His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, First Evangelical President
Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter, the role of the president’s faith, and the real reason for the rise of the Religious Right.
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What 19th-Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court declined to hear five same-sex marriage cases on Monday, thus opening the…
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“No” to Gay Means “No” to AA: Why the “Sandbox” Argument is Misleading
In a story that hasn’t yet been widely picked up in the national media, a…
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What’s Wrong With the Virgin Mary Depicted as a Barbie Doll?
Catholic and Hindu leaders—two religions that normally appreciate religious statues and images—have decried “Barbie: The Plastic…
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Eight General Seminary Professors “Resign” Without Their Knowledge
Things have gone off the rails at NYC’s General Theological Seminary in a spectacular way.
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Christians and Cage Fighting, From “Fight Church” to Mark Driscoll
The pastors who promote MMA describe it as a sport through which to recapture man’s “God given attributes” of “aggressiveness” and “competitiveness.” I couldn’t help but think of Mark Driscoll.
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At the UN, Conservative Christian Agenda Cloaked in Human Rights Language
U.S. conservatives join forces with authoritarian regimes at the UN to resist LGBTQ rights
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Too Hot for Shul: Rabbis Seek Healthy Israel Dialogue After Gaza
During an American University panel on the recent war in Gaza earlier this month, Rabbi…
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Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40
This year, 2014, is the 40th anniversary of the game Dungeons & Dragons, the pen-and-paper…
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Is ISIS Islamic? Is it a State?
In his September 10th address, President Obama asserted that the Islamic State is neither Islamic nor…
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