God’s Heart Has No Borders
Pierrette Sotelo on the role of progressive religious activists in the immigration debate…
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Places of Redemption: Theology for a Worldly Church
When it comes to subtle racism and able-ism in church communities, “even very well-meaning dominant groups are oblivious to their own power.”
Read MoreA Plot to Kill God
Communist leaders in the Soviet Union tried to bolster their legitimacy through an appeal to atheism, but God was not on their side.
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God Needs No Passport
Religion plays a central role in making transnational lives possible, something migration scholarship has not really explored.
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Sexual Ethics and Islam
Asked about other titles she’d considered, Ali replied, “I would have accepted any title that didn’t have ‘veil’ in it.”
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Hip-Hop Religion and Spiritual Sampling in a “Post-Racial” Age
A new book by an iconic rapper, the Wu Tang Clan’s RZA, told in the voice of a street sage, tells the story of his ascent from the mean streets of Brooklyn to the pinnacle of success, and shows him to be the quintessential postmodern American spiritual seeker.
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On Zion’s Mount
Mormonism, a movement that began with an outdoorsy prophet who led the Latter-day Saints to a unique Center Place in North America is now managed by a global corporation that manufactures generic, fungible, sacred space with plush carpeting and upholstery. That seems about as American as it gets.
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Einstein’s Religion, Darwin’s Agnosticism
A new book by Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s “Speaking of Faith,” furthers the heartfelt intervention in the culture wars that her show represents.
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Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism
Televangelism is not the sole domain of the white religious right. In his new book, Jonathan Walton looks at the cultural creativity and impact of black religious broadcasting.
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Wage Theft in America: Why Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid
A leading worker justice organizer writes a book on how and why employers are stealing from the workforce, to the tune of billions every year.
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