Religion Round-Up: What’s Going on in Religion Around the World
Pew studies the importance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans swing both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist Mormons has omitted…
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‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons
When the media labels a religious group a “cult,” it fans the flames of intolerance and can endanger the group’s most vulnerable members.
Read MoreTexas Court Rules Against Polygamist Raid
The court found little hard evidence that minors were in physical danger or were victims of abuse. Critical media compare raid to Guantanamo Bay…
Read MoreThe Archbishop’s Firestorm
Will accommodation of Muslim family law unleash “brutal violence” and “polygamy” in England, as critics suggest?
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Oprah Talks Down to Fundamentalist Mormon Girls
Oprah’s skepticism toward FLDS girls about their devotion to unusual beliefs reminds one writer of the questions asked of Muslim women.
Read MoreLegalizing Polygamy: An Argument
Fundamentalist Mormons are in the news again, in Canada, where two men are being tried for polygamy. But what if it were legal? Women might benefit.
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