Under Water: Waiting for the Flood (of Awareness) in Louisiana
Mother Nature may not discriminate, but people of means have a much greater capacity to withstand disaster.
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Race, Reparations and the Search for Our Molecular Soul
When scientists first mapped the human genome in 2000, public figures celebrated the milestone in…
Read MoreRoy Moore’s Order To Stop Gay Marriage Licenses: A Case of Flawed Theology
The order by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that judges stop issuing marriage licenses…
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“Love Them As Yourself”: God’s Words or IKEA Instructions?
Since the Paris attacks, the right’s response to refugees crisis has been martial: we’re at…
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How Thanksgiving Became All Dinner, No Worship
Or, why we’re glad American culture settled on “Thanksgiving” over “Fasting and Humiliation.”
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America, the Mythical: “Mother of Exiles” or Denier of Safe Haven?
In a quiet part of the London borough of Southwark, on a street running parallel to…
Read MoreWhen Welcoming the Stranger Was Not Just a Religious Value
Thirty-six years ago, as Americans prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving, a Catholic, a Protestant, and a Jew went…
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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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Hicksters, Stickers, and Affection: Why I Left D.C. for the Family Farm
Last November, I returned to my family’s farm in New Hampshire to celebrate Thanksgiving and…
Read MoreGambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap
Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported…
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