Cheese State Reality Check: On The Wisconsin Idea and the Social Gospel
This Saturday, I’m off to a day-long meeting at a church with an interesting history….
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Alabama Senate Considers Giving Church Its Own Police Force; Irony Reportedly Dead
Tomorrow night, as we head into the home stretch of Lent rounding the corner to…
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Why The Religious Left Isn’t Coming Together, and Why It Matters
So my article from last week on the supposedly emerging religious left has attracted some…
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Fact-checking Scripture: “Those who do not work should not eat.”
Occasionally, a bit of scripture will float into public discourse, often in the context of…
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Is The Religious Left Emerging as a Political Force? No.
You ever hear the saying, “same shit, different day”? I’m reminded of that very phrase…
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Will Church Attendance Reduce Bigotry? A Response to Peter Beinart
We’re studying theories of baptism in the college course I teach on prayer, worship, and…
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William Barber And The Religious Left Join Forces. Will It Work?
Tonight, Faith in Public Life, one of the major organizations in the religious left, is…well,…
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Does It Matter If Islam Is A Religion? An American Ahmadi Explains The Effects Of Religious Discrimination
In an NPR interview the morning after Mr. Trump’s latest attempt to pivot to something…
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From Bad to Worstest: How Liberals Should (And Should Not) Talk About Values
In the end, I think we can have conversations about our values because we’re human, and that’s what humans do.
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Why Being “Faith Friendly” Isn’t Worth It For Democrats
Religion and the social issues it stands in for are about the last things anybody votes on. People vote their race, then their pocketbook, then their need for national security.
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