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Joanna Brooks

Joanna Brooks is an award-winning religion writer, co-editor of the just-released Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings (Oxford UP), and a senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches.

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Religion Dispatches

As Sexual Abuse Scandal Breaks Open, Los Angeles Catholics Hear Words of Renunciation, Recrimination from Clergy

Could clergy itself be the problem?
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

Ray Lewis Isn’t the Only One Bringing Religion to Super Bowl Sunday

Who does an interfaith NFL-spiritual-but-not-religious family root for? It’s complicated.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

BSA: Gay, OK?!

Scouts may officially welcome gay leaders, but leave door open for church-based troops to do their own thing.
Joanna Brooks
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