religion and homosexuality
A dramatic schism over social issues? The United Methodist Church has been here before – but this time, America’s religious landscape is far different
By Christopher H. Evans — April 9, 2024
(The Conversation) — The United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic, in April 2024. The meeting comes amid a dramatic divide over LGBTQ+ rights.
Why Pete Buttigieg may be reviving ideals of the Social Gospel Movement
By David Mislin — April 18, 2019
(The Conversation) — “Christian faith,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor has said, can lead one “in a progressive direction,” not to mention lead to skepticism about the value of wealth.
Brazilian president’s win leaves him in debt to evangelical bloc
By Eduardo Campos Lima — December 17, 2018
SAO PAOLO, Brazil (RNS) — Posing as a political savior for the Christian right, Jair Bolsonaro now has to live up to high expectations.
Indian court raises LGBT hopes of finding home in traditional faiths
By Priyadarshini Sen — September 11, 2018
NEW DELHI (RNS) — Fearing censure, gay and transgender Indians have long kept away from mainstream religious spaces. But a Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on homosexuality has galvanized many to practice their faith more openly.
They’re still here: The curious evolution of Westboro Baptist Church
By Hillel Gray — July 17, 2018
(RNS) — No single congregation in America has had the kind of recognition, or notoriety, that the Westboro Baptist Church achieved in the 1990s. While still fiercely anti-homosexual, it has seen a subtle shift in its messaging that injects ideas about Jesus and love, clarifies doctrine and even invokes positive language.
When forbidden sexuality meets unchanging religious tradition
By David P. Gushee — June 14, 2016
(RNS) I want you. God says I can't want you. So I must kill you. Was this what happened in Orlando?
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