https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to manhattan declaration en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/14/george-weigels-revisionist-history-casts-vatican-ii-christian-nationalist-handbook The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, better known as Vatican II, will produce lots of hot takes on the famous mid-twentieth century gathering of the Catholic hierarchy. Most will ask: what went wrong? Why was the Catholic… Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:08:23 EDT Patricia Miller de7a94b2-7deb-4e07-aead-d4d8faed8ad9 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/25/unprecedented-anti-lgbtq-statement-orthodox-church-america-should-be-christian Late last week, the Orthodox Church in America , the second largest Orthodox church body in the country, issued an unprecedented statement seeking to silence any discussion about same-sex relationships and the sacramental inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life… Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:48:17 EDT Katherine Kelaidis b2601e8b-1fe8-4244-9d67-42da4ea80245 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/01/13/dont-let-bigoted-campaigns-sour-you-revolutionary-idea-religious-freedom On January 16 we celebrate Religious Freedom Day to commemorate what may be the most revolutionary and liberatory idea in the history of civilization. It was the reason many joined the American Revolution. It’s the first freedom in the First… Mon, 13 Jan 2020 04:02:44 EST Frederick Clarkson 68541640-7158-45f8-bcf4-6c43880d36ac https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/19/vatican-fires-shot-us-religious-right-calls-out-religious-liberty-industry-and An article being described as “ explosive,” written by two allies of Pope Francis in a Vatican-reviewed publication, is taking on the “spurious alliance between politics and religious fundamentalism” in the United States. Antonio Spadaro and Marcelo Figueroa call out… Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:36:07 EDT Patricia Miller ec404178-0b18-424b-aa88-77b7bbf801c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/10/will-church-militants-be-marching-trump Conservative interpretations of Catholic theology are often more influential on the religious and political right than they’re often given credit for. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 01:55:26 EST Patricia Miller f6068340-aceb-42b4-8368-fde361a0596c https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/19/weeks-lgbt-recap-are-gay-priests-overdue-stonewall-moment “Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders—some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves—will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.” Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:32:15 EST Peter Montgomery 4e0861a5-100c-4f91-b39e-f3ba9ad0cb0f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/12/freedom-vs-liberty-why-religious-conservatives-have-begun-favor-one-over-other Religious “liberty” is code for something else entirely. Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:00:32 EDT Stephanie Russell-Kraft 1f2bc222-629f-462b-8e3a-c41696a9377a https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/22/religious-liberty-catholics-reap-what-they-sow-trump It should have been their finest moment, the crowning achievement of a nearly decade-long effort to convince traditionalist Americans that their right of “religious freedom” is under assault from secularists who would shove same-sex marriage and free contraceptives down their… Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:41:43 EDT Patricia Miller 3f4526b4-3d35-449b-8c13-90a3a89c04f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/us-bishops-who-lit-religious-liberty-fuse-urge-civility With the flames still smoldering after Indiana’s bruising fight over the limits of “religious liberty,” the Catholic bishops are calling for calm, temperate discussion—in the culture war fight they ginned up in the first place. On NBC’s Meet the Press… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:15:54 EDT Patricia Miller 31473104-a2a1-41d1-a115-7bd8da0c4811 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/06/pope-backs-anti-gay-referendum-islamic-state-executions-include-gay-syrian-conscience The Boston Globe reported this week that the U.S. State Department will appoint a special envoy “to advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people overseas.” Legislation calling for such an envoy had been introduced in Congress… Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:59:45 EST Peter Montgomery 7fac2794-7d40-465d-91bd-5cf14dfffef9 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/20/pope-christian-conservatives-team-promote-patriarchy The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is, non-LGBT or single-headed—family organized around the concept of “complementarity.” Complementarity is one of those obscure theological concepts that nevertheless casts a long shadow over modern… Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:24:27 EST Patricia Miller 30a4d983-05af-4877-8110-9e52d118937a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/02/04/abbreviated-guide-5-arguments-against-contraceptive-coverage-obamacare What the Hobby Lobby amicus briefs say about the religious conservative worldview on religion in public life. Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:04:15 EST Sarah Posner dc3c354b-49b6-476c-87f2-5297ba5c3bcb https://religiondispatches.org/2013/06/26/how-will-religious-conservatives-follow-through-marriage-bluster Catholic and evangelical leaders have pledged massive resistance to marriage equality. Now what? Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:12:12 EDT Peter Montgomery 160eb4d9-c2e1-4529-8c5f-3f5f9318b72b https://religiondispatches.org/2013/02/22/progressive-evangelical-attacks-aarp-social-security When DC’s Religion Industrial Complex sings its hosannas about evangelicals moving toward progressive social positions I always try to be hopeful, even as I turn a gimlet eye to what’s really happening beneath the headlines. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:23:46 EST Peter Laarman fbec066b-1b38-4e24-a0c9-9cba161a0794 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/26/god-my-co-belligerent-avatar-priests-hijacked-theologians-and-other-figures-right-wing Probably few who gathered to hear Bonhoeffer’s latest biographer expected to be asked to imagine themselves called by God to rise up against a regime that might be as heinous as the Third Reich—but as it turns out Metaxas is not unique among religious-right intellectuals in his use of the language of armed revolt. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:05:47 EDT Frederick Clarkson 95e2b234-846b-4956-9bf0-d355252e7860 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/19/yerushalmi-national-review-and-conservative-fight-over-shariah Which conservatives will prevail? Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:28:43 EDT Sarah Posner 7018bffd-6eba-4f76-928f-539fdde3dc5b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/21/chuck-colson-watergate-felon-and-evangelical-leader-dies-80 As an Evangelical ideas man, Colson was just as dangerous as his time with Nixon—only this time his boss was Jesus. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:44:31 EDT Anthea Butler 4ce85121-ffb0-4ca6-b00c-4fd2c26f0d27 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/20/santorum-and-new-catholic-evangelical-alliance A political, not theological, co-belligerence. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:24 EDT Sarah Posner 2c432120-7f68-4511-849a-b371d257a990 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/13/2012-bishops-join-fight-repackage-discrimination-religious-freedom At the end of 2011, in a sign of what’s to come, the U.S. Bishops warned the Obama administration to amend a regulation on contraception in its health care legislation or stand accused of religious discrimination. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:54:07 EDT Sarah Posner bffc2eef-ec9e-4595-8c84-2ee154865884 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/27/cues-throwing Santorum not alone among Catholics in antipathy to JFK’s speech. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:22:06 EST Sarah Posner 47f68dbc-8604-46cb-be57-9da271d3688c https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/21/religious-freedom-long-game-and-santorum-surge The latest Bloggingheads. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:25:40 EST Sarah Posner be58dc27-94d2-4c1b-aec2-4c3a1b315e00 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/30/romneys-religion-happiness-vs-gingrichs-religion-grievance The candidates and the religious right in Florida. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:36:40 EST Sarah Posner 71bd1103-9034-4c0a-a574-658e1d9838a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/29/gingrich-downplays-adelson-money-stokes-fear-second-holocaust-florida-church Florida campaign stop focuses on the culture wars and getting out the Christian vote. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:39:14 EST Sarah Posner b10fc74a-f3f1-4c4d-bdf5-3195a25fd7de https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/19/gop-gingrich-perry-team-put-satirists-out-work Are South Carolinians really going to rally behind the swinging Gingrich? Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:47:32 EST Sarah Posner 2371856e-7dc5-490c-a305-e096563239a0 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/12/25/manhattan-declaration-asks-what-if-jesus-had-been-aborted We wouldn’t have wine, and Israel would be really different. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:40:27 EST Sarah Posner 9ee5e293-02cc-4313-a4c0-bd5ba18685ee