Warpaint: What Does George W. Bush See in His “Portraits of Courage”?
There’s an explosion on nearly every other page of George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage:…
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Bright Lights, Big Bible: A Liberal, Literary Evangelical Keeps the Faith
Raised in an evangelical family in Texas, Macy Halford has been reading My Utmost for His…
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Maybe The Question Is: *Should* Shabbat Be The New Yoga?
In a recent article at Bloomberg Businessweek, Jennifer Miller examines the budding Jewish wellness-and-lifestyle scene—think…
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From Empire to Shire: Rod Dreher’s Nostalgia for Middle-Earth
The author of “The Benedict Option” offers a social vision that omits centuries of Christian intellectual and theological history.
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How a Mormon Spring Break Ritual Came to Include a Whole Lot of “Hare Krishna, Hare Rama”
This weekend, tens of thousands of people—primarily college age, overwhelmingly Mormon—will descend on the Sri…
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Andrew Sullivan Really Took This Opportunity to Misread Intersectionality?
“Here’s the latest in the assault on liberal democracy,” writes Andrew Sullivan, as he decries…
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“My Scientology Movie” Pokes the Hornet’s Nest
I never thought I’d write something like this, but My Scientology Movie actually had me…
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Spiritual Mapping Evangelicals Battle Vodou in Haiti
Reza Aslan is the host of the new spiritual adventure series Believer, which tackles the…
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The Passion of the Slayer: On Buffy’s Twentieth, “The Big Bad” Is Still Out There
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To the uninitiated, it sounds like a bad joke. That’s your…
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What a Forgotten 19th Century Suffragist Can Teach Us About Women’s Rights vs. The Religious Right
19th century women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage sought equal rights for all, but only by rethinking religion.
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