A Palin Pastor Primer
McCain and Obama each had one problematic pastor. Palin has four…
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Op-Ed: Bishops vs. Catholic Politicians
Nancy Pelosi was denounced by Roman Catholic bishops and cardinals for deviating from their line on “pelvic issues,” a common criticism from the Church hierarchy. Bishops and cardinals may be pastors, administrators, and lobbyists, but they’re no theologians…
Read MoreResponse: What Black Prophetic Politics?
A colleague suggests, in response to Andre Wills’ recent RD article, that being evangelical is no more antithetical to the prophetic strand of the black church than R&B is to gospel music…
Read MoreSaddleback:The End of Black Prophetic Politics
Does Obama’s coded evangelical language signal a shift from black prophetic politics to the evangelical politics of personal salvation?
Read MoreExtremist Women Want In
After a recent statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri on the role of women in Al-Qaeda, that supports single-dimensional notions of extremist Muslims, extremist women talk back…
Read More“Biblical Manhood” Conference Espouses Male Supremacy
A growing theology of male headship and female submissiveness argues that men and women are equal under God, but have different leadership responsibilities as laid out by Scripture…
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Abuse in the Name of God? Children and Faith Healing
When parents choose spiritual healing over medical care for their ailing children…
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RDGenerations: Religion in the Academy
Father/daughter dialogue on biblical literalism, Obama as Antichrist, and God as “She”…
Read MorePraying Liberally Launches
The brand new branch of the Living Liberally tree seeks to build a grassroots religious left. Can local, leaderless cells build any coherent momentum?
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Rumors of God’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
A leading evangelical takes on the “God is dead” crowd in the flagship journal of the conservative movement, but, our writer argues, neither theists nor atheists will win this argument until they stop misrepresenting each other and misinforming their readers…
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