Not So Fast: New Data Does Not Support Conservative Shift for Dems
It’s more or less an article of faith that religious Americans, especially white Americans, have…
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Why We Stay: What the History of Mormonism Reveals About the Origins of “Race”
Author Max Perry Mueller answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Why Natural Disasters Were Perfect Timing for Anti-LGBT Nashville Statement
Amid all the ruminations and critiques of the Nashville Statement, one aspect sticks out to…
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Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Reports from several international LGBT gatherings: The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), founded…
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Lying Boldly: Louise Hay and the Problem of Religious Science
The news of Louise Hay’s death took me right back to the mid-1980s and the…
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Why I Give Zero F*cks What Anti-Gay Christians Think
For years, I cared what anti-gay Christians thought about me. Deeply. I spent countless hours…
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Nashville Cats Play Dumb As Backwards Preachers
Friends, I have read the Nashville Statement, and it is stupid. Like, really, really dumb….
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Searching for Moral High Ground While Houston Drowns: A Perspective on the Lakewood Church Controversy
On Saturday, August 26, Lakewood Church issued a statement on Facebook that they were going…
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Prosperity Gospel Is Not the Only Problem with Joel Osteen’s Harvey Response
Twitter was outraged Monday. Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, housed in a former basketball arena,…
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The Ex-KKK Priest and the Subtle Terrorism of the Anti-Abortion Movement
Largely lost in the coverage of the Rev. William Aitcheson, the priest serving in a…
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