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Religion Dispatches
When a book such as Matthew Vines’ God and the Gay Christian becomes a smash hit it might lead you to think that there is a large contingent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians out…
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Rand Paul just got an F. No, it wasn’t for his second nationally televised condescension to a female reporter. Or for this. It was for his reaction to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The…
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It was the sacraments that drew Rachel Held Evans—formerly an evangelical Christian—to the Episcopal Church, she says.
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When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he goes to church and knows his Bible. These reminders frequently come as Walker seeks to distinguish…
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“I got kicked out of the last mosque where I felt safe,” says mosque co-founder.
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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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Episode 2 By The Numbers: Crying Meltdowns: 4 Fights: 1 Bottles of Wine Consumed: 1 Incidents of Twerking: 1 “We’re All Broken,” the title of Episode Two of “The Sisterhood,” reminds me of a poem…
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Why are authorities responding to the protesters in Ferguson with tanks and tear gas, as if they are a threat to the American way of life? Well, perhaps because they are. I believe that the protests…
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Religion Dispatches
A day after headlines heralding Americans’ desire for more religion in politics and public life, the citizenry’s wish has been granted. A quick scan of national newspapers shows many religious and…
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