Inside the Evangelical Beliefs and Practices that Facilitate Abuse in ...
WEBMay 4, 2021 · Last Thursday, Josh Duggar’s sexual misconduct once again brought his reality TV-famous family into the spotlight. The 33-year-old was arrested Thursday on federal charges of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse materials, charges that carry a potential sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
A Church Group, a Lawsuit, and a Culture of Abuse
WEBMar 6, 2013 · One new plaintiff, “Paula Poe,” alleged that a pastor and church volunteer together operated a “pedophilia ring” at CLC and its school, and that one of their suspected victims, a pastor’s son, went on to molest a seven-year-old boy in the Fairfax church. The suit has been filed not only on behalf of the individual plaintiffs, but also ...
What Do We Mean By ‘Judeo-Christian’? - Religion Dispatches
WEBFeb 15, 2011 · With the swing to the Right of the 1950s, American conservatives began to deploy “Judeo-Christian” in the fight against “Godless Communism.”. Senator Barry Goldwater contrasted “Judeo-Christian understandings” with “the communist projection of man as a producing, consuming animal to be used and discarded.”. Since then, “Judeo ...
17 Reasons Why Women Wear Headscarves - Religion Dispatches
WEBJul 3, 2009 · 3.) Head-covers convey a message of purity and godliness to many observers. Different traditions of religious iconography use mantles and other head-covers to symbolize purity and even saintliness. 4.) Many people believe that a headscarf engenders respect and honor for women, thus preventing men from flirting, etc.
Jesus Went to Hell, But Nobody Wants to Talk About It
WEBApr 2, 2015 · The fourth century Apostle’s Creed tells us that following his crucifixion, but before his resurrection, Jesus “descended to the dead.”. The Athanasian Creed of at least a century later is more explicit, Christ “descended into hell.”. Depending on context and translation Jesus either journeyed to , Hades, or Hell.
Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic …
WEBJun 18, 2009 · In Andersen’s reading, the story of Adam and Eve is that of Adam’s deadly betrayal of his wife: offering her up for punishment—the wages of eating the apple were death—rather than owning his blame for sin. Women have been responding in a sort of biblical battered wife syndrome, the “Eve Syndrome,” ever since.
Does the Bible Really Call Homosexuality an “Abomination”?
WEBJul 29, 2010 · Homosexuality is unnatural, a perversion, a disease, an abomination. Yet a close reading of the term toevah suggests an entirely different meaning: something permitted to one group, and forbidden to another. Though there is (probably) no etymological relationship, toevah means taboo. The term toevah (and its plural, toevot) occurs 103 times in ...
A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
WEBMay 23, 2024 · The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is one of the most important Christian religious and political movements of our time. To see this one need look no further than the role of NAR leaders in the electoral campaigns of Donald Trump and Trump-aligned figures, from school boards to statewide elected offices, and as a dynamic part of the Christian Right.
Who Are the Waldensians and Why Did the Pope Ask for Their …
WEBJul 9, 2015 · In his address Pope Francis asked not just for forgiveness but said that wider Christian unity “does not mean uniformity.”. The Pope’s namesake, St. Francis, was a contemporary of the Waldensian founder Peter Waldo, and in many ways they shared a similar theological perspective. Early Franciscans were …
The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
WEBMay 16, 2010 · Muslims deny it in the Qur’an, and call attention to how Jewish tradition turned it into a literal sacrifice. Jewish believers often deny any connection with the idea of sacrifice, and so ignore a great deal of the Bible and Judaic tradition. Some writers have recently blamed religion as a whole, or belief in God, for all forms of violence.