Arafat Kabir is a writer on global politics, foreign policy and diplomacy. A native of Bangladesh, his work has been published in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest and…
Usaid (Muneeb) Siddiqui is a freelance journalist interested in current affairs with a focus on Pakistan, the Middle East and Religion. He was previously a writer at PolicyMic and has written for…
In the 1990s angels became a spiritual accoutrement for prosperous yet troubled baby-boomers adrift in a suburban wasteland of McMansions and Lincoln Navigators. Do the angry angels of the new film Legion, with their roots in angelmania, mean that for many Americans God is absent? And do these creatures, heavenly and horrific, fill the vacuum?
We know that there is a significant “uncertain middle” of mainline clergy who would show leadership on LGBT issues if they were not afraid of stirring controversy in their congregations. A new campaign aims to jump start this missing conversation and to create space in American Christianity for a true welcoming of LGBT people and their families.
David Sheen is an independent journalist and film maker originally from Toronto, Canada who now lives in Dimona, Israel. Sheen began blogging when he first moved to Israel in 1999 and later went on to…