Five Religious Predictions for 2011

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

I’ll be on Doug Pagitt Radio tomorrow (Sunday, December 19), going over my predictions for the year in religion from last year, recapping the big stories, and making my predictions for next year. You can read my Five Predictions for 2010, Political correctness toward Islam will decrease The pope will not say or do anything particularly controversial Universalism will become a hot topic among evangelicals Rick Warren’s influence will wane and new evangelical leaders will emerge A handful of evangelical... Read more

Colbert versus O'Reilly on the Meaning of Jesus

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c <td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'Christmas Holy Week www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> March to Keep Fear Alive OK, here’s the clip I meant to post: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c <td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> March to Keep Fear Alive Read more

Andrew Sullivan on Mormonism

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

Andrew Sullivan, in his never-ending attack on Christianists, attacks “American Exceptionalism,” and recommends that Mormonism is more suited to that version of Christianity… That’s why, it seems to me, that Mormonism is much more coherent a faith platform for the rightist religious popular front that the GOP increasingly is. Because it places Jesus in America and gives America a unique role in global salvation. Christianity – the actual religion, not its strip-mall bourgeois impostor – is universalist, not nationalist. What... Read more

Do You Hate Mormons?

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

Jana Riess tips us off to an interesting finding in the much-discussed tome, American Grace. She tells us that Mormons are the third-most-hated religious group in America. She sums up the findings: “Mormons like everyone else, while almost everyone else dislikes Mormons.” But Jana doesn’t stop there. She goes on to chide her co-religionists to change. For one thing, she has already asked the church to change its stance on homosexuality. Now she goes further: it would help if we... Read more

Jimmy Eat World on Conan Last Night

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

Jimmy Eat World singing “Coffee and Cigarettes” on Conan O’Brien, December 13, 2010. (Zach, is that your Christmas flannel?) Read more

A Free Christmas Song Every Day

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm By Tony Jones

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Photo in Need of a Caption

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Tony Jones

Last week I had a photo of Brian McLaren‘s ambivalent response to my impassioned comments. Now, help me caption this photo of my response to Brian (which Courtney insists is me with an itchy nose). Read more

Winter Art

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Tony Jones

We had quite a storm here yesterday, followed by bitter cold sunshine today. Here’s how Hipstamatic saw it on my iPhone. Read more

Policing the Borders of Christianity

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Tony Jones

Brandy Daniels pens an intriguing piece at Religion Dispatches about the particular tradition in American Christianity to guard the borders of the faith. (I said something similar in Relevant Magazine in 2006, but it’s no longer online, and I doubt anyone would remember anyway.) Border guards are not what we need. Border crossers are what we need. I encourage you to read the whole post at RD, but here’s a taste: Carter names what he calls a “profound pathology” at... Read more

Photo in Need of a Caption

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:00 pm By Tony Jones

What do you suppose I was saying that had The Tickle aghast and BMac scrolling through his iPhone? Photo by Courtney Perry Read more