The Benedict Opt-Out: Why Christian Self-Isolation Won’t Work
In a much talked-about Op-Ed in Time last week in the wake of the Supreme Court’s…
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What the Conservative Christian “Fake-Trans Bathroom Creeper” Has To Do With Suburban Anxiety
In the latest addition to It’s Your Fault, The Cubit’s series on blame in contemporary society, RD associate editor…
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Evangelical “Sexual Purity” Is Not About Sex—It’s About Power
A Q&A with author Sara Moslener about “Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence”
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Introducing ‘It’s Your Fault,’ a Series on Blame
Is Dylann Roof solely to blame for the murder of 9 people in the Emanuel AME church…
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“1913: Seeds of Conflict”: New Doc Explores Little-Known History of Palestine
In his 1967 book Israel: An Echo of Eternity, Abraham Joshua Heschel refers to “the jungle…
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Anti-Gay Evangelicalism is the Norm: A Less Rosy Take on the Evangelical “Tipping Point”
“I held my tongue as she told me, ‘Son, fear is the heart of love.’…
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Religious Right Reax to SCOTUS: “A Spiritual 9/11”
Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous.
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In Marriage Decision, An Ode to Love and Four Provocations
Today’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage, is…
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Dylann Roof Was Wrong: The Race War Isn’t Coming, It’s Here
Not everyone has achieved their whiteness. Some cannot achieve it. Others do not want to attain it, and some live in constant frustration in their failure to secure it.
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The Role of Spirit in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Artist Patrisse Cullors
As the nation mourned the deaths of nine murdered at Emanuel AME Church last week,…
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