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    • Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to Diversifying Witch Community
      Recognizing (the Long History of) Christian Witches May Be Key to Diversifying Witch Community
    • What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
      What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
    • In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
      In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
  • Politics/Law
    • ‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day
      ‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day
    • What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
      What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
    • “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
      “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • ‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day
      ‘Landmark’ Speech From LDS Leader on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Freedom Was More Like a Sunnier Groundhog Day
    • Gen Z is Turning Away From Religion in Order to Live Out Their Values
      Gen Z is Turning Away From Religion in Order to Live Out Their Values
    • Synod or Sin Oddly: Vatican Encourages Catholics to ‘Walk Together’ as Long as the Hierarchy Leads the Way and Decides the Route
      Synod or Sin Oddly: Vatican Encourages Catholics to ‘Walk Together’ as Long as the Hierarchy Leads the Way and Decides the Route
  • New Books
    • In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
      In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
    • Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’
      Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’
    • A New Book By Esteemed Sociologist Robert Wuthnow Struggles to Show ‘Why Religion is Good for American Democracy’
      A New Book By Esteemed Sociologist Robert Wuthnow Struggles to Show ‘Why Religion is Good for American Democracy’
  • Christian Nationalism
    • What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
      What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling
    • So You Want to Write an Article Deflecting All Blame From Christianity: A Handy Guide
      So You Want to Write an Article Deflecting All Blame From Christianity: A Handy Guide
    • “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
      “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
  • ‘LANDMARK’ SPEECH FROM LDS LEADER ON LGBTQ RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS MORE LIKE A SUNNIER GROUNDHOG DAY

    ‘LANDMARK’ SPEECH FROM LDS LEADER ON LGBTQ RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS MORE LIKE A SUNNIER GROUNDHOG DAY

    Aly Marino
Archive, Christian Nationalism, Culture, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeNovember 9, 2021

What the Latest ‘God’s Not Dead’ Gets Egregiously Wrong — and Right — About Homeschooling

By R.L. Stollar
(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, OMFGNovember 9, 2021

This Veterans Day, the Centennial of the Unknown Soldier, Skip the Platitudes and Talk to a Veteran

By Sara Jaye Hart
(A)theologies, Archive, New Books, OMFG, Racial JusticeNovember 5, 2021

In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power

By Andre E. Key
Archive, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 5, 2021

Gen Z is Turning Away From Religion in Order to Live Out Their Values

By Josh Packard
Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFGNovember 3, 2021

So You Want to Write an Article Deflecting All Blame From Christianity: A Handy Guide

By Robert Repino
(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeNovember 1, 2021

Synod or Sin Oddly: Vatican Encourages Catholics to ‘Walk Together’ as Long as the Hierarchy Leads the Way and Decides the Route

By Mary E. Hunt
(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeOctober 27, 2021

Evangelicals Continue To Speak Over, But Not To Ex-vangelicals

By Chrissy Stroop
Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/LawOctober 26, 2021

“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local

By Frederick Clarkson
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