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Religion Dispatches
The Arch City Religion Project is one of the latest digital means of mapping (and remapping) American Christianities and American religions more broadly.
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Religion Dispatches
Madrid hosted the massive WorldPride and an affiliated human rights conference this week. Among those who attended were Iceland’s former Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first openly LGBT…
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The complex of American individualism and optimism encompasses both prosperity gospel Christians and California yogis, who may often have more in common than they realize.
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Religion Dispatches
Many Americans remain discouraged or angry about the presidential election. Those gathering around the tree this holiday season with evangelical family may feel particularly bewildered.
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Religion Dispatches
“Quite possibly, bearing the cross might mean opening our homes to immigrants, confronting our racist uncles at Thanksgiving dinner, taking to the streets, and putting our bodies on the line.”
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Religion Dispatches
Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country.
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Religion Dispatches
You know your summer is not going well when Donald Trump chooses your birthday to come to your place of work and deliver a public address. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? The Trump…
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Religion Dispatches
In April, a group of Satanists infiltrated a conference for people who believe they’re the victims of a Satanic conspiracy. RD contributor Joseph Laycock has answers to all of your burning questions…
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Religion Dispatches
“Open your mind. Change your reality.” These are the twin phrases that flash across the screen in the trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Doctor Strange: file://localhost/%3Ciframe%20width=%22853%22…
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