Atheists are Americans Too, Vuvuzelas, Etc.
This week in religion, poetically
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Religion Reporting as Therapy? Praying for Help with Budget Crisis…
The week in religion, poetically.
Read MoreMark McGwire Confesses, He Sinned on Baseball’s Sacred Ground
Whether it’s Kobe Bryant, Alex Rodriguez, Michael Vick, or, more recently, Tiger Woods, the confession is the key to repairing moral failure in the world of sports.
Read MoreSotomayor, Evangelicals, and Racism
The logic of Evangelical theology tends to reduce systemic social problems to individual sin — not racism, for example, but racists. How did this play out among Republicans, and their constituencies, during Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings?
Read MoreObama Shifts US Narrative Away from “Christian Nation”
Did the president’s rhetoric at the recent press conference in Turkey signal a shift toward a new national identity, or merely a shift in emphasis?
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Freeman Dyson, American Heretic
When science moves from observation and description to assigning value, it veers into the sacred.
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