If Bad-Ass Nuns Ruled the World
What inspired you to write If Nuns Ruled the World? Around 2009 I started spending a…
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When Religion Becomes a Trap Rather Than a Safety Net
“My situation isn’t isolated to Mormonism. But to suggest that it doesn’t exist in Mormonism is just bullshit. Abuse of power happens in every religion.”
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How Conservative Christian Women Came to Claim “True” Feminism
An interview with Leslie Dorrough Smith on her new book, “Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America.”
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How Did the Buddha Become a Medieval Saint?
When Saint Francis Xavier attempted to bring Christianity to Asia in the middle of the…
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Addressing the Culture War Without Touching the Culture War
In his latest book, historian George Marsden attempts to provide an account for the current state of…
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My Kind of Atheist
Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty…
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Catholic Church Ordained Women Before, Can Do it Again
An essay ignored by the Vatican since the 70s, translated into english for the first time, shows that the Catholic Church can ordain women.
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The Older You Are, The More Likely You’ll Marry Outside Your Religion
People assume that those in interfaith marriages never cared about religion to begin with. Not true, says the survey…
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God and the Gay Christian: An Interview with Matthew Vines
Moving evangelicals beyond cut-and-paste arguments against LGBT inclusion
Read MoreBarbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Wild God’ is Not Here to Help
The author may have seen the world burst into flame, but there was no Old Testament deity hiding in the bushes.
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