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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJune 13, 2016

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

Organizers of last month’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia have published their report…

(A)theologies, ArchiveApril 20, 2016

Looking for Islam in All the Wrong Places: A Response to Nabeel Qureshi

By Jonathan Homrighausen and Elijah Reynolds

Nabeel Qureshi made his debut into the evangelical anti-Muslim apologetics market with his conversion narrative…

Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesMarch 30, 2016

How Do Christians, Atheists Compare on Muslim Tolerance?

By Darren E. Sherkat

Despite the clear animus of some high profile atheists, those who don’t believe in God are the most tolerant.

(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Haroon Moghul, Politics/Law, RD BlogMarch 22, 2016

Mormon Rejection of Trump Provides Insight into Muslim Extremism

By Haroon Moghul

McKay Coppins has a neat article on Buzzfeed about why so many Utahn (and Idahoan) Mormons…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 6, 2016

‘Putin’s Children’ Push ‘Traditional Values’ in Latvia; Jewish Reparative Therapy Group Finds ‘Haven’ In Israel; Sikh Activist in UK Supports LGBT South Asians; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

International Activism and Advocacy The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 3, 2016

Militias, Trump, Guns, and ISIS: Too much Masculinity?

By Stewart M. Hoover and Curtis D. Coats

Masculinity made the news again. We see it in the standoff between a self-described militia and…

(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Politics/LawDecember 8, 2015

Don’t Call It “Prayer Shaming”: Our Moral Failure Exposed

By Willie Dwayne Francois

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, murdered 14…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderDecember 7, 2015

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

International Human Rights Day is Thursday, December 10. On Saturday, December 12, OutRight International (formerly…

(A)theologies, Archive, Haroon Moghul, Israel-Palestine, Politics/Law, StoriesDecember 4, 2015

Don’t Overlook Endless War in Rise of ISIS

By Haroon Moghul

Capital in the Twenty-First Century made Thomas Piketty that rarest kind of celebrity: the academic…

(A)theologiesNovember 30, 2015

Does Violence Always Win?: Learning From René Girard (1923-2015)

By Martha J. Reineke

Last August, a photo of a grieving father holding a child who had not survived…