Pope, Christian Conservatives Team Up to Promote Patriarchy
The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is,…
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Do White People Think Black People Are Magic?
Last week, media reported on a psychological study suggesting that white people are predisposed to…
Read MoreWhat do Crystal Meth and Contraception Have In Common?
Is meth the new peyote? A woman arrested in Oklahoma recently for possession of methamphetamine…
Read MoreIsrael Will be a 2016 Evangelical Litmus Test
Or so say Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America, Ralph Reed, founder of…
Read MorePolygamy Still Very Much Alive in Mormon Theology
On my bloggingheads program, I spoke with Joanna Brooks about her piece here, about how the LDS…
Read MoreCircuit Court Rejects Priests for Life Contraception Challenge
As if further proof were required that challenges to the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable…
Read MoreChristian Inmate Suing Indiana to Recognize Religion
An Eastern Orthodox prison inmate won a small but important victory in his legal fight…
Read MoreUS Bishops Meeting: Pope Who?
The U.S. bishops’ semi-annual meeting, which concluded in Baltimore on Thursday, was one giant raspberry…
Read MoreChurch=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap
A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA law school and NORC at the University…
Read MoreFeeding the Hungry vs. Antigay Activism: A Double Standard for Religious Freedom?
If you’ve watched the news or been on social media at all this past week,…
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