In the News: Prisons Churches, Museums, and, of course, Hobby Lobby
A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news. Continue Reading →
Tag: mormonism
We Don’t Go Weird: Sister Wives Takes the Strange out of Polygamy
Eden Consenstein uncovers the radical normalcy of TLC’s reality show “Sister Wives.” Continue Reading →
In The News: A Muslim girl superhero, Navajo Mormons, Uighurs, Pat Robertson, and more!
A round-up of recent religion & media news. Continue Reading →
Daily Links: Schradle’s List
The stories you haven’t yet read today but oh you must! Continue Reading →
Daily Links: Schradle's List
The stories you haven’t yet read today but oh you must! Continue Reading →
That's Why They Crucified Him:An Interview with James Cone
by Joe McKnight I am sitting alone in this living room with the father of black liberation theology. An interview with Union Theological Seminary professor James Cone. Continue Reading →
Romney’s Mormonism and the “Wierdness Quotient”
Amy Levin: If it wasn’t already, presidential politicking has stooped a little low. Curiously, Barack Obama’s reelection campaign informed Politico of their strategy to re-elect the “hopeful” incumbent: to make Mitt Romney seem. . . weird. Due to his fairly low approval ratings, the Obama’s campaign strategists are betting on a victory at the expense of throwing his most likely opponent under the rug. According to writers Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin,
The onslaught would have two aspects. The first is personal: Obama’s reelection campaign will portray the public Romney as inauthentic, unprincipled and, in a word used repeatedly by Obama’s advisers in about a dozen interviews, “weird.”
Romney's Mormonism and the "Wierdness Quotient"
Amy Levin: If it wasn’t already, presidential politicking has stooped a little low. Curiously, Barack Obama’s reelection campaign informed Politico of their strategy to re-elect the “hopeful” incumbent: to make Mitt Romney seem. . . weird. Due to his fairly low approval ratings, the Obama’s campaign strategists are betting on a victory at the expense of throwing his most likely opponent under the rug. According to writers Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin,
The onslaught would have two aspects. The first is personal: Obama’s reelection campaign will portray the public Romney as inauthentic, unprincipled and, in a word used repeatedly by Obama’s advisers in about a dozen interviews, “weird.”
Extreme Adultery
In case you Twilight fans were wondering, The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops‘ Office for Film and Broadcasting has posted their review of the new Robert Pattinson movie, “Water for Elephants.” They warn, “While artfully conceived and well acted, director Francis Lawrence’s film accepts — and even glamorizes — adultery, albeit within the context of an extreme situation.” Continue Reading →
The Scandal Here, The Revival Over There
Not all Christians are down with Beck’s interpretation of the bible and their purpose for America. Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, gets some Mormon-bashing on in his recent denunciation of Beck, delivered via an article at the American Family Association’s onenewsnow. Writes Moore:
Mormonism and Mammonism are contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ. They offer another Lord Jesus than the One offered in the Scriptures and Christian tradition, and another way to approach him. An embrace of these tragic new vehicles for the old Gnostic heresy is unloving to our Mormon friends and secularist neighbors, and to the rest of the watching world.