LGBTQ Equality Pendulum “Abruptly” Swinging Back as Religious Exemptions Gain Victories
As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to mull the arguments of a baker who on…
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How the Abortion Debate Turned the Christian Right On To Liberal Arguments… and Birthed the Religious Freedom Industry
Historically, the Christian Right has not been recognized for its celebration of liberal values. On…
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GOP Education Bill Would Radically Rewrite Religious Freedom and License Virtually Any Form of Discrimination
Consider for a moment this chilling hypothetical. Imagine that the day after last summer’s white…
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All Of A Sudden, There’s Nazis Everywhere… And They Only Seem to Associate with One Party
Years ago, back in south-central Pennsylvania, I heard one of those friend-of-a-friend stories that seem…
Read MoreHillary Clinton’s Disgraced “Faith Guru” is Out… Now How About the “Faith Operations” Industry?
Burns Strider, Hillary Clinton’s disgraced former “faith guru”—accused of sexually harassing at least two young…
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“I Think the White Evangelical Church is Dead”: Dr. Russell Jeung on ‘Guilt’ vs. ‘Shame’ and Decolonizing Asian-American Christianity
People of color are a few short decades away from making up the majority of…
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Jeff Flake’s (Mormon-Influenced) Anti-Trump Speeches: Prophetic or Performance?
Mr. President, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our…
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New Survey: Catholic Women “Disengaged & Disengaging” — And Don’t Listen to US Bishops
Nearly five years into Pope Francis papacy, with its great expectations for a revival of…
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From Original Sin to Flattering Mirror: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
By the turn of the millennium, the history of the civil rights movement had become…
Read MoreChallenging the Religious Left: RD on the Radio
RD’s Peter Laarman discussed his year-end piece, THE YEAR IN RELIGION: A RAY OF HOPE AMID…
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