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When the director Roman Polanski sexual assaulted a 13-year-old, was it only US law he violated?
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Over time, some politicians deceive themselves into believing that their desires are in sync with Jesus’ call for their lives: “Thy will be done” becomes “God bless my will.”
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In a recent Christian Century feature presenting the reading habits of some “expert observers of the religion scene,” one expert added a curious disclaimer to his mention of RD.
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In this lyrical excerpt, author Kim Chernin envisions a new solution that rises up from the Sinai desert nurtured by two little girls.
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Has a hotly anticipated new horror film about a murderous cheerleader subverted the mythos of woman as the source of evil or just the opposite?
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A powerful documentary, “Praying in Her Own Voice,” chronicles twenty years of struggle for religious equality at one of Judaism’s most sacred sites and asks: How can there be unity when half the population is silenced?
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US News and World Report’s Dan Gilgoff implies that only those with access to the White House are worth writing about.
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And for that matter, why is an influential blogger writing straight from dubious press releases?
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Does God really care who wins Big Brother?
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Senator Obama has contributed to a conception of responsible African American fatherhood as the shocking exception as opposed to the standard norm.
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