80 Million Anglicans Can’t Be Wrong—Or Can They?
The blinding glare of whiteness, the slap of social conservatism hamstrings the GOP. Is the same true for the Anglican Communion? For global Christianity?
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The Islamists vs. The Markets: Egypt’s Election Analyzed
Left or Right, the market always seems to win. This is actually where I would locate the greater threat to Arab democracy, and the temptation to slide into some form of authoritarianism, older or newer. As the people of the region confront the reality that they have little say over economic policy, and will be forced to accede to the contingencies of global capitalism, they may well become immensely frustrated by the scale of change and demand something different. Considering how volatile European and American politics have become, and how frequently we now see street protests and even supposedly stable and demure countries, how much more so these new democracies?
Read MoreSarah Palin to Tour Israel, Christian-Style
There will be some politics, and there will be a lot of praying.
Read MoreElections Show Growing Support for LGBT from People of Faith
106 openly gay candidates were elected to office around the country. And that’s a record.
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Goodbye, (Mythic) Columbus
If the fear of a broken society is, at its deepest level, the fear of a broken foundation myth—a loss of the sense of secure identity that once came from simply living on American soil—then no party is to blame for it and no party can fix it.
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The End of the Religious Right? Not So Fast
One of the strangest phenomena in American politics is the persistence of claims, based on scanty or dubious evidence, proclaiming the death of the religious right or that the end of the culture wars is at hand…
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Sacred&Profane: Our Dirty, Lofty Election Season
Religion Dispatches′ intrepid editor-in-chief comments on the ritual of the election season…
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Undemocratic Republic of Iran: How Did the Hardliners Pull Off a Coup?
What we are witnessing in Iran is a coup against elements of the establishment deemed insufficiently committed to a radical reading of Islam. Unable to handle the messy outcome of democracy is the regime in serious trouble?
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