America No Longer a Christian Nation: And Other Critical Data from 2015
After a year that included Pope Francis’ first visit to the U.S., the ongoing battle over “religious…
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Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps
Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god,…
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Christianity’s Concussion Crisis: Where Football and Faith Collide
A Nigerian-born Catholic has crashed the American wedding of faith and football by refusing to…
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Greatest Hits of 2015: Religion Stories Our Readers Couldn’t Resist
Running the gamut from religious fundamentalists to closet atheists, reality TV scandal to serious theological debate, here…
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Beyond Tolerance: Helping Religions “Come Out”
A gay Muslim student whose family comes from Saudi Arabia worries that they will have…
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Festivus, Atheist Santa, and the Invention of Blasphemy
A Q&A with S. Brent Plate
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How “White Christianity” Beat Academic Freedom at Wheaton
As a fellow—make that sister—tenured black woman, I feel a particular kinship with Dr. Larycia…
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What Did the Puritans Have Against Christmas?
Another Christmas, another string of outrages about the supposed “War on Christmas.” In November there…
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Despising the Holidays: When Christians Led the ‘War on Christmas’
In the 1640s, during the years of the English civil wars, a popular broadsheet with…
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Wheaton and the “Same God” Controversy: A Theological Opportunity Squandered?
When Dr. Larycia Hawkins, a professor of political science at Wheaton College, donned a hijab…
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