The Journalist and the Bishops: CNS Editor Fired For Tweeting Opposition to LGBT Discrimination
If anyone needed more evidence of just how cynical the U.S. Catholic bishops’ manipulation of…
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There’s No Business Like the Bible Business: 200 Years of the ABS
“Institutions do not usually make for the most thrilling reading,” John Fea writes at the…
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Looking for Islam in All the Wrong Places: A Response to Nabeel Qureshi
Nabeel Qureshi made his debut into the evangelical anti-Muslim apologetics market with his conversion narrative…
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The Latest on Zubik v. Burwell: Religious Orgs Propose a Compromise That They Themselves Would Oppose
With headlines like “53 Percent Say Making Nuns Participate in Obamacare Birth Control Mandate is Unfair,”…
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Polygamy, Genius, and the Origin of Religion
Best-selling psychologist David P. Barash has religion all figured out: God the Father is simply the ultimate alpha male.
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Pope Francis is Talking, But Is Anyone Listening?
For all the ink that has been spilled in the last few years over the…
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Dirty Money in the Appalachian Church: Six Years After Deadly Coal Mine Disaster, Where Are We Now?
Last week was the six-year anniversary of the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine…
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The Divide Between “Trumpvangelicals” and the Rest of Us
In September of last year, I weighed in on the debate over whether evangelicals really…
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How Merle Haggard Saved My Soul
Haggard rarely name-checked the Lord in his songs, but he didn’t need to.
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We Went Through Amoris Laetitia Section by Section So You Wouldn’t Have To
A closer reading of Pope Francis’ Exhortation on love in the family
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