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  • Racial Justice
    • Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
      Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
    • Reading Racism: In Confronting White Christian Fragility ‘Feeling’ is as Important as Ideas
      Reading Racism: In Confronting White Christian Fragility ‘Feeling’ is as Important as Ideas
    • And the Violent Bear It Away? Disciplined Nonviolence and the Coming Election Emergency
      And the Violent Bear It Away? Disciplined Nonviolence and the Coming Election Emergency
  • Politics/Law
    • Christian Right Claims to be ‘Above Politics’ Are Unbelievable
      Christian Right Claims to be ‘Above Politics’ Are Unbelievable
    • Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
      Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
    • Culture Wars Masquerading as Social Science: New Survey Illustrates Evangelicals’ Election Year Anxieties
      Culture Wars Masquerading as Social Science: New Survey Illustrates Evangelicals’ Election Year Anxieties
  • Religious Liberty
    • Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
      Exclusive: Why Did Chicago Public Schools Just Quietly Drop Transcendental Meditation?
    • Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)
      Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)
    • Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine
      Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
      A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
    • Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
      Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
    • Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom
      Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom
  • New Books
    • Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
      Reconsidering Reagan’s Racism: Trump is the Culmination of The Gipper’s GOP
    • QAnon Didn’t Just Spring Forth From the Void — It’s the Latest From a Familiar Movement
      QAnon Didn’t Just Spring Forth From the Void — It’s the Latest From a Familiar Movement
    • The ‘C’ Word: What We’re Missing When We Talk About ‘White Privilege’
      The ‘C’ Word: What We’re Missing When We Talk About ‘White Privilege’

The Editors

Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMay 18, 2018

2016 Was the Year Queer and Trans Muslims Entered the Public Consciousness: Mahdia Lynn On This New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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(A)theologies, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMay 11, 2018

Welcome to the Gayborhood: Jason Brown on This New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureMay 3, 2018

There are Nonproductive Ways of Listening to Each Other: Deborah Jian Lee on the New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveApril 11, 2018

“Charity saved the day… [but] charity isn’t enough”: Kate Bowler on This New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMarch 28, 2018

“I had been part of the problem of Islamophobia”: Pastor Danny Cortez On This New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderMarch 7, 2018

Kaleidoscope Podcast Launches; RD to Feature Exclusive Extras

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RD contributor Deborah Jian Lee‘s new podcast, Kaleidoscope, has launched and is set to feature a deeply…

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Culture, Sexuality/GenderMarch 7, 2018

“I Would Have Rolled My Eyes at That”: Rev. M Barclay, First Non-Binary Trans Deacon in the UMC, On This New Era

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…

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OMFG, Peter Laarman, Politics/Law, RD MediaJanuary 9, 2018

Challenging the Religious Left: RD on the Radio

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RD’s Peter Laarman discussed his year-end piece, THE YEAR IN RELIGION: A RAY OF HOPE AMID…

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Haroon Moghul, New Books, OMFG, RD MediaJuly 6, 2017

RD’s Haroon Moghul on Fresh Air with Terry Gross

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Listen to RD senior correspondent Haroon Moghul discuss his new memoir How to Be a…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Haroon Moghul, Politics/Law, RD Media, Religious LibertyJanuary 31, 2017

RD’s Haroon Moghul Talks Muslim Ban on CNN

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Haroon Moghul‘s message to Muslim-Americans: Don’t give up.

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