South Park Meets the Sacraments at Class for New Catholics
In a university’s RCIA class, a portrait of the Catholic Church’s outreach to millennials.
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Are the Pews Half Empty or Half Full? Lessons From 734 A.D.
Christian ethicist David Gushee recently coined a phrase that may stick around for a while:…
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“Digital Discipline”: Five Questions on #ReLent2016
A campaign launched by Baltimore-based Lutheran pastor and Slate Project co-founder Jason Chesnut, #ReLent2016 reinvents Lent…
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Kendrick Lamar’s Hip-Hop Jeremiad
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Gay men of a certain age—those of us who survived the Plague Years when so…
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What’s Wrong With Atheist Lent?
A few years ago, I gave up eggs and dairy for Lent. This wouldn’t have…
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Why It’s Heresy to Read the Bible Literally: An Interview with John Shelby Spong
Security sells. That’s why, says retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, despite his best-selling controversial…
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I’m Too Sexy for My Church: Will a Thriving Singles Scene Renew American Catholicism?
As the choir rehearses before St. Monica’s Sunday evening Mass, two blond women in skinny…
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The Fusion Friendships of Rev. Barber’s Third Reconstruction
I first heard Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speak at a Moral Mondays rally…
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What the Fight over Allah says about the Future of Evangelical Christianity
When Professor Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College publicly announced her solidarity with Muslims by wearing a…
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