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Palin, Yet Again
A response, and a clarification. Palin is not yet out of the public eye…
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RDBook: Christian Culture Clash
Why are conservative churches thriving in the “spiritual wasteland” of the Pacific Northwest, while liberal churches struggle? Author James Wellman explains what’s going on in the region, and how this plays out across the United States.
Read MoreMuslim Women Go Public
Amid both controversy and support, women are playing a larger role in religion in Muslim countries all over the world.
Read MoreCatholic Bishops Pull Funding for ACORN
Bishops accuse longtime advocacy group ACORN of political partisanship and withdraw support. Now who’s partisan?
Read MorePalin, Again.
The thwarted VP nominee is not going quietly. Indeed, she seems to believe in her own sense of personal destiny and mission.
Read MorePriests in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Wafers
A priest in South Carolina tells parishioners to skip communion if they voted for Obama.
Read MoreGLBT Activists and the Black Church: Can We Talk?
Misdirected finger-pointing and flat-footed social analysis has accompanied purposeful protests and mass social action in the response to the passage of Prop 8.
Read MoreGay Marriage = Mob Rule?
Opponents of gay marriage accuse protesters of trying to intimidate the courts by voicing their opinions as a group. But since when is dissent “mob rule”?
Read MoreBarack Hussein Obama and a Post-Religious America
The President-Elect’s names, all three of them, reveal a complexity of religious engagement that might move us beyond a tribal sense of religion.
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