Religion Dispatches
You can call them “unaffiliated,” as in a recent Pew poll, or “nones,” or even just “not very religious.” A brand new poll by PRRI/Brookings divides this group further (and somewhat counterintuitively) into “unattached,” “atheists/agnostics,” and “seculars.”
Read MoreIn discussing Richard Mourdock’s outrageous statement on rape why didn’t he mention religion?
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On October 3, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine published a study with profound implications for policy making in the United States. Declaring himself “very surprised” at the results, Dr. Peipert requested expedient publication of the study, noting its relevance to the upcoming election.
Read MoreA deeper look at why Romney won’t say “we were wrong” on LDS priesthood segregation.
Read MoreThe “Mormon Mafia” helped develop Bush-era tactics, and Romney could help bring them back.
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But there’s an opportunity for secular politics.
Read MoreThe arrest of a woman for praying at the Western Wall was a lost opportunity in last night’s debate.
Read MoreObama’s economic framing throws him off religious freedom track.
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Ladies, start your binders.
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By tracking the way Jesus Christ has been rendered through the American racial imagination—actually lining up all the evidence, from Puritan witch trial transcripts through stained glass windows through contemporary movies—Paul and Ed give us a new place to start a national discussion about who owns the image of God. That discussion has been going on, as The Color of Christ demonstrates, in communities of color since the early nineteenth century, if not before.
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