The Blasphemy of ISIS: A 7-Point Pro-Guide to Islam(ism)
Islam was meant to be read as a whole, and not in bits and pieces, as ISIS and al-Qaeda do. (Their Islam is not just outrageous, it is also embarrassing.)
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Jesus Backs Gender Equality at the Oscars
In her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress, Patricia Arquette called for equal rights for…
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The Ordinary Jesus: An Excerpt from Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age
The divinity of Jesus is problematic.
Read MoreIs the State a Religious Actor in Deeming Teen’s Crotch-Rubbing of Jesus Statue Illegal?
This week, controversies emerged involving both a statue of Satan and a statue of Jesus,…
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LGBT-Friendly Church is Not “Christian” Enough?
It’s easier to argue about Jesus and whether he was fully human, fully divine, both or some mixture thereof, instead of doing the dirty work of feeding the poor, etc.
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My Kind of Atheist
Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty…
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“Muslim Gospel” Revealing the “Christian Truth” Excites the Da Vinci Code Set
In Amsterdam in 1709, philosopher John Toland set his eyes upon a remarkable manuscript—what he described in Nazarenus as “a Mahometan [i.e., Muslim] Gospel, never before…
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A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds
A full third of Jewish Americans think that followers of Jesus Christ can also be Jews, though theologically speaking, Jesus isn’t messiah material for religious Jews. So what gives?
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Does Religion Condemn Homosexuality?
Religions are richly variable in their organizations, belief systems, rituals, and practices. This is true…
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Reza Aslan’s Viral Fox News Interview Reveals More Than Just Christian Privilege
When FoxNews.com’s Lauren Green repeatedly pressed Reza Aslan, a Muslim, on why he wrote a book on Jesus, she was, without knowing it, putting the role of religious studies scholarship on a grand stage.
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