The Revelation of Kurt Andersen: With ‘Evil Geniuses’ a Media Mandarin Discovers Plutocracy
When I showed up at New York’s Judson Church in 1994 at least some of…
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Our Father, Who Art Our Mother: The (Open) Secret Queer History of God
Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws…
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The Wrong Emperor: Why Ralph Reed’s New Pro-Trump Book Distorts the Bible to Cast the President as Tiberius
Ralph Reed’s new book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump (published by…
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But ‘Natural’ is Better, No? ‘How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science’
Go to the grocery store to buy vanilla extract and you’ll be faced with an…
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New Book by Olivier Roy Argues that Aggressive Attempts to Christianize the West Actually Hasten Secularism
How completely de-Christianized and secularized has Western Europe become? Data from the EU tell a…
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Whatever COVID-19 Brings, This Chaplain Wants You to Remember That the Death Rate is Ultimately 100%
While Coronavirus Czar Mike Pence prays away the plague and the CDC offers its lackluster…
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How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote
At a mini-mall Starbucks in southern San Diego, I’m staring into my coffee and wondering…
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‘Empty the Pews’ Chronicles the ‘Nurtured Insanity’ of a Fundamentalist Upbringing
There is a great exodus taking place in Christian circles. Can it be called a…
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Religious Leaders Need ‘Empty the Pews’ Which Chronicles the Darker Side of the ‘Nones’ Phenomenon
In 2020, the rise of the so-called religious “Nones”—those who claim no religious affiliation—has evolved…
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Is the Satanic Temple Just an Elaborate Prank? 10 Questions for the Author of ‘Speak of the Devil’
What inspired you to write Speak of the Devil? I started writing on The Satanic…
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