Christians More Supportive of Torture than Non-Religious Americans
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that Americans, by a 59-31% margin, believe that CIA…
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Turning Students into Citizens, Religious Studies Edition
A response to Ivan Strenski’s “Can Religion Professors Save the Planet?”
Read MoreInternational Religious Freedom Battles Heat Up
On Friday, the Senate voted to confirm Rabbi David Saperstein to the post of Ambassador-at-Large…
Read MoreThe Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap
Human Rights Day was celebrated this week, on December 10. Michael Adee celebrated with a…
Read MoreTorture Denial: U.S. Flunks the Religious Acid Test
The U.S. has been publicly, globally, shamed in consequence of the gut-wrenching disclosures in the Torture…
Read MorePope Francis vs. the Bishops: An “Overblown” Narrative?
Writing in Crux, associate editor John Allen cautions against the “overblown” narrative of “perceived resistance from…
Read MoreRepublicans To Get Free “Spiritual, Historical” Trips to Israel
Remember a few weeks ago I wrote that Israel will be a 2016 litmus test…
Read MoreRev Raphael Warnock: If Churches Aren’t in Trouble With Power, They’re Probably in Bed With It
In a powerful NPR segment (listen below) on whether the Black Church still matters, Michel Martin…
Read MoreTrendwatch: Thieves Taking the Christ out of Christmas. Literally.
The war on Christmas, it’s been well documented, is not a real thing. Though there…
Read MoreGambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap
Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported…
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