Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40
This year, 2014, is the 40th anniversary of the game Dungeons & Dragons, the pen-and-paper…
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Never Mind the Libertarians, Here’s the ‘Pragmatist Moment’
By the third paragraph of Robert Draper’s recent New York Times Magazine cover story, “Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’…
Read MoreHobby Lobby: Key to a More Liberal and Less Religious America?
Much has been written about the recent Hobby Lobby decision—how it’s a terrible precedent for…
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Being rich isn’t just something that happens to you.
Read MoreIs Evangelicalism Too Nice?
Liberal and orthodox evangelicals battle over the future.
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Milquetoast Liberal Religion Won’t Challenge Conservative Values: A History Lesson
The generous and successful programs of the New Deal weren’t pushed through via the lobbying of savvy, connected and nominally liberal religious advocates, they were underwritten by the “moralistic, idealistic and politically naive” movement known as the Social Gospel.
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Are pop stars all Illuminati or are these outraged viewers just tabloid junkies?
Read MoreThe Emotional Problem in American Evangelicalism
Do conservative churches just need a more robust theology?
Read MoreHomophobia Chases Millennials From Church
For good.
Read MoreMillennials Invent New Religion: No Hell, No Priests, No Punishment
So, right off the bat, this generation has dumped its religious leaders, its priests or gurus, and has dispensed with the obligation of coming together each week as a community. I guess, if there’s no one there to deliver a sermon or wisdom talk, what’s the point of gathering together once a week?
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