What’s Wrong with the Controversial Businessweek “Mormon Money” Cover?
Offensive, juvenile, or on-point?
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Ross Douthat’s Rosy Old-Time Religion
In his latest the Times’ conservative Wunderkind Ross Douthat attempts to explain the current crisis as the result of our nation’s departure from orthodoxy. An honest look at the history of orthodoxy and he might see a past rife with the sin and brutality, enforced less by faith than by coercion.
Read MoreProsperity Preacher Creflo Dollar Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Daughter
Why am I not surpised?
Read MoreBarbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided Explores the Dark Side of Positive Thinking
A new book reveals the historical roots and conservative uses of the positive thinking movement, showing how it encourages victim-blaming, political complacency, and a culture-wide flight from realism.
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Fix the Economy GOD’$ WAY: Dave Ramsey’s Great Christian Recovery
In Dave Ramsey’s plan, God looks an awful lot like a libertarian with a conservative American protestant streak.
Read MoreAmerican Prosperity Gospel Makes South Sudan “Ripe for Exploitation”
American Pentecostals embroiled in the religious and political life of newly-created nation.
Read MoreDorito & Pepsi Eucharist, Hate-Pastor Smackdown, and Egyptian Muslims Shield Christians
The week in religion.
Read MoreTelevangelist Watchdog says He’s “Disappointed” with Grassley Result
Trinity Foundation’s Ole Anthony says ECFA lacks “teeth” for enforcement.
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Gay Black Church: An Interview with Bishop Yvette Flunder
African-American people were taught Christianity in the context of oppression. When people are disempowered, they are often empowered at someone else’s expense, whether it’s women or children or gay people. How do we get through that?
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Is Eddie Long Preparing For a Confession?
I’m not certain if I attended a church service this weekend in Atlanta, or a prizefight. Eddie Long’s defiant “But this thing I’m gon’ fight” rang out in the 10,000 seat New Birth complex amidst shouts of…
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