Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” Depicts Death Struggle Between Hope and Despair
Warning: numerous spoilers ahead. “Who will release me from the body of this death?” This…
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Elaine Howard Ecklund Wants to Dispel Myths Surrounding Religious Resistance to Science
Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund studies the intersection of religion and science in Houston, a city…
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Why Natural Disasters Were Perfect Timing for Anti-LGBT Nashville Statement
Amid all the ruminations and critiques of the Nashville Statement, one aspect sticks out to…
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It’s the Water! And Other Lowlights from Presidential Science Debate
Jill Stein has gotten savvier on vaccines.
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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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Now that the goals are reached, the document signed, the minsters packed out of Paris,…
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In another sign of just how far the agendas of the U.S. Conference of Catholic…
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“We’re Not Fighting About Politics, We’re Fighting About God”: Diana Butler Bass Wants a Revolution
We are human beings, and we build things.
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We Shouldn’t Be Surprised Francis Met with Kim Davis
When Pope Francis came to New York last week traffic came to a standstill. But traffic…
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Deifying Pope Francis Obscures Where He’s So So Right, So So Wrong
We are compulsive god-makers. And this penchant was in florid display this past week as…
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