End-of-Life Lessons from The Walking Dead
The living and the dead are sharing territory all the time, at Terri Schiavo’s bedside and in the post-apocalyptic South of The Walking Dead.
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Queer Suicide and the Malpractice of “Love”
Violence against queer people runs much deeper than physical bullying, verbal harassment, or even hate-crime murder. It is a violence that takes place at the level of the psyche, the soul—at the very level at which our sense of “self” is constructed within our relation to society.
Read MoreAppeals Court Upholds South Dakota Suicide Advisory
Who gets warned, and about what, and by whom?
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Vigil Planned in Wake of Suicide by 17-Year-Old
Gay Mormon
Will Mormonism find a way to take care of its LGBT youth?
Read MoreSuicide Leads to Calls for Improved Treatment of LGBT Mormons
Looking to LDS General Conference this weekend for compassion and leadership.
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2010: What Did We Believe In?
It shouldn’t be surprising that the most sacred concerns of Americans are also some of the most contentious political issues of our day.
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Jesus Goes to the Dark Carnival: Hell House Gets a Makeover?
Evangelical-sponsored haunted houses known as “Hell Houses” were spooky attractions filled with the ghosts of the culture wars. Now, a softer, gentler version, the “Judgement House” claims to eschew politics, but does it?
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Death With Dignity: Combatting Religious Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide
Modern medicine can prolong the lives of dying people, but in doing so it often prolongs suffering. Do religious arguments against suicide apply in these tragic cases?
Read MoreA Tragic Leap of Faith
As the economy tanks, suicide rises…
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