Clergy May Soon Find Taxes Soaring As Result of an Under-the-Radar Ruling
Relatively little fanfare accompanied U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb’s ruling in October that a tax…
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How Religion Shaped American Jewish Masculinity
What inspired you to write Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism? There’s a story I…
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Raw Power Is Just What The Religious Left Needs
Of all the religion-and-politics takes on Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore—and there are many—one…
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The 17th Century Roots of Roy Moore’s Refusal to Concede the Election
If we should change from a mixed aristocracy to mere democracy, first we should have…
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Oedipus Complexity: Is it Enough to Fire Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct?
Stories of sexual abuse and misconduct are, of course, nothing new. The matter changes. So…
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Why I Joined Over a Thousand Faith Leaders in Masterpiece Case Brief
Last weekend, I joined thousands of people of faith in praying for LGBTQ justice in…
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Dog Whistles and Holes in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments?
If nothing else, Tuesday’s oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case make clear that the ghosts of…
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The Surprising Catholic Roots of the War on Xmas
The love between Donald Trump and white evangelical Protestants remains strong according to a new…
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The New Normaal: “Black Pete,” Muslims and Whiteness in the Netherlands
In London, Black Pete travels to children’s houses in a cab with tinted windows. His boss…
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For Unto (Some of) Us a Child is Born: Handel’s Messiah and the Voice of Empire Rising
‘Tis the season for Christian supersessionism.
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