Transphobic and Anti-Abortion Policies are a Direct Threat to My Religious Freedom
The Public Religion Research Institute recently highlighted an important statistic: nearly all Unitarian Universalists (97…
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No Time for Casual Faith: The First Unitarian Woman Elected President on our Urgent Moment
As an activist local minister in Phoenix, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray was deeply immersed in fighting…
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Liberal Christians Come Out Swinging at Trump, Mostly
How liberal and mainline Christian leaders are reacting to Trump’s election
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Data-Mining Denominations: Same-Sex Marriage Edition
We’re running out of Mondays before the Supreme Court hands down its ruling on the…
Read MorePolygamy Bus Tour, ‘Spiritual’ Healthcare for Christian Scientists, Baptizing an Alien…
The week in religion, freeze-dried and shrink-wrapped for the reader on the go.
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Bobby Jindal Squares Packing Heat with Jesus
Years ago a mother told me a story about her young son who liked to play cowboys and church, his very own role-playing game. One day she overheard him reenacting Jesus summoning Lazarus from the tomb; the little boy, toy gun in each hand, shouted, “Lazarus, come out with your hands…
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A Wisconsin woman is arrested for bringing a piece for her Sunday morning peace?
Read MoreA Response to Religion and Science: Toward a Postmodern Truce
In one of this week’s features, eminent scholar Philip Clayton proposes that we are entering a new stage in the tangle between religion and science. Professor Robert Tapp responds.
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Op-Ed: Liberal Hatred
When do seemingly manageable ideological differences within a functioning democracy become something more treacherous?
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