Perhaps Islam isn’t the Only Reason Donald Trump Didn’t Recall Muhammad Ali
After Barack Obama pointed out in a televised address on the San Bernardino shootings that…
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Don’t Call It “Prayer Shaming”: Our Moral Failure Exposed
On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, murdered 14…
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Hating Liberally: Why We ❤️ Zombies
Zombies are the perfect villains for our multiethnic, multireligious, multicultural, interconnected age.
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How Thanksgiving Became All Dinner, No Worship
Or, why we’re glad American culture settled on “Thanksgiving” over “Fasting and Humiliation.”
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America, the Mythical: “Mother of Exiles” or Denier of Safe Haven?
In a quiet part of the London borough of Southwark, on a street running parallel to…
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Will Pope’s African Tour Change Attitudes on Divorce and LGBTQ Among African Catholics?
Today, Pope Francis arrives in Nairobi, Kenya. After two days in Kenya, he will travel to…
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Is Twitter Doing Enough to Remove Extremist Content? An Ex-Employee Weighs In
As a former (veteran, even) employee of Twitter, I am used to people expressing shock and…
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Christian Charity Meets Its Match: If You Missed “The Overnighters,” Here’s Why You Should See It Now
Anyone who saw last year’s standout documentary, Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters, probably noted a brief, sober coda to…
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What We Don’t Know About Black Social Gospel: A Long-Neglected Tradition Is Reclaimed
For twenty years I have sprinkled discussions of the black social gospel into various books…
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The Forgotten History of Black Calvinism and the Haunting of American Folk Music
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