Catholic 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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The Conservative Christian Case for Separation of Church and State
For the historically minded among us, the reasons for not bringing our spiritual authority into political campaigns are blood red.
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Progressive & Religious
“Taking aim” at both the Religious Right and the New Atheists, a new book aims to make progressive politics safe for the religious, and religion safe for progressive politics.
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God-Full In Toronto, Jesus Christ Hit By a Car; The Week in Religion, Poetically
A roundup of religion in the news.
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Prison Religion: Rehabilitation or Forced Conversion?
Prison and evangelical religion have been linked throughout US history; but when a faith-based rehabilitation program compels prisoners to memorize Bible verses, boundaries get blurred.
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Smelling a Secular Funk: Debating the Power of Religion in The Public Sphere
A supergroup of philosophers gathered in New York last week to talk about religion and public life, about the “centrality of the catastrophic” in today’s political context, and about considering the “uncommon” as opposed to “common ground” as a basis for ethics.
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Church and State in Japan: The Case of the Yasukuni Shrine
Japan, in the throes of political and financial turmoil, is still dealing with the long-running controversy over a national shrine for WWII dead.
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The Most Popular Stories of 2008
The numbers are in and you, the reader, have chosen your favorite RD stories of the year; from Rick Warren to AIPAC, Sarah Palin, Creationism 2.0 and the fabled “death” of the religious right.
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Peer into the religious worldview of a Supreme Court Justice…
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RD10Q: Holy Hullabaloos: A Fun Book on Church and State
A law professor goes on the road to visit the landmarks of the history of church/state issues in America and hijinks ensue.
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