Some Christian and Muslim Leaders Urging ‘No’ Vote in Australian Mail Ballot on Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Author Michael Muhammad Knight writes at Vice on “Editing Homophobia Out of the ‘Islamic Tradition.’”…
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Eclipseville, USA: The Birthplace of ‘Little Green Men’ Proudly Hosts The Point of Greatest Eclipse
There’s a lot happening in Hopkinsville, Kentucky the weekend of August 18. The town is…
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White Supremacy and Orthodox Christianity: A Dangerous Connection Rears Its Head in Charlottesville
There are those who would co-opt American Orthodoxy, make it the voice of white nationalism. Churches need to confront the problem head on.
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I Created the Hashtag #EmptythePews Because It’s Time for Evangelicals To Walk Out of Toxic Churches
Have you been waiting for any prominent conservative evangelical leaders to withdraw or temper their…
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Can the Catholic Church Survive Trump?
The bishops helped radicalize white Catholics to be favorable to Trump—which they were, with 60 percent backing him despite all-but-explicit condemnations by Pope Francis:
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Dispatch from Charlottesville: “It Was a War Zone. It Felt Like There Were a Million Nazis.”
Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, an RD contributor and trans queer Latinx public theologian, is currently in Charlottesville,…
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Public Shrines to Treason: Charlottesville and the Cult of Confederate Memorialization
Just as no American, after Charlottesville, can doubt that the current US president remains deferential to an extremist white supremacist base that rallies in his name, so too no American can pretend Confederate memorials don’t serve as public shrines to a treasonous worldview
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Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as…
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Hillary-the-Preacher, and Why Journalists Can’t Let Go of the “Democrats Don’t Get Religion” Story
Maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t Hillary Clinton’s fault?
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Jeffress’ Statement About Trump’s God-Given Authority is Nonsense
Check your scripture, pastor Jeffress.
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