For Trump Admin, Immigration is About Race and Identity
Immigration exposes the tension between an idea of citizenship as identity and citizenship as a category of legal belonging.
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How the Catholic Church Broke the Health Insurance it Advocated For
It was one of the more remarkable moments in the saga of the “repeal/replace” of…
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Rejecting the Stranger: Why Rod Dreher’s Vision of Communal Christian Life Is Not So Benedictine After All
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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To forgive representative powers and principalities of their spiritual wickedness is to be morally complicit in the potentially active oppression of one’s self—and certainly in the oppression of one’s neighbor.
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William Barber And The Religious Left Join Forces. Will It Work?
Tonight, Faith in Public Life, one of the major organizations in the religious left, is…well,…
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Because You’re Not Fooling Anyone: Why Trump Travel Ban 2.0 Still Unconstitutional
Trump’s second attempt at banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries is clearly written to avoid…
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The Deadly Politics of (in)Difference Is Killing Trans Women of Color
Just nine weeks into this year, at least seven trans people—all women of color, and…
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Let’s Get Lost: Mapping Religion in the 21st Century
Maps allow for a kind of immersive wandering, yet at the same time reminding us of our distance from that which we contemplate—this is an essential caution for considering any maps of American religion
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Faith for Fuck-Ups? A New Book Explores a Broader Vision for Christianity
In his new book, Jason Stellman, the cohost of the popular podcast, Drunk Ex-Pastors, explores…
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Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap
ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s…
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