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    • In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
      In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
    • As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
      As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
    • Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
      Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
  • Politics/Law
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
      In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
      Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
    • In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
      In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
      Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
    • Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
      Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream

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, 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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