How to Wreck Your Faith: A Theologian Teaches “Outlaw Christianity”
Back in the mid-1990s, I excitedly announced to my mother—who had spent a good part…
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Same-Sex Marriage May Lead to Polygamy, But So What?
Peter Sprigg, a Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council, recently published a predictable slippery-slope…
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Religious Freedom Is No Carte Blanche: Highlights from Mississippi HB 1523 Court Ruling
Mississippi’s House Bill 1523, the law the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Andrew Seidel called “excruciatingly…
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Of God, But Not God: A Methodist Minister Speaks About Church’s Refusal to Open Its Doors to LGBT
Two U.S. jurisdictions will consider three openly gay candidates for bishop this month. Long before she learned…
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Searching in Vain for a “Pure” Elie Wiesel
When they read Elie Wiesel’s Night, my Bible-belt students are regularly caught up short. They…
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The Sacred Myths of My People: A 4th of July Reflection
I recently had the great pleasure of visiting Washington, DC with my tween. With its…
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Brexit Boosters: Why the Religious Right Hates the European Union
The European Union has been a powerful advocate for advancing the rights of women and…
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Should NASA Have Given $1.1 Million to a Theology Institute?
In 2014, NASA gave $1.1 million to the Center of Theological Inquiry, an independent institution…
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Did SCOTUS Just Restore Sanity to Religious Liberty Debate?
Largely lost in the (understandable) hubbub about the Supreme Court’s historic Whole Woman’s Health v….
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Unfair Treatment of Women Clergy in the PCUSA and Presbyterian Korean Community
I may leave the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in the future. Whether I do or not,…
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