Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” Depicts Death Struggle Between Hope and Despair
Warning: numerous spoilers ahead. “Who will release me from the body of this death?” This…
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Without Judgment Day or Karma How Does a Humanist Confront ‘Trump Funk’?
Like all progressives, Trump’s victory in 2016 sent me into a funk. Now, as the…
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Legacy of Eugenics and Racism Can’t Be Ignored
After Bishop Michael Bruce Curry delivered his sermon at today’s wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan…
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Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, American…
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2016 Was the Year Queer and Trans Muslims Entered the Public Consciousness: Mahdia Lynn On This New Era
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…
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Must We Burn Something to Get Attention?: 50 Years After the Catonsville Nine
Fifty years ago today, the Catonsville Nine burned draft files at the local draft board…
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Welcome to the Gayborhood: Jason Brown on This New Era
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…
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What We Cannot Do is Be Revolutionaries Except When We’re Mothering
“Children are the ways that the world begins again and again.” – June Jordan,…
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To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds
In February of this year, I wrote on RD that Fox News journalist Caleb Parke…
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RD Response to Fox Crit of White Supremacy in Yoga Engages in Victim Blaming
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing…
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