https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to pornography en https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/12/porn-again-christians-what-happens-when-biblical-literalist-launches-sex-site I’m a prude. Let’s just get that out there right now. I blame my Southern Baptist upbringing for my prudishness. I was taught that the body was inherently shameful, the earthen vessel we had been given to inhabit until we… Thu, 12 May 2016 10:30:23 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge dd9123d2-48f4-4adc-b505-be6fd9ddcbd6 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/02/pornographys-dirty-little-secret-what-we-say-vs-what-we-do Last month, Utah officially declared that pornography is a public health hazard, approving a resolution that contradicts much of the current scientific research. Regardless of one’s political or moral concerns about pornography, public policy ought to rely on the most… Mon, 02 May 2016 11:25:26 EDT Shira Tarrant 153e2715-7254-4245-81a4-b1ae7a67c77a https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/26/porn-workaround-how-christian-sexuality-websites-avoid-sin Last week, the evangelical-influenced Barna Group released findings from its new study, “ The Porn Phenomenon,” based on a survey commissioned by Josh McDowell Ministries. The study, which poses a wide range of questions about pornography use, is unique in… Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:22:05 EST Kelsy Burke 30eaa020-50d2-40d4-ba0b-7d058f2d7afb https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/25/masturbation-porn-bigger-priority-planet-poverty-us-bishops In another sign of just how far the agendas of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Pope Francis have diverged, it’s worth noting that at their recently concluded fall plenary, the bishops signaled strongly about what’s on their radar… Wed, 25 Nov 2015 06:31:00 EST Patricia Miller 9107f63c-f2d5-40ef-be10-c0c4968fb84b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/17/pornographic-war-gazing-why-we-dont-look-away It is easy to blame the war machine or the pornography industry, but the more mundane problem is with our addiction to visual thrills. What some people see as a lack of moral vision (watching a porn video, for example) is perhaps better approached as an amoral astigmatism, a lazy eye, a privileging of the visual over our other evolved senses. The thrill of watching may mingle with compassion for those being harmed, but unless you as a viewer do something to actually alleviate that suffering, you are only a voyeuristic addict, entranced by the power of the gaze. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:37:51 EDT Daniel Martin Varisco a60b11bf-0cfc-49eb-9116-3a6c27fb894a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/03/irish-priest-accidentally-shows-gay-porn If only the Church had responded so fervently to child abuse. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:19:02 EDT Katie Toth f3a86d82-4ba9-4a9d-add0-ca43881ab03b https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/29/suppression-sin-evangelical-abolitionism-wilberforce-problem Young evangelicals who have taken up Wilberforce’s abolitionist banner are discovering that lacing social action with a concern for “the suppression of sin” is miring their efforts in needless controversy and threatening much-needed coalitions. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:14:17 EDT Jonathan D. Fitzgerald 98481996-f9b9-4a57-a4b3-94fc9687b7a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/21/hookers-jesus-sex-and-salvation-strip Annie Lobért knows that sex sells. The 16 years she spent as a stripper, prostitute, and high-class escort, most recently on the Las Vegas Strip, taught her that. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:18:21 EST Nicole Greenfield e22545b5-5adc-46ba-b2db-50e8b2e0bba1 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/01/31/mitt-marriotts-and-porn Is this about morality, or Mormon-baiting? Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:26:13 EST Joanna Brooks 76fecba3-c0c6-4998-a096-8be9e20cc59f https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/01/plant-porn-and-physics-prayers Artist Jonathon Keats feels there is a complete lack of curiosity on the part of the average person to ask the playful and profound questions at the heart of human existence. The hoi polloi wait, Keats laments, for the artist to tell us the meaning of their art, the scientist to tell us how the world works, and the religious leader to tell us right from wrong. We have become passive creatures. To help combat this lethargy, Keats has turned to pornography. It began a couple of years ago with plants—showing zinnias uncensored footage of explicit pollination acts—but now it has escalated to porn for God. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:47:39 EST Meera Subramanian fac88fdd-4cc0-44b9-b5d2-4f3faaca83a4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/20/getting-porn-users-plugged-church If this doesn’t wiggle the eyebrows on your dirty little mind, I don’t know what will. Thu, 20 May 2010 09:09:38 EDT Daniel Schultz b7b67e1d-3fc0-4ef0-93de-7f71865c88ed https://religiondispatches.org/2009/11/25/jesus-loves-you-youll-burn-hell A new book. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:46:11 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 6c92808f-db9c-43af-bd17-c42b1e24e43f https://religiondispatches.org/2008/10/29/indonesias-anti-porn-bill-anti-pluralism Defining pornography as things that “arouse sexual propensity, desires or longings” sets a moral tone without a concrete definition of “sexual desire” or “incitement,” a problem that worries the non-Muslim population. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:18:32 EDT Fatemeh Fakhraie 7879f49d-93da-497a-83f3-8917f4485e8f