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Elizabeth Drescher

Elizabeth Drescher, PhD is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Pastoral Ministry at Santa Clara University. Her forthcoming book, Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of American Nones will be released by Oxford University Press later this year, and her writing on religion has appeared in The Atlantic Wire, AlterNet, The Washington Post, and other national publications. She is a consulting scholar at TheBTSCenter, where she edits the Bearings blog and, with Keith Anderson, is developing The Narthex.

(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesJune 10, 2014

Marriage is Not a Sacrament for Protestants and Why that Matters to LGBT Christians

By Elizabeth Drescher

Recently, well meaning Episcopal clergy and lay leaders have been urging the church to “extend the sacrament…

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Elizabeth Drescher, RD BlogApril 24, 2014

Is Army’s New “Humanist” Designation Just Semantic Hooey?

By Elizabeth Drescher

Religious people take note.

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Archive, Culture, StoriesApril 22, 2014

The Internet Is Not Killing Religion, Religion is Killing Religion

By Elizabeth Drescher

Has religion run its course in western culture?

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Elizabeth Drescher, RD Blog, StoriesMarch 27, 2014

World Vision Rescinds Decision to Employ LGBT Marrieds

By Elizabeth Drescher

One step forward, and some frenzied backpedaling.

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Sexuality/Gender, StoriesMarch 26, 2014

How Gay Should We Allow Feeding the Hungry To Be?

By Elizabeth Drescher

Evangelical giant changes policy on same-sex employees exposing hypocrisy in conservative circles.

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StoriesMarch 24, 2014

Who Are Michigan Catholic Bishops to Judge?

By Elizabeth Drescher

In which Roman Catholic leaders squander spiritual and intellectual resources.

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesMarch 21, 2014

Conservatives Accuse Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of Misconduct

By Elizabeth Drescher

The conservative American Anglican news site Anglican Ink reported this week on a claim of misconduct filed in December 2013 against the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, the…

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Archive, StoriesFebruary 26, 2014

His Holiness, Inc.: The Dalai Lama as a Spiritual Mega-Brand

By Elizabeth Drescher

How do we learn to move beyond the commodification of education, of wisdom teachers like the Dalai Lama, of compassion itself? Does the Dalai Lama as mega-brand, as rock star, as spiritual presence, reinforce such commercial constructions or invite their dismantling?

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True or False: Less Religion Means Greater Diversity?
(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesFebruary 24, 2014

True or False: Less Religion Means Greater Diversity?

By Elizabeth Drescher

Data like these are always engaging, especially with a delightful, refreshing beverage. But this new data set tells little that most religionists didn’t already know—while it might actually skew our understanding.

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No to Church, Yes to Jesus?
(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesJanuary 31, 2014

No to Church, Yes to Jesus?

By Elizabeth Drescher

Is the lingering importance of “Good Samaritan Jesus” for the religiously unaffiliated a yearning for a more ethically engaged, prophetic Christianity?

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