Carter, Speaking Out Against Gender Discrimination, Gives “Elder Care” a New Meaning
It’s great that the former president is speaking out against unequal treatment of women but why did it take him 60 years to leave the SBC?
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President Carter on Religion: Stop Harming Women and Girls
In a recent Op-Ed, Elders member Jimmy Carter noted that religion is used to excuse slavery, forced prostitution, genital mutilation, and more.
Read MoreJustice Denied by the “Culture of Life”
A standard misconception of the religious right is to privilege sexual “sins” over the sin of, say, a lack of economic justice for women. A story from Genesis 38 retold…
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Getting Wright Wrong: Preaching is Not Policy
Anyone who thinks that full agreement with your pastor is necessary has never been to church…
Read MoreHistorical “GOTCHA!” and the Planned Parenthood Sting
The religious right tries to cut off public funds for Planned Parenthood; a look at the effort to discredit PP with allegations of racism.
Read More17 Reasons Why Women Wear Headscarves
The Muslim headscarf is capable of numerous meanings, many of which are rather less dramatic than outsiders might imagine…
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Religion vs. Girls’ Education
Cultural and religious forces are often arrayed against girls when it comes to the right to education. Religion, in particular—whether it’s Islamic legal law or an evangelical Christian aversion to evolution—is often evoked to bar girls from school.
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Court Rules: Feminism is Not a Religion
When an Ivy League women’s studies department is sued for promoting the idea that women are divine princesses and men are minions of Satan, we are reminded that the act of defining religion is important work.
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Catholic Bad Girls or Good Catholic Women: Bridging the Generation Gap
A young, lesbian, Catholic progressive responds to Frances Kissling on the question of old-school ideas and strategies versus the brave new world of boundary-busting and online activism.
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O(Pinn)ion: God’s Little Soldiers: Procreation as a Weapon
The Quiverfull movement sees children as an army of missionaries meant to reshape the United States along biblical lines.
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