Pope’s Liberal Defenders are Missing the Point
In the wake of his September visit to the United States, a great deal was written…
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Lying About Our Religion, And Other Problems With Polling
A review of Robert Wuthnow’s “Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith.”
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Open Letter to Ben Carson From Fellow Seventh-day Adventist: Stop the Islamophobia
Dr. Ben Carson, As a clergy-trained fellow Seventh-day Adventist, I urge you to stop singling…
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“We’re Not Fighting About Politics, We’re Fighting About God”: Diana Butler Bass Wants a Revolution
We are human beings, and we build things.
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The Surprising Origins of (and Problem with) the Vatican’s View of Sex and Gender
Does God really work in such mysterious ways? Or, is it only the theologians who do?
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Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”
Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome…
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Pope Francis v. Kim Davis: A Vatican Game of Thrones
Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as…
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Catholic News We Missed Last Week While Stalking the Pope
The Blessed Virgin Mary could have appeared on the White House Lawn during Pope Francis’…
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Workers Once Forced the Social Gospel Into Churches—Can It Happen Again?
Churchly opposition to the early labor movement is a relatively familiar tale, but a new book tells a different story.
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Where Polls and Surveys Fall Short: A Conversation with Robert Wuthnow on “Inventing American Religion”
It’s primary season in America, that special time when we come together as a nation…
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