Bishops Rile Up the Religious Right, Then and Now
There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the ideological roots of the Christian Right….
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Why Pope Francis Makes Me Miss Jerry Falwell
Form is fine but should we just forget substance?
Read MoreUPDATE: Air Force Not Persecuting Christians After All
Of course, the right-wing groups that published false information are lining up to apologize!
Read MoreRick Warren Busts a Gut Over Cultural Revolution
Then digs in… then apologizes. Mostly.
Read MoreDo Evangelicals Oppose Syria Intervention?
The misleading “poll” behind the headlines.
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Maybe Millennials Are Just Realizing That ‘God is Dead’
A viral CNN post by Rachel Held Evans argues that millennials are fed up with the church’s reactionary politics and just want Jesus, while Brett McCracken counters in the Washington Post that were they to listen to their elders they’d break out of their twitter-obsessed world and find meaning. But what if it’s not authentic faith they’re looking for at all?
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A Reluctant Millennial On The State of Church
Since the Rachel Held Evans post that launched a thousand responses everyone is talking about “millennials” leaving the church, but these conversations always seem to be missing an important question: Instead of asking why some people leave, can we ask why some stay?
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Why Jason Collins’ Faith is Ignored… And Tebow’s Isn’t
The faith of Jason Collins, who recently came out as the first gay athlete in a major American sport, doesn’t fit the model of culture war conflicts the media expects and the religious right demands of its spokespeople.
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Pentecostal With History of Hate Speech Selected as President of Brazil’s Human Rights Body
As Brazil’s evangelical population continues to rise a religious right has begun to consolidate power, bringing the church into the state and in some cases threatening to roll back hard won human rights advances.
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Progressive Evangelical Attacks AARP, Social Security
When DC’s Religion Industrial Complex sings its hosannas about evangelicals moving toward progressive social positions I always try to be hopeful, even as I turn a gimlet eye to what’s really happening beneath the headlines.
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