RDPulpit: Pro-Slavery, Anti-Gay, Similar Theology
While biblical opposition to gay civil rights echoes the opposition to ending slavery, that institution didn’t end with the triumph of the abolitionist biblical view.
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RDPulpit: Rick Warren and the Limits of Empathy
His “new evangelical” positions on global warming, condoms, et al., separate Warren from the old guard of the religious right—but when it comes to reproductive and gay civil rights, the best-selling reverend assumes the hardest of the hard line.
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Spiritual, But Not Religulous
In a new documentary, Bill Maher tries his darndest to convince viewers to abandon religion. Is he just preaching to the choir or will it start a valuable conversation?
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RDPulpit: You Lost the Debate
In a debate in which the bar was set so low as to be subterranean, values-related issues were almost entirely ignored.
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Why Bill Maher Gets a “C” in My Introduction to Religion Class…
…as do Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. Upon viewing Bill Maher’s Religulous the author asks: Why are the so-called New Atheists using the archaic and theologically conservative definition of religion pushed by home-schoolers?
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The Question of Evil: Politicians Weigh In
What the presidential candidates’ responses to a question about the nature of evil reveal about the state of American Christianity…
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The Very Idea of “Gay Church”
The impulse to minister to the homosexual community of L.A. led to a new kind of Christian church—the MCC—committed to inclusivity and undoing the old divisions incised across Christian history.
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Catholic Voters No Longer Beholden to Bishops and Abortion
Catholics have often been urged by their clergy to be single-issue voters when it comes to abortion. But the tide has turned, and this year a much broader social justice agenda is guiding these voters.
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Smashing Our Idols: A Response from Evangelical Leader David Gushee
After pursuing a dialogue with David Gushee, in response to a suggestion from a commenter on RD, I realize that Gushee’s “welcoming” church model, though imperfect, is a sign of progress, not regress.
Read MoreKeep it Catholic, Catholics: A Response to Michael Sean Winters’ Attack on Frances Kissling in America
In an aggressive post, pro-life Catholic Michael Sean Winters responded to Frances Kissling’s opposition to an anti-choice, anti-birth control pick for the Dept of Health and Human Services. Mary Hunt responds to Winters.
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