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Katherine Stewart

Katherine Stewart is the author of The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (PublicAffairs). She has written for the Guardian, Reuters, and The New York Times. Her website is www.thegoodnewsclub.com, and you can find her on twitter @kathsstewart. 

 

(A)theologies, Archive, New Books, OMFGMarch 2, 2020

How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote

By Katherine Stewart

At a mini-mall Starbucks in southern San Diego, I’m staring into my coffee and wondering…

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Culture, Guest BloggersJune 18, 2013

Are You Doing Your Part in the Baby War?

By Katherine Stewart

A new book on ‘only children’ adds an interesting dimension to the politics of making babies. 

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CultureFebruary 25, 2013

Protesting Yoga in Schools, But Welcoming Bible Study

By Katherine Stewart

When is touching your toes just touching your toes, and when is it an effort to indoctrinate small children in Hinduism?

 

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Guest BloggersDecember 3, 2012

Debating the “Nones” Part 3

By Katherine Stewart

The author responds.

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Politics/LawNovember 28, 2012

The Demographic that Should Keep Rove Awake at Night

By Katherine Stewart

Imagine a demographic that has doubled its share of the population over the past two decades, is up by 25 percent over the past four years, now accounts for as many as one in five Americans, and voted overwhelmingly for Obama.

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Politics/LawFebruary 2, 2012

Supreme Court Rules Religion is Special… This Time

By Katherine Stewart

The balance between the right to free exercise of religion and the right of employees to equal protection under the law is not easy to strike, and the Hosanna-Tabor decision doesn’t appear to strike it at all.

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Archive**December 7, 2011

Rent-Free Religion in New York’s Public Schools

By Katherine Stewart

When I moved to New York City just over a year ago, I started going to church. More precisely, I started going to the churches—dozens of them—that were located in New York City’s public schools. I attended services all over Manhattan, in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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