Culture Warriors Surrender, But Battles Rage On
The culture wars are over, according to Barton Swaim, a former speechwriter for former South Carolina…
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An Untold Tale: American Fiction vs. The Religious Right
What inspired you to write If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise…
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Secularist Activists Are Being Murdered in Bangladesh: An Ongoing Crisis Causes Many to Flee
If you’ve seen any news headline on Bangladesh in Western media over the past 15…
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Sometimes Salvation Looks Like Rage: An Open Letter to “Non-denominational” Churches
I grew up in a self-professed non-denominational church. My mother began attending when I was…
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How To Talk To “Nones” and Influence People: Rob Bell’s Transrational Experience
Did I really need to learn How To Be Here, urgently, right now? The book’s…
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When Muhammad Ali Met Billy Graham
How far we’ve come.
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Tribal Trouble: The Changing Nature of American Jews’ Relationship to Israel and the Question of Jewish Unity
If the adage is correct that “nationalism is an extension of egoism” then national “unity”…
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The Secret Life of Mormons: As Told by Prodigal Daughter, Novelist Judith Freeman
“Who do you think you are—to want to be a writer?” These are the words…
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Manufacturing Religious Freedom Martyrs
On May 12, the conservative advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom introduced the newest Christian martyrs…
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Who Defines Religious Freedom?
In the United States, who defines religious freedom? The First Amendment? The courts? The legislature? Religious…
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