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    • Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
      Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
    • Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
    • Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
      Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
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    • Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
      Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
    • Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
  • Religious Liberty
    • Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
    • Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
      Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
    • Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
      Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
      It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
    • We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
    • 11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
      11 Election Tweets to Amuse, Infuriate, Enlighten, and Amuse You
  • New Books
    • I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
      I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
    • How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
      How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
    • Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?
      Watch: Is The Religious Left a Mirage or Are Journalists Just Missing the Story?

Lisa Webster

Lisa Webster, editor of Religion Dispatches, holds a Ph.D. in religion from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and an M.A. in comparative literature from Columbia University. She has worked in web and print publishing for more than 20 years at publications including NYC’s Paper Magazine, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and others.

(A)theologies, Archive, ScienceApril 24, 2015

The Promise of Immortality in a Tech-Enhanced Heaven

By Lisa Webster

Talking transhumanism with R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell.

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OMFG, RD BlogMarch 3, 2015

Too Lazy for Atheism? Try Religion

By Lisa Webster

Henry Rollins is a believer.

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OMFG, RD Blog, The EditorsOctober 30, 2014

‘Good Wife’ Alicia Florrick is an Atheist (and Drinks a Lot)

By Lisa Webster

I wasn’t sure how far “The Good Wife”‘s Alicia Florrick had made it into cultural consciousness, but now…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveAugust 4, 2014

Taking (Public School) Teachers to Church, and the Mosque, and the Temple…

By Lisa Webster

How to educate public school students about religion without stirring controversy? A Q&A with Kevin Childress of the Interfaith Center of N.Y.

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The EditorsNovember 12, 2013

Is the NY Times “Dumbing Down” Religion?

By Lisa Webster

TNR’s literary editor accuses the Times of “running promotions for praying in tongues.”

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The EditorsDecember 5, 2012

On Kate Middleton, Hyper-Nausea, and “Getting Crackered”

By Lisa Webster

An RD editor co-suffers with his pregnant, puking wife. Yes, there’s some religion in there too.

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Guest BloggersFebruary 10, 2011

Does American Zen Need Reform?

By Lisa Webster

Students have tried to explain away “fiscal extravagance, alcoholism, cruelty, sex addiction, violence, and even rape” among revered spiritual teachers, says Erik Storlie.

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(A)theologies, New BooksDecember 8, 2010

Spiritual Envy: Michael Krasny’s Agnostic Quest

By Lisa Webster

One of our premier interviewers, host of KQED’s Forum, talks to RD Senior Editor Lisa Webster about atheists, God, his parents’ Judaism, and writing a book without answers.

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Guest BloggersDecember 2, 2010

Smithsonian Responds to “Catholic” Protests, Removes Landmark Video from Exhibit

By Lisa Webster

Bill Donohue strikes again, raising the spectre of “anti-Christian” art.

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Sexuality/GenderNovember 10, 2010

Gay Black Church: An Interview with Bishop Yvette Flunder

By Lisa Webster

African-American people were taught Christianity in the context of oppression. When people are disempowered, they are often empowered at someone else’s expense, whether it’s women or children or gay people. How do we get through that?

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