Refusing Religion, Claiming the Future: A Roundtable Discussion on “The Nones Are Alright”
What does it mean that a quarter of all Americans “describe their religion as ‘nothing in…
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Is It the Job of Religion Journalists to Define “Religion”?
Weighing in on historian Damon Linker’s suggestion that the Times’ Mark Oppenheimer has just written himself out of a job.
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Out of Options: Christians’ Losing Battle Over Equality
In the months since the Supreme Court’s decision to make marriage equality the law, conservative…
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Lying About Our Religion, And Other Problems With Polling
A review of Robert Wuthnow’s “Inventing American Religion: Polls, Surveys, and the Tenuous Quest for a Nation’s Faith.”
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“We’re Not Fighting About Politics, We’re Fighting About God”: Diana Butler Bass Wants a Revolution
We are human beings, and we build things.
Read MoreHow to Make Nones and Lose Money: Study Shows Cost of Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals
It doesn’t take more than a glance at the recent Reuters report to see that…
Read MoreWhy Kim Davis Has Missed Her Moment
Years ago, I remember Christian right leaders fretting about pastors going to jail if they…
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“As Orthodox As They Come”: A Backstage Conversation With Rob Bell
Rob Bell is on the move. In 1998, as a 28-year-old evangelical pastor in Michigan,…
Read MoreSure, Evangelical Numbers are Steady… But at What Cost?
The Christian Post recently published an article by Kevin Shrum which claimed the Church is not solely…
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As a Latina Millennial I Have to Ask, Does the Catholic Church Stand a Chance?
Rather than waiting for digital youth to take to social media spontaneously in honor of…
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