A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet
Chances are you have heard something about the Rev. William Barber II. He is the…
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Why We Must Reclaim “Religious Freedom” from Christian Conservatives
An interview with journalist and activist Frederick Clarkson
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Useless and Useful: A True Sage Reviews The Tao of Happiness
Note: last November, The Cubit asked religion scholar Alan Levinovitz to review Derek Lin’s new…
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Ross Douthat on the Brink
Before I tell you why Ross Douthat’s latest New York Times column, “Germany on the Brink,”…
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‘Religious Liberty’ and the Origins of the Evangelical Persecution Complex
Last week, Roy S. Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, ruled that his state’s…
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David Bowie’s “Heroes,” the Soundtrack of a Spiritual Libertine
“Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It’s because I’m not quite an atheist.”
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What the Fight over Allah says about the Future of Evangelical Christianity
When Professor Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College publicly announced her solidarity with Muslims by wearing a…
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#VanillaISIS, White Tears and the Adventures of Captain Moroni
Reading between the hashtags as Twitter responds to the Oregon standoff.
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Refusing Religion, Claiming the Future: A Roundtable Discussion on “The Nones Are Alright”
What does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…
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Oprah, Terrorist Cells, and the Meaning of Life: An Interview with Paul Froese
I have a theory: New Year’s resolutions have nothing to do with the turn of…
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