Global LGBT Recap: Promise and Peril in the New Year
Of Popes and Presidents: Anti-LGBT laws awaiting action in Uganda and Nigeria while LGBT activists worldwide keep hopeful or skeptical eyes on the Vatican
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Will Christian Publishers Stand Behind Mars Hill’s Sketchy Legacy?
The plagiarism controversy that erupted over Mark Driscoll’s latest book appears to be dying down, but his most recent book isn’t the only problem.
Read MoreFrank Schaefer, Phil Robertson and the Myth of Christian Unity
Are “liberal Christians” and “conservative Christians” worshipping the same God?
Read MoreThe Creepy Surveillance of Elf on a Shelf
Families invite the elves into their homes for the explicit purpose of monitoring children. Yes, this might ensure good behavior between Thanksgiving and Christmas (child psychologistsworry about what happens when parents farm out discipline to Santa). More importantly, these elves teach children that they should expect to be watched even in their own homes.
Read MoreBagels Aren’t Enough
The obvious truth that Jewish philanthropy doesn’t want to admit.
Read More“This Pope is a Brazilian!”
While Francis’s visit to Brazil threatens to be overshadowed by his comments on gay priests uttered…
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Is Downward Dog the Path to Hell?
Evangelicals and fundamentalist Hindus come together in their denunciation of yoga.
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Narco-Violence and the Failure of the Church in Mexico
The mood in Cuernavaca was subdued this week after four decapitated bodies were discovered, hung from their feet from an overpass in yet another set of drug-related assassinations. Turf-battles between rival drug cartels have plagued the once-tranquil “city of eternal spring” since…
Read MoreWhat the Lost Finale is Really About
Is TV’s Favorite Desert Island Thriller the Ultimate Reality Show?
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There Will Be a Nation
Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, starring “Best Actor” Daniel Day-Lewis, operates as the creation myth of an imperialist America.
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