There has been a concerted effort from conservative politicians, religious groups, celebrities, and even the media to erase LGBT people from the story.
Year-old Laudato Si’ has stirred up action for Earth
Last year’s arrival of Pope Francis’ encyclical on “Care for Our Common Home” marked a significant moment as the Catholic church substantially entered the realm of environmental concern.
Muslim leaders: ‘We will not allow the extremists to define us’
More than 200 Muslims, including dozens of American imams and scholars, have issued a joint statement condemning the attacks on a gay night club in Orlando on Sunday that killed 49 people.
A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed?
In the wake of the shooting at Emanuel, congregations in the AME and other black churches have ratcheted up security — installing cameras and, in some cases, posting armed ushers. Officers sometimes sit in on Bible study.
The Pope needs to do more than kiss the disabled
There’s a long history of disability serving only as an opportunity for non-disabled people to demonstrate their piety through service, a “charity model” that ultimately still promotes otherness and exclusion.
Did Richard Dawkins hand creationists their next school strategy?
The idea that Darwinism leads one to atheism informs much of the so-called “conflict” of science and religion. The facts are simply not on its side. Nonetheless it serves as a point of consensus to attack a range of interpretations.
American Muslims send a powerful message of solidarity to Orlando victims
The American Muslim community reacted with an outpouring of love and support. The violence also sparked a debate within the community about whether Muslim leaders need to speak out more forcefully against homophobic ideologies.
Post-Orlando, Trump reveals his soul
Trump’s definition of strength is a crude domination. He’s not satisfied with simply calling for indiscriminate bombing and torture against organizations like ISIS; he wants to ban all Muslims, even refugees, from entering the United States.
Why some evangelicals changed their minds about evolution
A new book promotes the idea that one can be serious about Christian faith and still accept a scientific Darwinian account of human origins.
Evangelical conference gives Trump stamp of approval
Donald Trump received a nearly minute-long standing ovation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington on Friday and was presented to the audience as the principled choice for Christian voters in the general election.
Is ‘The Conjuring 2’ the Evangelical horror hit of the year?
We do not think of evangelical moviegoers as seekers out of grisly, flesh-ripping horror. But maybe we should, given that the most popular faith-based drama of the summer season so far is “The Conjuring 2.”
Staring down the elephant
How are Christians to respond to the politics of division and polarization?