Don’t Underestimate the Power of Religious Left
Not only does a new study point to a thriving religious left, but the impact may even be greater than the numbers suggest.
Read MoreNot only does a new study point to a thriving religious left, but the impact may even be greater than the numbers suggest.
Read MorePeter Rodger traveled through twenty-three countries in three years asking the same question to everyone he met, and filming, gorgeously, the results. Turns out the question—“What is God?”—reveals more than a person’s faith.
Read MoreChris Rock’s new documentary scrutinizes the politics and pathos of black hair care: from the beauty salon to the hair show, and from chemical relaxers to the Indian hair that fuels the hair weave industry.
Read MoreThe Lion of the Senate’s history with the Christian Scientists.
Read MoreA new documentary called Collision follows the collegial debate between new atheist Christopher Hitchens and conservative evangelical Doug Wilson. Spoiler alert: Neither budges and both gloat to the respective choirs they’d been preaching to. Is this the best we can do?
Read MoreBefore she felt her presence compromised the peacekeeping Sr Donna Quinn was escorting women past protesters at a women’s health clinic.
Read MoreA new work advancing a radical theory of the motivation behind suicide bombers is almost bizarrely off the mark. Stitching together thought and observation from disparate and often dissonant sources, Georgetown theology professor Ariel Glucklich’s book would be laughable were he not a consultant to the defense community.
Read MoreOf all the monotheisms, Christianity has come to depend the most on the idea of belief, or doctrine. But there is a strong countertradition, now submerged, that insists that any time we say we know who God is, or what God wants, we are committing an act of heresy.
Read MoreA church/business model like Scientology relies on good PR—something in short supply lately.
Read MoreA new study dispels some common myths and should help the religious left understand its growing political power.
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