Refusing Religion, Claiming the Future: A Roundtable Discussion on “The Nones Are Alright”
What does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…
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Gluten-Phobia, Sacred Volcanoes, Undercover Atheists: The Best Religion and Science Writing of 2015
This year saw the launch of the Cubit: RD’s answer to the mainstream media’s coverage…
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Praise the Lard This Holiday Season
In the spirit of the annual evangelical Christian push to “Keep the Christ in Christmas,”…
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Festivus, Atheist Santa, and the Invention of Blasphemy
A Q&A with S. Brent Plate
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Teaching Plato in Palestine: Can Philosophy Save Us From Our Differences?
Imagine, for a moment, if, during the tense final hours of the recently concluded negotiations…
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Ask the Dust: Unbelievers, Bunker-Dwellers, Anti-Natalists
You have questions, big questions. Ask the Dust has answers. From the serious to the sacrilegious, no…
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New Atheism Produces Another Curiously Uncurious Science v. Religion Book
It takes chutzpah to argue that most living humans navigate reality incorrectly. But this particular form of chutzpah has become familiar.
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Elephant Orphans and Ecological Spiritualities: An Earth Day Reflection
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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Why Go to Church If You Don’t Believe Anymore?
A Good Friday post-mortem, as it were.
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In a recent post from RD’s religion and science portal, The Cubit, Andrew Aghapour casts doubt on…
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