Bill Gates’ Comments on Covid-19 Vaccine Enflame ‘Mark of the Beast’ Worries in Some Christian Circles
If the worries of most quarantined Christians in the United States center on health and…
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Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way
Across the nation, stay-at-home orders have quieted downtowns, schools, theaters, and stadiums. But one kind…
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Did Pence Decline to Wear a Mask Because He’s a ‘Muscular Christian’?
I just checked. Turns out I’ve never focused on Mike Pence. That might be due…
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You Can Take The Boy Out of the Crack House: MyPillow CEO’s New Book Promo Has Deep Roots in American Christianity
What the hell did I just see? Not in a good way. No. Seriously: what…
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Civil Religion v. Uncivil Religion; With Deadly Consequences
Readers will know that we at Religion Dispatches hold no special brief for faith or…
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But ‘Natural’ is Better, No? ‘How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science’
Go to the grocery store to buy vanilla extract and you’ll be faced with an…
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Will the Pandemic Hasten the Decline of Christianity or is it ‘America’s Best Hope for a Religious Revival’?
On April 2, BuzzFeed’s Ryan Broderick published some sober reflections on how our world might…
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Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)
UPDATE April 21: On April 20, after this article appeared, the 5th Circuit Court of…
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‘We Are Not the Country We Think We Are’; A Crucial Point That Faith-Lite Leaders Too Often Miss
Caring and sharing: that’s the theme of 99% of the faith community response to the…
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Satan May Provide a Comforting Story in Times of Crisis, But it Comes With a Price
“Satan is trying to keep us apart, he is trying to keep us from worshipping…
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