https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to oprah winfrey en https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/05/searching-vain-pure-elie-wiesel When they read Elie Wiesel’s Night, my Bible-belt students are regularly caught up short. They are flummoxed by the events about which Wiesel wrote; by the very fact that the Holocaust took place. But they are just as flummoxed by… Tue, 05 Jul 2016 03:34:33 EDT Martin Kavka 7a34f0ed-5a83-412f-9635-7fcd6b82e106 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/02/ross-douthats-rosy-old-time-religion In his latest the Times’ conservative Wunderkind Ross Douthat attempts to explain the current crisis as the result of our nation’s departure from orthodoxy. An honest look at the history of orthodoxy and he might see a past rife with the sin and brutality, enforced less by faith than by coercion. Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:17:25 EDT Jerome E. Copulsky 9973c479-a934-44e8-bc24-b22bc97ebd8f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/30/rethinking-religion-after-latest-holistic-death A participant at a holistic spa was, it turns out, “cooked to death.” Instead of another wave of panic, maybe we need to rethink our categories. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:46:15 EST Joseph Laycock fbdf5d02-b01a-4d7a-a86d-d0759bd67be3 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/15/pastafarian-rights-israeli-rosa-parks-orthodox-jewish-pi The week in religion… Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:01:30 EDT Michael J. Altman 907ebe1d-4748-434b-ac4f-8faac9d45c3e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/23/confronting-and-participating-crass-christmas-commercialism Paul Simon, Rev. J. M. Gates, and the meaning of Christmas. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:12:21 EST Lerone Martin 8641ecba-bcd5-4155-a4b0-5b7fa2aaf503 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/09/bushs-new-book-damn-right-i-okd-torture What message do we send when we don’t prosecute torture? Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:03:26 EST Sarah Sentilles a473a8b3-59f9-49db-b534-2d8e6fe422b9 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/08/24/eat-pray-trash-what-critics-dont-see if you are a true devotee, you can follow Gilbert’s steps to to Italy, India, and Indonesia—as a solo pilgrim, as some have done, or as a member of a tour costing a cool $19,795. Or, alternatively, you could do what seems just as rewarding: savage the movie and book on the Internet. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:40:32 EDT Ben Brazil 9e6eee5b-b802-42f7-87e3-815837145e2a https://religiondispatches.org/2010/02/22/believing-tiger-woods While Tiger Woods’ public apology offers us the chance to talk about rituals of confession and repentance, we must not forget to ask who this mythical “public” is that we hear so much about. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:41:58 EST Mark Hulsether b599aef0-37d3-43be-83f1-0d8ac3ef7c30 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/12/09/tigers-confession-maybe-marriage-isnt-all-its-cracked-be Tiger Woods has admitted being serially unfaithful to his wife. What does this have to do with religion? Try the themes of transgression, confession, and the institution of marriage. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:57:20 EST Anthea Butler e148908b-dac5-4bd6-93c4-fe54244c7ca7 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/sacredprofane-cult-oprah-inflames-religious-right The Religious Right’s wildly popular video attack on Oprah’s “dangerous” teachings may not be as far off base as it first appears. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:58:50 EDT Gary Laderman 03c4d7a6-5fb7-4fdc-a918-98674049f326 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/culture-wars-today-tomorrow-and-forever Undermining Obama; The Haggards Play Oprah; Coral Ridge Ministries Makeover; Focus on the Family turns to plagiarist Tim Goeglein; GOP’s Taliban Fever; and AFA’s Project Push Back. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:37:52 EDT Bill Berkowitz a7918583-1c4c-40b6-a1ca-439c830ec1cd https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/16/travolta-tragedy-dont-blame-l-ron-hubbard John Travolta’s 16-year-old son is found dead and our celebrity culture is quick to blame the religion of his parents, Scientology. So much harder to face the fact of death, to look beyond the spectacle of someone else’s tragedy and toward our own frailty and error. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:09:30 EDT Kathryn Lofton 1e458230-0160-40e9-9969-312168247a89 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/03/oprah-talks-down-fundamentalist-mormon-girls Oprah’s skepticism toward FLDS girls about their devotion to unusual beliefs reminds one writer of the questions asked of Muslim women. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:30:49 EDT Fatemeh Fakhraie c5abac82-e522-41c9-a10e-069ca3d3e3a6