We’re All Episcopalians Now
Mainline Protestantism’s prophetic voice has been drowned out in the debate over who can sleep with whom and still do God’s work. Yes, it’s a big deal but so is the war in Iraq, public education…
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RDPulpit: Gays Welcomed Fallible Pope
Gays should be grateful to God for creating a humanly fallible Church to allow room for independence and growth…
Read MoreLove & Blasphemy
Outrage is often the first step to enlightenment, compassion, and justice, but apparently not in New Haven; a tour through recent stories on gay marriage, offensive art, and religious kitsch.
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Sacred&Profane: On Sexual Diversity, Perversity, and Ecstasy
Can a man have multiple wives? Do different positions bear spiritual fruit? What is the meaning of orgasm? Religious traditions thrive on intimacy with and access to the body, its experience of suffering, sorrow, and sickness, as well as rapture, delight, and bliss. A romp through America’s favorite, most taboo subject.
Read MoreWhat are We Going to do About American Women?
American women need help. They are so victimized that they suffer themselves to be treated like objects and toys, desiring no change…
Read MoreHistorical “GOTCHA!” and the Planned Parenthood Sting
The religious right tries to cut off public funds for Planned Parenthood; a look at the effort to discredit PP with allegations of racism.
Read More17 Reasons Why Women Wear Headscarves
The Muslim headscarf is capable of numerous meanings, many of which are rather less dramatic than outsiders might imagine…
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Stonewall of the “Nones”: The Revolution Won’t be Homogenized
What would “a tranny hustler,” peeking through a rip in the stocking of space-time, think of our world 40 years later? What will the next Consciousness Revolution look like?
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Take It Off, Or We’ll Make You: On Sarkozy’s Proposed Burqa Ban
When you step out in clothing that boldly states your womanhood, you are a free woman. You are no longer a slave to old rules and notions. Modernity is inherently free.
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Obama Threaded the Moral Needle of Latino Evangelicals in ’08
Obama won, in part, by flipping the vote of Latino evangelicals back from their support of Republicans in ’00 and ’04. This switch, argues Prof. Gastón Espinosa, is due to a combination of targeted and aggressive outreach to evangelicals, the candidate’s ability to talk about his faith, and a compromise on the abortion and gay rights issues.
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