The Theology Behind Alabama Official’s Demand to Flout SCOTUS
AL.com reports that Win Johnson, the director of the legal staff of the Administrative Office of…
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Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, covers politics and religion. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, The Nation, Salon, and other publications.
Bree Newsome and the True Meaning of Civil Disobedience
As she scaled the flagpole on the state capital grounds in Columbia, South Carolina this morning…
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In Marriage Decision, An Ode to Love and Four Provocations
Today’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage, is…
Read MoreGod, Guns, and the Confederate Flag
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley ordered the removal of four Confederate flags from the state capital grounds…
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Terror In South Carolina
The Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s eloquence has been tragically silenced.
Read MoreWhite and Latino Catholics “Living in Different Worlds” On Climate Change
Ahead of Pope Francis’s highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, due out Thursday, Public Religion…
Read MoreWith Christian Schools At Risk In Israel, Crickets from American Christian Conservatives
Last week, Christianity Today ran a piece headlined, “Why Christian Education in Israel Could Vanish.” The reason? “Funding…
Read MoreWhat Happens When There’s Nothing Left to Say About Marriage
Tony Campolo has an epiphany. Franklin Graham has a meltdown. And Scott Walker decides to…
Read MoreRubio Is Confused About Christianity, Marriage Equality, and the Constitution
Marco Rubio went on television with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody and suggested that Christianity…
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Josh Duggar and the Purity Lie
Josh Duggar, the oldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, stars of “reality” TV…
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