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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller is a Washington, DC–based journalist and the author of Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church. Her work at the intersection of politics, sex and religion has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, RH Reality Check and Ms. Magazine.

(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 19, 2018

New Survey: Catholic Women “Disengaged & Disengaging” — And Don’t Listen to US Bishops

By Patricia Miller

Nearly five years into Pope Francis papacy, with its great expectations for a revival of…

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Archive, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 2, 2018

Will 2018 Be the Year of Catholic Health Care Dominance?

By Patricia Miller

The news that two major Catholic health care systems, Ascension and Providence St. Joseph Health,…

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Archive, Culture, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyDecember 6, 2017

The Surprising Catholic Roots of the War on Xmas

By Patricia Miller

The love between Donald Trump and white evangelical Protestants remains strong according to a new…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Patricia Miller, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderNovember 21, 2017

Catholic Universities Facing a Fork in the Road on Gender & Sexuality: The Church or the Culture

By Patricia Miller

Catholic universities and colleges in the United States have long occupied a distinct (and sometimes…

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(A)theologies, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderNovember 9, 2017

Why Notre Dame’s Contraception Flip-Flop Undercuts Bishops’ Religious Freedom Claims

By Patricia Miller

Its been one of the epic culture-war battles of the last decade. It spawned the…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderNovember 2, 2017

Is the Francis Era Ending the Catholic Bishops’ Cozy Ties to the GOP?

By Patricia Miller

One of the more interesting revelations to come out of the Politico interview with John…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderOctober 30, 2017

Is “Weak Leadership” to Blame for Catholic Trump Support?

By Patricia Miller

It’s perhaps a sign of the times that two of the four articles in the…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderOctober 18, 2017

The Religious Right Has Come Out of the Closet

By Patricia Miller

There’s a certain satisfaction for those of us who came of age at the time…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawOctober 12, 2017

Three Takeaways from the Contraceptive Mandate Religious Liberty Debacle

By Patricia Miller

There were two major winners in Trump’s long-expected executive order to gut ObamaCare’s contraceptive mandate: …

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Archive, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyOctober 3, 2017

It’s Preposterous That We Can’t Question Nominees on Religion

By Patricia Miller

For the second time since her contentious hearing for an appellate court slot, the religious…

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