You’ve Got Male: A Synod on the Family Slideshow
The Vatican flickr stream takes us behind the female-free scenes.
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Francis and the Nuns: An Interview with Mary Gordon
Novelist, essayist and biographer Mary Gordon takes on Pope Francis’ treatment of American nuns, and…
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How Conservative Christian Women Came to Claim “True” Feminism
An interview with Leslie Dorrough Smith on her new book, “Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America.”
Read MorePriests Take a Stand for Nuns; Criticize Cardinal Müller
A group of U.S. priests has sent a letter to Pope Francis criticizing Cardinal Gerhard…
Read MoreWhy I Will Not Submit to Arrest, Or, the Problem With Moral Mondays
Here in my beloved South, the main characters in our political drama are still men,…
Read More“Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Less Durable Than Sexism Surrounding It
Last week a curious headline began to make the rounds online: “Jesus had an ugly…
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“Burka Avenger”: Pakistan’s Middle Class Gets a Feminist Cartoon
A mild-mannered schoolteacher doubles as an education-defending Muslim heroine.
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Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away
“I find that really hurtful that as a woman who’s been a member my whole life who’s faithfully attended, paid my tithing, held a calling—that the fact that I don’t have a Y chromosome would prevent me from being allowed to sit before my prophet and listen to his words.”
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Civility, Unity, Tolerance And Other Dangerous Terms
In these days of political polarization much of the public discussion, particularly when it comes to religion, has shifted from what is said to how it is said. Forget about equality, the narrative goes, are you demanding it in a kind and civil tone? Maybe civility, unity and tolerance ain’t all they’re cracked up to be…
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“Equality is Not a Feeling”
LDS Church turns away women seeking equality and access to men’s-only meeting.
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