The Ordinary Jesus: An Excerpt from Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age
The divinity of Jesus is problematic.
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Jewishness Per Square Inch, Medieval Edition
Who doesn’t love a hairy naked ape-man?
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Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative
Contemporary conservatism is home to an odd mix of pundits and personalities, from Bible-thumping social…
Read MoreKaren Armstrong, Caped Anti-Anti-Muslim Crusader?
When a friend recently saw me carrying around a galley of Karen Armstrong’s latest book Fields…
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His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, First Evangelical President
Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter, the role of the president’s faith, and the real reason for the rise of the Religious Right.
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What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the…
Read MoreRejecting the Binary: Why Left v. Right Doesn’t Work
It is easy to say that the “religious right” opposes the “secular left,” but what…
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Marriage is for Everybody, Says Former Anti-Gay Evangelical
An RD interview by Candace Chellew-Hodge
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No Zombies Here, Just a Bunch of Women Talking to the Dead
What inspired you to write Talking to the Dead? I vividly recall the experiences that…
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How Hell Has Shaped America
What inspired you to write Damned Nation? When I was an undergraduate, I was stunned…
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