s Rosy Old-Time Religion

By Jerome E. Copulsky

…e” which brought the non-Western religions to the attention of Americans (oddly, he does not mention the changes in American culture brought on by the immigration act of 1965), the growing wealth of Americans, and the waning of the East Coast WASP establishment. These factors, he claims, led to a weakening of Christian orthodoxy and its hold over the American spirit. The traditional churches responded by either capitulating to cultural trends or b…

When Religion is a Refuge for Scoundrels: ‘Ryan Budget’ Edition

By Daniel C. Maguire

….” But, ah, there’s the rub. Neither Ryan nor the right-wing bishops who coddle him, nor five of the Catholic Supreme Court justices, have done their homework. They are handling theopolitical dynamite which, if applied, would explode their right-wing projects into a fine and smelly dust. “Catholic social teaching” is a too often overlooked treasure of social justice theory and it’s been growing even more impressive over the past two centuries. Thi…

A Monumentally Different Kirk Cameron

By Julie Ingersoll

…they said, ‘Let’s make a 500 year plan and go start a nation….’” Phillips adds enthusiastically that “inherently optimistic” Christianity changes the world to accord with the Bible, to which Cameron replies: “Amen! I didn’t used to think so but I do now.” We’ve seen Cameron speak out against homosexuality and embrace the far right agenda by speaking at CPAC, but and it remains to be seen if he’ll embrace the rest of the “biblical worldview” promot…

Hacking the Vatican

By Joseph Laycock

…exactly the sort of movement than benefits from this leveling effect. In addition to the Westboro Baptist Church, which has gone to unprecedented lengths to upset and alienate others, the chief targets of Anonymous have been Scientology and the Catholic Church. There are, of course, valid reasons to critique these institutions. But all religious organizations have scandals in their history, particularly if we are willing to look back to the sixte…

Sex and the (Hipster) Church—Just a Gimmick?

By Nicole Greenfield

…w York City. But the nine-piece band circled around, half of its members hidden behind bedside candles and lamps, and played as if it weren’t even there. “Your grace abounds to me, your grace abounds to me,” they sang. “Jesus, in you I find all that I need.” The capacity-crowd of worshippers joined in, arms in the air, and then they prayed. They prayed for marriages, for husbands and for wives, for reconciliation. They prayed for romance and commi…

Bishop Minerva Carcaño Has a Nearly Impossible Job

By Mary E. Hunt

…ren were tracked in the lowest classes and how to change that. Minerva decided early on that she wanted to be like him, preaching and doing the work of justice. After college at the University of Texas Pan American, Minerva completed a Masters of Theology degree at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. She was ordained as a Methodist Elder in 1979 and served as pastor of various churches. In 1986, the Rev. Carcaño was the f…

Making Fun of Mormonism

By Max Mueller

…on. The first is religious. It is the Mormons’ belief system, a system at odds with a ‘secular age’ when actual, as opposed to metaphorical, belief is no longer accepted as reasonable. At a talk last winter at the Harvard Law School, the don of Mormon letters, Richard Bushman, asserted that most Americans live in “a desert of belief.” The demands of secular rationalism have deforested the transcendent and supernatural even in the spiritual worlds…

Personhood Leaders’ Smear Campaign Debunked

By Lara Riscol

…k profile had led to physical threats and the posting of the Masons’ home address in comments, and implicated The Daily Beast’s “notoriously liberal” readers and “pro-choice criminals” in the alleged vandalism. “Our reaction is one of puzzlement. What kind of person would terrorize the home of a family with young, innocent children inside? We’re left wondering what these abortion fanatics hoped to accomplish,” said Mason, who noted that the hatefu…

#Occupy: A Deeper Form of Protest?

By Jay Michaelson

…would’ve been reached on a few more key principles that could actually be addressed—demands that could be met. By now, however, it’s become clear that the radical amorphism is a point of pride for Occupy participants—or at least, by sufficient numbers of them to scotch anything that might look like an agenda. I doubt this will change. A Deeper Form of Protest Which leads me to the third and final #Occupy circular-ism, which can best be defined as…

Dumping Satan: It’s Time to Let Go

By Emily Manuel

…alities of life. All have faced, or will face, tragedy, misery, illness, and death—events will occur that appear unfair, leading most of us to question if any sense of cosmic justice and mercy truly exists. When we consider the billions of senseless deaths, tragedies, and atrocities which define human history, it would seem that history denies more than it confirms the paternal love of a caring and merciful father God. One is forced to ask, Where…