What Role Should Religion Play in the Public Square? — A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist Debate and Discuss
While the nation’s highest court and one of the two major parties have been busy…
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Is ‘Beyond Doubt’ Correct About the Decline of Religion? Yes… Sort Of.
Looking back at the past seven years, Christianity seems stronger than ever in the United…
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Why the Roman Catholic Church Should Not Ordain Women as Deacons
For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in…
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How Christian Theology Created the Need to Assert that Black Lives Matter
The Republican Party’s primary race is filling up with candidates crusading against “wokeness,” particularly in…
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Hold Your Applause: Potential Changes to Roles of Catholic Women and LGBTQ+ People May Just Be Vatican Breadcrumbing
The Southern Baptist Convention stole headlines from the Vatican this season when the nation’s largest…
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‘Joel’s Army’ Is Already Here: The Obscure 20th Century Religious Movement That Profoundly Influences The Right’s Cosmic Battle
Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has…
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US Catholic Bishops Jump on Anti-Trans Bandwagon With Gratuitous Vote to Amend Healthcare Directives
In recent years, the market share of Catholic hospitals—which unconscionably restrict healthcare options for all…
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Conservative Christians Insist the Toxic Theology Portrayed in the Duggar Family Doc is ‘Fringe’ — But is it Really All That Different?
Conservative Christian social media influencers have an important message to deliver after a new documentary…
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Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
In February 2023, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, appeared in Dharamshala, India at an…
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Hell in a Cell: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Reflects the Growing Belief That Cocksure Men Will Save Us in the Battle of Good v. Evil
Although it was a financial success, The Pope’s Exorcist, featuring a virile Russell Crowe as…
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