Religion Dispatches
A growing movement among conservative Christians exhorts women to give up the foolish notion of independence and subordinate themselves to their husbands. In this excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Kathryn Joyce connects the dots between cinnamon buns and submission.
Read MoreSince when does only one group of believers get to use the word Christian to describe themselves?
Read MoreRep. Sally Kern has discovered the secret Gay Agenda, she tells her compatriots at the John Birch Society.
Read MoreBut what about feeding the hungry or housing the homeless? Not on the agenda.
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In the sensational coverage of Sarah Palin’s witch-defeating pastor many missed a crucial question for the potential leader of 300 million Americans.
Read MoreSarah Palin, who has supposedly solidified the conservative Christian base for John McCain, would not qualify for leadership within the church…
Read MoreIf Focus on the Family isn’t praying for rain to quench the thirst and grow the food of drought-threatened regions what exactly are they praying for?
Read MoreA chain of Christian bookstores pulls the latest issue of Gospel Today from its shelves. Whatever could be so hideous?
Read MoreOn the occasion of the latest “Love Won Out” conference, a story of love winning out. But not that way.
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California’s Proposition 8 would overturn the state’s Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage — right wing religious groups are girding for the battle they are calling “the Armageddon of the culture war.”…
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