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Religion Dispatches
A Q&A with Jess Peacock, author of Such a Dark Thing.
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Religion Dispatches
Reflecting on the recent execution of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS fanatics in Libya, Rod Dreher, writing at the American Conservative, calls the incident “a sobering reminder of what real persecution…
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“When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.”
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Religion Dispatches
Ryan Bell no longer believes in God, exactly. Bell is the former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor who last January made a resolution to live as an atheist, to live for a “ year without God.” More…
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A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that Americans, by a 59-31% margin, believe that CIA “treatment of suspected terrorists” in detention was justified. A plurality deemed that “treatment” to be…
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Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported previously on Gambia’s viciously anti-gay president Yahya Jammeh. Buzzfeed’s Lester Feder…
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A university tests the not-always-holy waters.
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Religion Dispatches
Who doesn’t love a hairy naked ape-man?
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Religion Dispatches
Five months before the big-budget Left Behind reboot hit theaters, evangelical movie producer Paul Lalonde was fighting with fans. Lalonde was still editing the film. The score was still being written…
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Religion Dispatches
This week’s global LGBT justice roundup, with a focus on Africa.
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