‘Always Pray to the Father’: Mormon Leader Calls Desire for Knowledge of Heavenly Mother ‘Arrogant and Unproductive’
In 1995, in a document called the Family Proclamation, leaders of The Church of Jesus…
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For Black Buddhists Struggling with Intergenerational Trauma of Slavery, Segregation, and Incarceration, Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings are Vital
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk who joined the ancestors earlier this year, was…
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Douthat, Do Tell! Some Questions for a Columnist Longing for the Good Old Days of American Religion
Sometimes it’s as necessary as a bowel movement to point out how some very smart…
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‘Manufactured’ Smear Campaign Attempts to Intimidate Church ‘Fasting From Whiteness’— It Didn’t Work
This Lenten season, when the First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois gathered for Sunday…
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Honoring and Renewing Dr. King’s Other, More Challenging, Dream — 55 Years Later
Fifty-four years ago—on April 4, 1968—Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Exactly one…
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The White Nationalist Fringe Just Took a Giant Step Closer to the Center of the GOP
“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization—how did that language become offensive? Why did I sit…
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Reactionary White Buddhists Have Joined The Fight Against Critical Race Theory
A recent article by conservative watchdog Campus Reform targeted my collaborative research talk on racial…
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Behind the Inclusive-Sounding Ads of this $100 Million PR-Blitz-for-Jesus it’s the Same Old Conservative Christian Fantasy
This month, a $100 million advertising campaign and website have been launched nationwide to help…
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Arguments That Caste Protections ‘Unjustly Target’ South Asians Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
Earlier this year the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously ratified the California Faculty…
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‘Russkii Mir,’ the Russian Equivalent of ‘Blood & Soil’ Ideology at the Heart of Putin’s War, Explained and Rejected by Theologians in New Statement
A new statement by Orthodox Christian theologians—some of whom sign from Russia—dramatically illustrates what’s at…
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