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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The Passion of Katniss: How the Hunger Games Confronts the Trauma of Violence
If Hollywood is any indicator, one of the nation’s great romantic fantasies is to fall…
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Is Twitter Doing Enough to Remove Extremist Content? An Ex-Employee Weighs In
As a former (veteran, even) employee of Twitter, I am used to people expressing shock and…
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Note to GOP Voters: “Political Freedom” Comes With Social Responsibility
The Republican contest in this presidential election, as in many before, is between degrees of…
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Tweeting ISIS Attacks: A Lesson in Not Learning a Lesson
After Friday’s horrific attacks on Paris, France, leaving 129 dead, hundreds wounded, a nation traumatized,…
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“Religion, O Diabolic”: Lamenting Religious Violence, Then and Now
Paris has known religious violence before. Over the course of two days in August of 1572, agents…
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What Ben Carson’s Pyramid Theory Might Say About His Foreign Policy
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s theory about the origins of the Egyptian pyramids has been…
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Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success
Update: According to CNN, “the French air force carried out bombing missions on ISIS targets…
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