Religion Dispatches
Neither an idealized Christian past nor a narrative that envisions a persecuted Christian future are going to create real and lasting communities.
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Evangelicals have enjoyed a longstanding right to define the terms of “religious freedom” as it benefits their own cultural position
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I’m a prude. Let’s just get that out there right now. I blame my Southern…
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In the wake of the tragic massacre at UCSB on Friday night in which Elliott Rodger murdered…
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Over the past few months, Louisiana Governor Piyush “Bobby” Jindal has been making aggressive moves…
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Moving evangelicals beyond cut-and-paste arguments against LGBT inclusion
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I say the following with great affection for the tradition that formed me. Listen, Rick Santorum. If you’re saying something that makes liberal Protestants go, “This again? Isn’t this getting a little… boring?” then you might need some new material.
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The issue is not Christian conservatives advocating their views in the public square. The problem, rather, is their claim (at least in places such as The Daily Show or the New York Times) that their Providentialist beliefs and readings of documents from the past represent a kind of legitimate scholarship that should have its place in the public “debate.”
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While religious conservatives are vocal on issues of sexuality—from pre-marital sex to masturbation to abortion—progressive religious leaders have largely ‘abstained’ from discussing these matters in the pulpit. A new report urges more clergy education and openness on sexuality issues.
Read MorePredictably, some conservative Christians have attacked Avatar for depicting pantheistic Na’vi as noble. Is it actually the film’s critique of greed and environmental neglect that offends?
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