Religion Round-Up: What’s Going on in Religion Around the World
Pew studies the importance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans swing both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist Mormons has omitted…
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Texas Court Rules Against Polygamist Raid
The court found little hard evidence that minors were in physical danger or were victims of abuse. Critical media compare raid to Guantanamo Bay…
Read MoreWe’re All Episcopalians Now
Mainline Protestantism’s prophetic voice has been drowned out in the debate over who can sleep with whom and still do God’s work. Yes, it’s a big deal but so is the war in Iraq, public education…
Read MoreLove & Blasphemy
Outrage is often the first step to enlightenment, compassion, and justice, but apparently not in New Haven; a tour through recent stories on gay marriage, offensive art, and religious kitsch.
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To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise
According to a pathbreaking new book, Wal-Mart’s success in reframing traditional gender roles, bending the curricula of business schools, and sanctifying working-class consumer capitalism, help explain the connections between conservative politics, the market economy, and family values.
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Divine Inspiration: Kings Works Wonders
Drawn from the Bible, Kings takes a risk that pays off. Plus, we get Ian McShane.
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Covering Religion in The New Year: The Atheist Bus And More
Rolling with the atheists in the UK; rich men, camels, and needle’s eyes; Jews, Christians, and Gaza; the Obamas on Sunday mornings…all this and more on the religion writer’s beat as the year begins.
Read MoreUn-Kosher Processing Plant
A religio-immigration-labor story, the Midwest, and Orthodox Jews. Oh my.
Read MoreThe Seven Deadly Sins, New and Improved
The Vatican’s latest edit engages the contemporary world in a collective reconsideration of systemic and personal sin, including the environment and genetic engineering.
Read MoreRD Book: Faith and Faithfulness
Reading Amy Sullivan’s The Party Faithful and Bishop Paul Moore’s spirituality and sexuality…
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