Dark Sisters Opera Aims to Humanize Sister Wives
A conversation with composer Nico Muhly.
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Moses on Facebook, Christian Pro Soccer, Televangelist Breakfast Cereal, Child Preachers
A roundup of the week’s religion headlines.
Read MorePolygamist Warren Jeffs Convicted of Sexual Assault
Case shows how statute of limitations should be lifted for sexual crimes against children.
Read MoreWill Gay Rights Pave the Way for Decriminalizing Mormon Polygamy?
New legal challenge invokes Lawrence.
Read MoreSister Wives Stars File Suit to Legalize Polygamy
Even in mainstream LDS communities, the polygamy question is wide open.
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40,000 Fundamentalists Can’t Be Wrong: Investigating Mormon Polygamy
This is a world in which all the dials are turned up to 11—there’s more risk, more conflict, more drama. It’s a world where a few men have over 100 children apiece. One guy has over 250. Drab or dismal it’s not.
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Big Love’s Barb Is Right
Historians document centuries of Mormon women’s ritual healing.
Read MoreAnother Bush Comes Out for Gay Marriage
First, it was McCain’s daughter Meghan and now George W. Bush’s daughter has made a video.
Read MoreCanadian Courts Consider Decriminalization of Polygamy
A small FLDS community in British Columbia puts its way of life on trial.
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Did We Drink the Kool-Aid in “Suicide Cult” Disappearance?
Religion watchers across the country followed the story, just over a week ago, of the frantic search in California for a “prayer group” that authorities feared intended to commit suicide. Was the “cult” label responsible for the hyperbolic coverage?
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