Tweeting ISIS Attacks: A Lesson in Not Learning a Lesson
After Friday’s horrific attacks on Paris, France, leaving 129 dead, hundreds wounded, a nation traumatized,…
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Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap
Intersex Awareness Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate…
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Is ISIS A Sign of the End Times? It May Only Matter That They Believe So
To bolster a weakened Assad regime, Russia has spent the last few weeks sending military…
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Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap
The United Kingdom’s Stonewall has published “Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality,” a booklet that tells…
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Is the Pope’s Concern for Immigration Just a “Numbers Game”?
Pope Francis may differ greatly in tone from Pope Benedict, but on many social issues…
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The Hyperreal Kimmy Schmidt
Why ridiculous fake religion makes for such great binge-watching.
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Top Five Toxic Religion Stories of 2014
From religious violence to fear of contagion to economic and racial injustice: taking full measure of what we are up against.
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Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative
Contemporary conservatism is home to an odd mix of pundits and personalities, from Bible-thumping social…
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His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, First Evangelical President
Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter, the role of the president’s faith, and the real reason for the rise of the Religious Right.
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Early this month, Bard College professor Omar G. Encarnación published an op ed piece on…
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