Religion Dispatches
The recent Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the FDA’s approval of mifepristone presents itself—in…
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ChatGPT is all the rage. It even drives some people into a rage. It does…
Read MoreGratitude operates like resentment. When we find ourselves in a position of owing—and people in a democratic society always owe something to other people—we may become vulnerable to control.
Read MoreAttempts to criticize the efficacy of AA on the basis of its scientific credibility, or its degree of rationality (not to mention attempts to defend it on these bases) reflect a grave misunderstanding.
Read MoreIf we think about Catonsville not just as a curiosity, a minor episode in the history of radical chic, but as a provocation or a template, what do we learn? Must Americans burn something to get attention? Must religious protesters be arrested?
Read MoreCritics say any such display of the Ten Commandments in this way, may also violate the Oklahoma state constitution. But whatever the fate of these bills, the Christian Right and the politicians who cater to it have a long game in mind, and most seem unaware of the game itself.
Read MoreIt’s not that Republican politicians and strategists had become convinced of critical theory’s questioning of how scientific knowledge is produced. It’s that their desire to undercut the “realist attitude” and their love of uncertainty about the true had appeared to strangely dovetail with some postmodern theorists.
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In The Death of Race, theology professor Brian Bantum explores how issues of race and gender are theological complexities fundamental to understanding humanity’s place in the world.
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When I listen to these albums, it feels like church, it feels like home.
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Is the eve of Trump era the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb?
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