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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New Atheism Produces Another Curiously Uncurious Science v. Religion Book
It takes chutzpah to argue that most living humans navigate reality incorrectly. But this particular form of chutzpah has become familiar.
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Introducing a New Advice Column, “Ask the Dust”
Take our advice, we’re not using it.
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Critiques, Questions, and Sauve-qui-Peut: Looking Toward the Future of American Christianit(ies)
The terrain is indeed shifting as the latest Pew survey results suggest, but it’s not…
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