Decolonizing Jewish Studies Part II: A Response to the Backlash
Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal…
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Endangered Speeches: Why It Matters (For All of Us) That Conservative Seminaries Are Firing Professors Over Theology
Seriously, God can’t handle a little honest questioning?
Read MoreNobel Laureates Tell Gov. Jindal to Repeal Anti-Evolution Law
A high school student adds some big guns to his campaign.
Read MoreHigh School Senior Leads Effort to Repeal Louisiana Anti-Evolution Law
Meanwhile, creationist bills introduced in five other states.
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Sex Miseducation: Prof Fired for Pushing Catholic ‘Natural Law’
It all started this past May with an email composed by an undergraduate student in “Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought,” a course offered in the Religious Studies department at the University of Illinois. The student forwarded to the department chair an email the…
Read MoreCatholic Prof Teaches that Same-Sex Marriage is Violation of ‘Natural Law’
But it’s even more disturbing that a prof at a state school paid was paid by the church.
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Pentecostal Scholars Call for Academic Freedom
A scholar of Pentecostalism tells how an academic conference became a culture war battleground, and what she plans to do about it.
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Suffering Olympics: Is There Any Point to Comparing the Holocaust to Gaza?
A Jewish professor is under fire for comparing the suffering of Jews in WWII to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. Do these comparisons serve any purpose?
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