From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside
Every June 18 for more than 25 years, Veronica Lueken—a Catholic housewife from Bayside, Queens—gathered…
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To Get Hebdo Cartoons You Must Get Laïcité
Laïcité is not equivalent to the American notion of “secularism.”
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Is The Episcopal Church Driving Drunk?
For many of her critics Heather Cook’s crime spree began with her ordination.
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Egyptian President Al-Sisi is a Dictator, Not a Reformer of Islam
It’s ironic that a number of (mostly right wing) commentators have been invoking the ideals of freedom…
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Why Was Suspicion Over “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven” Ignored for Years?
“When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.”
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The “Religious Freedom” Issue That May Cost the Accused Boston Bomber His Life
Forget the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should worry about “death-qualifying” the jury.
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The “Nones” Are Here… And Have Been for Over 100 Years
In recent posts about religious “nones,” or individuals without a religious affiliation, Mark Silk and Chris Stedman at the…
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How Do We Talk About Islam After Charlie Hebdo?
It’s all too depressingly predictable and sickeningly familiar.
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Don’t Write Obit for Liberal Zionism Just Yet: A Conversation With Israeli MK Merav Michaeli
Merav Michaeli, the Israeli journalist-turned-politician now serving in the Knesset as a member of the…
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Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015
There’s no reason to think the increasingly global culture war between advocates and opponents of…
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