Religion Dispatches
It is a mild Kenyan day. With temperatures in the 70s, I smile with some Lutheran guilt because I know I am missing the worst of Minnesota’s frosty brunt of the so-called “polar vortex” (climate change in action). At this moment, instead of curling up with blankets…
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Strap on your Fitbit and shop at Whole Foods instead of, you know, sitting down and thinking about how to be a good person.
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The decision comes on page 8. The sound of screaming is coming from behind a…
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According to author Kevin Kruse, the idea that America is a “Christian nation” was invented…
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It’s not simply reinforcing western privilege or turning us into contented drones.
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The unique spectacle that is the presidential election season entered a whole new realm of fantasy last…
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When I started reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now, I kept…
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) made headlines recently after its local presbyteries voted to, as the New York…
Read MoreIn an effort to promote freedom of religion, Republican State Rep. Todd Russ introduced House…
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Islam was meant to be read as a whole, and not in bits and pieces, as ISIS and al-Qaeda do. (Their Islam is not just outrageous, it is also embarrassing.)
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