Religion without God: “Cults,” Pious Atheists, and Our Own Human Bodies
Tired old Protestant-inflected definitions of “religion” are losing hold in diverse Western nations. And it’s about time.
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Note From Across The Pond: Church-State Separation Isn’t For Everyone
The State Department’s new office for religious engagement should resist the temptation to impose a US model of religious freedom on the world. Church-state separation may work well in the US, but in other contexts, not so much.
Read MoreHas This Anti-Muslim Extremist Reformed… Or Just Gotten Less Extreme?
Tommy Robinson, head of the far-right English Defence League, claims to have had an epiphany.
Read MoreOver Objections of New Arch. of Cant., UK Okays Marriage Equality
The gay that could not be prayed away.
Read MoreLeading UK Evangelical Comes Out for Gay Acceptance
But takes a hard line on promiscuity—otherwise known as “dating”?
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A Seminary for Nonbelievers: Is A. C. Grayling Creating His Own Religion?
Grayling’s New College of the Humanities “is not an atheist institution,” he and other spokespeople for the university have stated repeatedly. But it’s hard to imagine Richard Dawkins soft-pedaling on the topic of religion. Grayling insists that he’s not as vehement as his colleague. “I’m the velvet version,” he likes to say.
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Episcopal Church Divided Over Trinity’s Denial of Occupy
If I were CEO of Trinity Wall Street, I’d be alarmed at the idea of the “unspecified use” apparently demanded by the OWS protesters. But, of course, Trinity Wall Street does not have a CEO, it has ministers.
Read MoreUK Church Leader Resigns Over Planned Removal of Occupy Protesters (Updated)
Should St. Paul’s Cathedral be responsible to regular worshippers trying to get to Evensong or the protestors who might be modeling the social concerns of Christ?
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Covering Religion in The New Year: The Atheist Bus And More
Rolling with the atheists in the UK; rich men, camels, and needle’s eyes; Jews, Christians, and Gaza; the Obamas on Sunday mornings…all this and more on the religion writer’s beat as the year begins.
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