Moving Day: A Note from the Publisher
Editor’s note: As a number of readers have written to express confusion over the future…
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A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money
Talkin’ ’bout my generation.
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“Under God…It’s a Great Thing”: Trump Delivers for His Christian Base
The heart of Trump’s speech was a defense of “religious liberty” that sounded a lot like protecting Christian—and specifically evangelical—lives and values.
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Might, Right, and White Privilege: It’s Morning in America, the Sequel
Religious people don’t vote based on a candidate’s support of the Ten Commandments; they support candidates who promise to inch the world closer to their own vision of what should be.
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Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort
I went to India searching for spiritual enlightenment. I found a neoliberal heaven that catered…
Read MoreMore Religion in Politics? New Poll’s Findings May Be Overhyped
A day after headlines heralding Americans’ desire for more religion in politics and public life,…
Read MoreMarianne Williamson and Me
We—especially those in academia and the media—have written off religion as divisive, outmoded and irrelevant just as we have trivialized spirituality as frivolous self-indulgence. As a result, our politics are soulless and our candidates’ calls for hope fail to translate into change.
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Shutdown is Over, But There Will Be a Next Time
FDR is held responsible for many things, but no one has linked his legacy to the recent threat of a government shutdown.
Read MoreJerusalem Honors Right-Wing Mogul Sheldon Adelson
Why was Israeli media so soft-focus in its coverage of the event?
Read MoreAmericans Say Religion is “Losing Influence”
What planet are they on?
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