To Be Queer, Gifted, and Black: A Conversation with Theologian Pamela Lightsey
“When we talk about Black Lives Matter, we’re talking about all black lives.”
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“Love Them As Yourself”: God’s Words or IKEA Instructions?
Since the Paris attacks, the right’s response to refugees crisis has been martial: we’re at…
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Hating Liberally: Why We ❤️ Zombies
Zombies are the perfect villains for our multiethnic, multireligious, multicultural, interconnected age.
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Will “Religious Freedom” Be the Issue That Finally Unites the Religious Right?
It is by now widely accepted that the second half of the 20th century witnessed…
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Can Faith-Based Organizing for Gun Control Work?
A thought experiment: What would religious gun control activism look like if it mimicked the…
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Religious Kids Are More Selfish: The Stickers Don’t Lie
Are kids from more religious families more or less altruistic than their peers from less-religious families?…
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America, the Mythical: “Mother of Exiles” or Denier of Safe Haven?
In a quiet part of the London borough of Southwark, on a street running parallel to…
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Will Pope’s African Tour Change Attitudes on Divorce and LGBTQ Among African Catholics?
Today, Pope Francis arrives in Nairobi, Kenya. After two days in Kenya, he will travel to…
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My Congregation Tried to Help a Syrian Family Settle in the US
Editor’s note: The author has asked to publish this piece pseudonymously to spare his congregation controversy….
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7 Women Scholars On the Gender Divide in Religious Studies, the Power of Mentors, and Leading While Female
This weekend, downtown Atlanta is entirely overrun by scholars of religion. Thousands have gathered for the…
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