Protesting the Pope’s (Not Yet Released) Environmental Encyclical? Check Your Doctrine
Observers expect that Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical—supposedly titled Laudatio sii, or “Praised Be”—will be released…
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Faith in the Future is No Faith at All: Disney’s Weak Theology
For a film inspired by a Disney theme-park subdivision, Tomorrowland has a lot more going…
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Céad Mile Fáilte: Open Hearts, Shifting Power Paradigms, and the Irish Same-Sex Referendum
Ireland is the most beautiful paradox. We have a centuries-long tradition of hospitality to the…
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To Let It Go and So To Find A Way: U2, (A)Live with Grief and Grace
“Comfort me.” “COMFORT ME.” “COMFORT ME! COMFORT ME!! COMFORT ME!!!” Bono is standing at the…
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Why James H. Cone’s Liberation Theology Matters More Than Ever
Or, in twitterspeak, #jamesconewasright
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Why Christian Fundamentalism Is Still a Big Deal in U.S. Politics, And How It Got That Way
An interview with Jonathan J. Edwards on “Superchurch: the Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism”
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American Religion By the Numbers: A Pew Survey Roundup
SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: RELIGIOUS (NON) AFFILIATION MIGHT NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS…
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Aasif Mandvi on Islamophobia, Acting, and the Long Shadow of Jon Stewart
People don’t like to hear this, but my character on the Daily Show is a character.
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Simple Questions: The Why, What, and How of Changing American Christianities
Dear friends and colleagues on the godbeat: You’ve heard it before: liberal churches are dying…
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Swimming Against the Tide: Religious (Non) Affiliation Might Not Mean What You Think It Means
If religious kitsch is a guilty pleasure, one of my favorite indulgences is a graphic…
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