Fetus as Person Initiative Approved by Mississippi Judge
Anti-abortion organization wants definition of life determined by popular vote.
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The Angel of Death and Pam Tebow
Supposedly softer side of anti-choice movement endorses its fringe.
Read MoreThe Duggars To Headline Values Voters Summit
What a family with 19 kids says about the religious right.
Read MoreLaw and Order: R.I.P.
Religion played a leading role.
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Capricology: Television, Tech, and the Sacred
Welcome to the first installment of our ongoing coverage of television’s latest contribution to the cultural intersection of science and religion, with bonus themes to include: the body, artificial intelligence, paganism, original sin, immigration, and race. Join Diane Winston, Anthea Butler, Salman Hameed, and Henry Jenkins every week as they delve into deep exegesis of Caprica.
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Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating
In the ever more dystopian world of Syfy Channel’s Caprica, teenage girls inhabit robot bodies, or live eternally without bodies at all, human bodies are marked by memories, and all the while there is blood flowing in the virtual streets.
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RDPulpit: Obama Missed the Hope in State of the Union Address
In this adapted excerpt from his forthcoming book, RD contributor Daniel Schultz asks whether the president’s State of the Union address will foster hope, ‘newness,’ and faith or just reinforce the base assumptions about power and the economy.
Read MoreIf Corporations Are People, Why Shouldn’t They Get the Responsibilities, Too?
A meditation on the Citizens United case.
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Welcome to the (New) Gilded Age: Supreme Court Delivers the Goods to Corporations
The Supreme Court struck down a century of regulations limiting corporate money in politics, clearing the way for a new Gilded Age. In the original Gilded Age (which inspired the Social Gospel movement), opposition was galvanized by a strong anti-corporate Christianity. Where’s the religious opposition now?
Read MoreResponse to Nicholas Kristof on Religion and Women
A fine start. And now we look forward to a deeper, and broader conversation.
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