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Religion Dispatches
Some may be surprised to learn that Wendsler Nosie Sr., former chairman of the San Carlos Apaches and a non-Christian, was at the center of an event that may someday be seen as a quiet turning point…
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Religion Dispatches
Since late December, 2019, when retiring editor-in-chief of Christianity Today Mark Galli published his infamous “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” editorial, there’s been a great deal of buzz in…
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Religion Dispatches
On January 16 we celebrate Religious Freedom Day to commemorate what may be the most revolutionary and liberatory idea in the history of civilization. It was the reason many joined the American…
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Religion Dispatches
Amid horrific natural disasters and a global refugee crisis, an Iranian menace emerges. This might summarize the news cycle at the start of 2020, but it’s also the premise of Netflix’s controversial…
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Religion Dispatches
Living at a time when every day brings fresh horrors, and living as well through various end-of-year distractions, RD readers can be forgiven if they paid scant attention to the bruising fight that…
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Religion Dispatches
Since the turn of this century, following the news is like experiencing a daily repudiation of the so-called “secularization hypothesis”—the idea that modernization renders a culture less religious…
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Religion Dispatches
We want people who grew up or are growing up in right-wing Christian environments to understand that it’s okay to trust their doubts; and [because] there’s still a pretty strong taboo in the American public sphere against criticizing any large Christian group we hope this book will help [change that].
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Religion Dispatches
A new book aims to show how Christianity continues to shape the West in unseen ways. But one scholar believes a more accurate summary of the argument is that modern secular society is actually saturated in a deep Roman Catholic ethos, which notably includes the doctrine of strong papal authority.
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Religion Dispatches
Though compelling arguments have been made that CVE programs contribute to the marginalization and alienation of the very communities they’re meant to engage, they continue to receive significant funding from major cities, universities, and other institutions.
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Public Eye
Although the final goals of these seemingly disparate groups may differ, their shared strategy of commodifying Native American children reveals a colonial mindset that not only depicts Native American people as incapable of managing their own affairs, but
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