Religion Dispatches
In the fall of 1999, I was a freshman at Gordon College, an evangelical liberal arts school in Massachusetts. There, fifteen years earlier, a professor named Thomas Howard resigned from the English department when he felt his beliefs were no longer in line with the college’s statement of…
Read MoreThe Week in Religion, Poetically
Read MoreLost in (and sullied by) the sexual scandals is the Church’s investigation into an apparition of Mary.
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Why is the character of Jesus so powerful? Why is he such a hit? Bestselling writer Mary Gordon re-reads the Gospels, asking these questions, among others, and trying to figure out why fundamentalist readings of scripture, grounded in fear and rage, have come to dominate the understanding of religion in this country.
Read MoreOutrage is often the first step to enlightenment, compassion, and justice, but apparently not in New Haven; a tour through recent stories on gay marriage, offensive art, and religious kitsch.
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Capitalizing on the Muhammad cartoon riots and Western anxieties over the persecution of Muslims, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution urging member states to prosecute for “religious defamation.” Problem is, those likely to suffer most are religious minorities.
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Is the Catholic Church upset at the depiction of the Virgin or just at its association with sex?
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