Religion Dispatches
If the traditional practice of prayer in the context of traditional institutional religions is increasingly meaningless for a significant and growing proportion of American believers and seekers, one wonders what the spiritual or civic value is of attempting to encourage the practice through governmental fiat.
Read MoreSaddleback Community College officials ignore religious diversity; lead Christian prayers at school events.
Read MoreShadows of the 1999 “Wedge Document” in the Texas textbook battle.
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As people around the world begin to reckon with the scope of the catastrophe in Haiti, we offer a set of responses to what was—for those whose work focuses on American religion—a shameful expression of prejudice and ignorance from a once-prominent evangelical leader.
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And while we’re setting the record straight, let’s remember Robertson isn’t a Baptist minister anymore. Yep, he ain’t a reverend.
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Famous for his use of TV to spread the message, Oral Roberts—friend of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion—helped to popularize the notion that the newly founded State of Israel was an indication that God still acts in history and that events prophesied in the bible were at hand.
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A new report on the isolated and lonely has our columnist calling on churches to open their doors and promote analog community.
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Much ado has been made about the theme of chastity in the Twilight series (currently drawing hordes into movie theaters for its second installment), but few have noticed the other, less commonly understood, Mormon theological themes that course through the series’ fevered plotline.
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Forty years ago, Indian militants, as they were then named, occupied the island of Alcatraz. In their memory, our writer reflects on both the bloody history of the first Thanksgiving, and the remarkable, enduring power of tribal tradition to create spiritual sustenance in the modern world.
Read MoreMaybe it’s time to stop framing European conquest as dinner party between Pilgrims and Indians.
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