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Bill Berkowitz

Bill Berkowitz is an Oakland-based freelance writer covering the Often used interchangeably with Christian Right, but also can describe broader conservative religious coalitions that are not limited to Christians. Can include right-wing Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and members of the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon. Learn more and related conservative movements. You can read his column thrice a week at Working Assets’ workingforchange.com.

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Religion Dispatches

Gays in Great Danger in Iraq

After months of silence, the US State Department finally condemns the murders of 24 young men who were gay, or perceived to be gay.
Bill Berkowitz
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Religion Dispatches

Eternal Culture War: Pat Buchanan on Notre Dame and Sotomayor

The original culture warrior has softened his rhetoric, but the message, aired all day long on various networks (it seems) is no less divisive than in the heady days of the early ’90s.
Bill Berkowitz
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Religion Dispatches

Virtual Islam: Peace, Love, and Some Understanding?

After spending a year exploring life in digital Islamic communities, a new project finds that people are building new narratives to find ways to coexist; their report even includes a policy recommendation for the Obama administration’s diplomacy efforts in the Middle East.
Bill Berkowitz
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