https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to rick warren en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/28/hold-your-applause-potential-changes-roles-catholic-women-and-lgbtq-people-may-just-be The Southern Baptist Convention stole headlines from the Vatican this season when the nation’s largest Protestant denomination recently finalized the expulsion of two congregations for having women serve as pastors. One of the two is the mega Saddleback Church whose… Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:00:16 EDT Mary Hunt 03c84b18-c938-43f2-95db-1a95a511f0f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/27/women-head-pastors-was-final-straw-southern-baptist-convention-not-scandal-sexual-abuse Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of its nearly 50,000 member churches. One was ousted due to its “lack of intent to cooperate in resolving concerns regarding a sexual abuse allegation.” The… Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:57:29 EST Caroline Matas 3add564e-3f0c-4e1a-9eaf-254256011c5b https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/14/roots-white-evangelicalisms-crisis-are-white-evangelical-churches-not-republican In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections, including black pastors such as Charlie Dates , popular Bible teacher Beth Moore , and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore. The recent… Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:36:35 EDT Jesse Curtis ac2f8782-8510-45db-8968-ee1c8e127a82 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/18/christians-must-confront-lies-heart-whiteness On Wednesday, January 6, a day now infamous for many Americans, I was pulled from my daily work tasks by a colleague’s text urging me to turn on the television and stop all work. We all know what happened that… Mon, 18 Jan 2021 04:44:06 EST Rachel C. Schneider e0760ef0-ff38-4f2f-94cc-41f0183e1742 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/06/oprah-terrorist-cells-and-meaning-life-interview-paul-froese I have a theory: New Year’s resolutions have nothing to do with the turn of the calendar year. There’s a much stronger force at play: that, every December, America collectively visits its family. Every year, millions of families unplug from… Wed, 06 Jan 2016 07:00:10 EST Andrew Aghapour 4a7a3711-b078-44cb-b036-2e04828c60a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/23/fear-us-marriage-equality-exported-africa While LGBTQI people and allies in America enjoyed a hard-fought victory in last month’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, the reaction overseas has been far uglier. In countries like Uganda, Nigeria, and Kenya, same-sex couples and LGBTQI people aren’t… Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:45:47 EDT Kapya Kaoma d7ca3063-7504-42a5-8357-1426fb9f215a 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/2014/11/07/vatican-enlists-allies-against-gay-marriage-iranian-gays-pushed-change-gender-and-more New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic bishops’ synod on the family, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced that it will be hosting an interfaith colloquium this month on… Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:50:34 EST Peter Montgomery bb323a3e-7056-4ef5-a59b-ea492d981c47 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/22/are-atheists-taking-1st-amendment-suits-too-far While sanctimonious conservatives and godless liberals alike await the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Hobby Lobby case, two more suits with serious church and state implications are quietly making their way through the system. The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF)… Thu, 22 May 2014 04:32:35 EDT Gordon Haber 665d56b6-0f61-409d-b429-70b018d01593 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/01/rick-warren-busts-gut-over-cultural-revolution Then digs in… then apologizes. Mostly. Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:23:02 EDT Rob Shryock c886648f-fc23-4210-81b5-e4da2289802f https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/09/columnist-applauds-russias-homophobic-law “About as sensible as it gets.” Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:06:23 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 23c3e086-5dcf-4da0-bd01-7c39901c3e8f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/26/obituary-right-wing-evangelicalism Satirist and right-wing watcher Becky Garrison imagines a memorial for a movement. Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:49:42 EST Becky Garrison 5efbd675-36bf-42a5-87d6-af367eb51abc https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/13/rick-warren-all-courage-you-can-muster Warren doesn’t seem quite as persistent in condemning Uganda’s anti-gay bill as he does in building his image. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:24:29 EST Ross Murray 1d87eb80-c373-4149-b139-224002a8b937 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/22/warren-cancels-forum-obamaromney-declined-attend Claims it was due to “uncivil discourse.” Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:23:17 EDT Sarah Posner 17ffb171-bba4-4acd-8756-4b5ffe2648c1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/14/bible-not-diet-plan Rather than approach stories on their own uncomfortable terms, Rick Warren’s new diet plan pulls exiled, bewildered Daniel away from the king’s table and demands, “Tell me the secret to controlling your carb intake!” Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:56:54 EDT Rob Goodman eb8debb5-8c5c-465b-b0e1-7cfafc42e0c1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/06/decoding-rick-warrens-appreciation-chick-fil When you call me “unbiblical,” “unnatural,” and say I’m bent on destroying society with my “sinful lifestyle” and then complain that you’re being judged unfairly because I call that “hate” and I call that “phobic”; when you want to lean on the First Amendment for your own opinions then try to call up Miss Manners when I object—well, that’s just nonsense. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:40:31 EDT Elizabeth Drescher fe59fce8-816e-4db9-ac7c-b29196570426 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/19/will-religion-solve-obesity-crisis Rick Warren and the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:02:16 EDT Andrew Aghapour 451898f3-e81a-48ab-b3cc-46304e2f637f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/09/not-so-mystifying-rick-warren The legacy of Christian anti-liberalism/anti-communism/anti-social gospel. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:55:24 EDT Sarah Posner 93660454-ce29-482e-a585-d77d5bbb1423 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/03/rick-warrens-illiteracy-problem The mega-pastor’s views on evolution don’t seem to be evolving. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:02:28 EST Paul Wallace 4f857378-a1be-4e45-b6a4-080271213048 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/16/evangelicals-and-orphan-care How well do evangelical advocates for adoption and foster care prepare families for what lies ahead? Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:09:54 EST Daniel Schultz ff7f39c7-72ba-447d-aa62-f2737615c3ab https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/14/anti-gay-comments-change-md-lawmakers-vote More uncomfortable with vilification of gays than the word ‘marriage.’ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:14:14 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 3a0a7b4f-11cc-4dc5-a687-2f39e88c78d4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/24/gays-attacked-uganda-after-mag-publishes-info American evangelicals have helped cultivate the homophobic atmosphere in Uganda that has begun to translate into violence. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:41:47 EST Jody May-Chang e68d9fd6-f7d3-4fa7-ab1f-a032bd9f89f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/21/us-religious-right-and-lgbt-crisis-uganda RD talks to a Ugandan LGBT-rights activist about the effect of the US religious right on Ugandan attitudes toward LGBT people. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:33:01 EDT Sarah Posner a546164e-0885-4ea4-a42d-ed8bb40921b6 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/22/another-book-burner-lusts-attention Only this time it’s the Bible and the Heretics include Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Rick Warren. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:24:07 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge e85a75eb-8ceb-43b9-8016-209330dc0ec7 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/05/28/anti-gay-highway A new report documents the trend of evangelicals like Rick Warren exporting sexuality issues to Africa, whose clergy, in turn, support the minority antigay view in mainline denominations, weakening them. The author of the report speaks with RD at length about what he found. Fri, 28 May 2010 08:11:19 EDT Kathryn Joyce 5dda359e-a3ae-4ec0-b677-63c90ef02760