The Nones are Alright: An End-of-the-Year Open Letter to Pearl-Clutching Pundits
Are you the kind of person who thinks “more religion” is the answer to all…
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American Christianity Is Changing Fast: Five Stories to Watch in 2016
While LGBT evangelicals cheered on the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, evangelical institutions lobbied for…
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Where Polls and Surveys Fall Short: A Conversation with Robert Wuthnow on “Inventing American Religion”
It’s primary season in America, that special time when we come together as a nation…
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The Jewish Daily Forward is Neither Jewish, Nor Daily (But Still Forward). Discuss!
Venerable Jewish publication becomes a “none.”
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Fight The New “Hobby Lobby” Religious Order: Get Ordained
Like many of you, I’ve been spending much of July fuming over how to properly…
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None Means None (Not Atheist, Agnostic, Unbeliever…)
“I’d feel most comfortable assigning myself to the category of people who prefer not to be assigned to categories,” a fifty-something, Silicon Valley entrepreneur I’ll call Nathan* joked when I asked him how he’d describe his religious identification or affiliation. “But I suppose ‘none’ will do.”
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