Did Francis Just Blindside Conservatives on Women’s Ordination?
Three years, two synods, dozens of bishop attendees, hundreds of pages of documents, innumerous small…
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How Herbalife’s Gospel of Health and Wealth Fuels a Billion-Dollar Deception
If Whole Foods and Joel Osteen got together and had a child, it would probably…
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What’s Behind the “Common Sense” Rhetoric of Bathroom Bill?
North Carolina’s HB2 (also known as the “bathroom bill”) may not explicitly be about religious…
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Times‘ Cutesy Guide Veils Humanity of Muslim Women
If you scroll to the bottom of the New York Times‘ ‘World’ page, beneath articles about British…
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Porn-Again Christians: What Happens When a Biblical Literalist Launches a Sex Site?
I’m a prude. Let’s just get that out there right now. I blame my Southern…
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The United Methodist Church to LGBTQ People: You’re ‘Sacred,’ But Not Welcome
The month of May has marked a decided shift in the strategy for full inclusion…
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Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race
Speaking broadly, white supremacist ideas rest on two premises. One is about power. The other…
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Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”
We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April…
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Predatory Prayer: When Does “Please” Not Mean “Please”?
Is it possible to coerce someone to pray? Is it still coercion if you say please?…
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How Not to Oppose the National Day of Prayer
Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, an annual day of…
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