University of Southern California
USC Annenberg
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • The Ashes Initiative
  • FAQ
Religion Dispatches - Religion Dispatches Religion Dispatches
  • Racial Justice
    • JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
      JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
    • Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
      Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling ‘Conclave’ Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church’s Views on Women
      Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling ‘Conclave’ Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church’s Views on Women
    • Rebranded as ‘Biblical Counseling,’ Conversion Therapy is ‘a Colonizing Effort’ — A Q&A With The Author of ‘Shame-Sex Attraction’
      Rebranded as ‘Biblical Counseling,’ Conversion Therapy is ‘a Colonizing Effort’ — A Q&A With The Author of ‘Shame-Sex Attraction’
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
  • Christian Nationalism
    • JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
      JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
    • Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
      Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
  • Election 2024
    • JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
      JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
    • Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
      Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
    • Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
      Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive

Lygia Navarro

Lygia Navarro is a freelance writer who has written for The Associated Press, the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle, Weekend America and Marketplace.

Politics/LawNovember 4, 2010

Religious Freedom in Post-Castro Cuba

By Lygia Navarro

“The preschool teacher used to say to the kids, ‘Close your eyes, and ask God to give you a piece of candy,’[…] When the children opened their eyes, and saw there was nothing there, the teacher said, ‘See? God doesn’t exist.’”

Read More
Politics/LawJuly 3, 2009

Protests Force Torch Detour in San Francisco

By Lygia Navarro

Fearing a repeat of the spectacle in Europe, authorities secretly altered the Torch route; Tibetan monks, protesters, and China supporters clash in the streets.

Read More

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

© Religion Dispatches
Back to top