2018: Wave Goodbye to Another Year in Religion
From sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front.
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Shockingly Tone-Deaf GOP Has Evangelical ‘Rabbi’ Pray for Pittsburgh Victims (Updated)
Inviting a messianic Jew to say a prayer for the victims of the worst act of anti-Semitic violence in American history is like sprinkling bacon bits on an eff-you sandwich.
Read MoreThe Christian Guilty Conscience Over the History of Anti-Semitism Isn’t Enough
At this moment being “correct” on the history and theology—and feeling guilty about Christianity’s role in supporting Jew hatred—will not suffice.
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Old Testament ‘Bad,’ New Testament ‘Good’: A Dangerous (and Mistaken) Assumption
Oops, we just threw the Jewish tradition under the bus again. So sorry. We didn’t mean it. Really.
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The Convergence of Passover and Easter Can Leaven (or Unleaven) the Interfaith Family’s Holiday
As almost everyone who still has a wall calendar (does anyone still have a wall…
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For Unto (Some of) Us a Child is Born: Handel’s Messiah and the Voice of Empire Rising
‘Tis the season for Christian supersessionism.
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Fact-checking Scripture: “Those who do not work should not eat.”
Occasionally, a bit of scripture will float into public discourse, often in the context of…
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A Nazi, a Jewish Prisoner, and a “Magic” Bible, Or, Christian Romance Fiction Gone Very, Very Wrong
Is there a prize for most offensive conversion narrative?
Read MoreThanks, Tony Perkins, for Defending those Violent Jewish-y Parts of the Bible
I try to ignore emails from the Family Research Council. They arrive with cringe-worthy puns…
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Christian Passover, Yes or No?: A Response to Rabbi Moffic
Passover is a rabbinical, not a biblical tradition. So yes, it is actually Jewish.
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