The Two Mythologies Behind True Detective Come Crashing Down in Finale
A struggle between two modern and intertwined mythologies of evil, True Detective ultimately fell back on the easiest of formulas.
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Is the Satanist Behind 10 Commandments Challenge Sincere?
An interview with “Lucien Greaves” the mastermind behind the proposal for a Satanic monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma capital.
Read MoreHarry Jackson Shakes Religious Right Money Tree for “Below the Radar” Anti-Obama Campaign
Looking for friends to help raise $1.5 million for swing-state campaign.
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Akin, Spiritual Warfare, and the Radicalization of the Anti-Choice Movement
What Akin says about the state of the GOP on abortion and contraception.
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Santorum Invoked Satan
Why are we surprised?
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Violence of the Lambs: The Legacy of Anti-Choice Extremist Father Norman Weslin
The Lambs of Christ founder’s lifetime example of “nonviolent” protest is now being invoked by the Catholic Bishops, according to the Thomas More Society. But for abortion providers Weslin’s nonviolence is just violence by another name.
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Beyond Alarmism and Denial in the Dominionism Debate
The New Apostolic Reformation has been in the news a great deal since Rick Perry first announced his prayer rally, The Response. Sarah Posner has an investigative journalist’s view of this movement, its place in religious movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, and in politics. Here she is in conversation with Anthea Butler, a scholar of American religious history.
Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas
Where Bush would sign something because anti-choice was his base, Perry actively instigates. A report from the frontlines of the kinder, gentler scorched-earth campaign against abortion and birth control in Texas.
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Catholic Women Against Contraception
An “affront to women.”
Read MoreThe “Religious Freedom” Long Game and the Santorum Surge
The latest Bloggingheads.
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