https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to robert george en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/21/catholic-universities-facing-fork-road-gender-sexuality-church-or-culture Catholic universities and colleges in the United States have long occupied a distinct (and sometimes distinctly uncomfortable) position within the Catholic Church, part of the Catholic ecosystem, yet also independent of it. But now, that delicate balancing act may be… Tue, 21 Nov 2017 02:59:06 EST Patricia Miller 29efcbf8-4a28-48cc-8f3a-2de13385d170 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/03/its-preposterous-we-cant-question-nominees-religion For the second time since her contentious hearing for an appellate court slot, the religious practice of Amy Coney Barrett has come into question, unleashing a firestorm about what what many call an unconscionable questioning of her faith and religious… Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:55:33 EDT Patricia Miller a8c76d54-ccf8-473d-9113-0133ca4ba82b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/19/weeks-lgbt-recap-are-gay-priests-overdue-stonewall-moment “Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders—some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves—will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.” Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:32:15 EST Peter Montgomery 4e0861a5-100c-4f91-b39e-f3ba9ad0cb0f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/01/mormon-leaks-boring-meetings-interesting-implications The leaked Mormon videos show a serious regression in the denomination’s theology. Tue, 01 Nov 2016 11:00:52 EDT Mary Barker 78848259-4fc7-4686-941d-2d4932f54069 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/22/religious-liberty-catholics-reap-what-they-sow-trump It should have been their finest moment, the crowning achievement of a nearly decade-long effort to convince traditionalist Americans that their right of “religious freedom” is under assault from secularists who would shove same-sex marriage and free contraceptives down their… Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:41:43 EDT Patricia Miller 3f4526b4-3d35-449b-8c13-90a3a89c04f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/10/joined-hip-white-nationalist-christianity-and-donald-trump Why can’t Douthat admit that the apostasy he deplores is at the center of white Christianity and not at the margins? Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:32:01 EST Peter Laarman 88c0e27a-0590-42aa-85f8-9712cd7c885c https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/10/victory-conservatives-revised-ap-history-curriculum High school history teachers who prep America’s best and brightest in their AP classes had​ better go easy on any tarnishing aspects of this country’s sacred story. That’s the main takeaway from a remarkably successful campaign by the Right to… Mon, 10 Aug 2015 02:55:31 EDT Peter Laarman 150560eb-ece1-492e-9f79-e8e1761870df https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/18/when-its-ok-ignore-pope Now that Pope Francis has officially affirmed a “very solid scientific consensus” that the earth is warming as a result of human activity and offered a point-by-point critique of an unsustainable, consumption-based economic system that is creating a planet of… Thu, 18 Jun 2015 04:12:31 EDT Patricia Miller 3c6e4be9-add6-4c79-9e41-8fc16afd7d9b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/jews-violate-their-own-beliefs-conservative-christians-say A group of interdenominational conservative Christian clergy (plus professor) quietly released a statement on Passover/Good Friday titled, “Now Is the Time to Talk About Religious Liberty.” Now? Really? There’s no timestamp, but I’m tempted to believe it was posted at… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 06:01:41 EDT Evan Derkacz 662357f6-15dc-4eff-9b9a-6e5202ce745e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/08/us-bishops-who-lit-religious-liberty-fuse-urge-civility With the flames still smoldering after Indiana’s bruising fight over the limits of “religious liberty,” the Catholic bishops are calling for calm, temperate discussion—in the culture war fight they ginned up in the first place. On NBC’s Meet the Press… Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:15:54 EDT Patricia Miller 31473104-a2a1-41d1-a115-7bd8da0c4811 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/20/pope-christian-conservatives-team-promote-patriarchy The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is, non-LGBT or single-headed—family organized around the concept of “complementarity.” Complementarity is one of those obscure theological concepts that nevertheless casts a long shadow over modern… Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:24:27 EST Patricia Miller 30a4d983-05af-4877-8110-9e52d118937a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/06/pope-calls-out-bad-shepherds-conservatives-prepare-fight-change Just a day before gay marriage in the U.S. received a significant boost from the Supreme Court, the much-anticipated Extraordinary Synod on the Family opened in Rome yesterday with Pope Francis pointedly criticizing “bad shepherds” who seek money and power… Mon, 06 Oct 2014 05:03:45 EDT Patricia Miller 4ef20a90-2727-4fb8-bb5c-545434874364 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/30/we-all-speak-conscience-are-we-talking-about-same-thing “Conscience” keeps popping up in contemporary political and ethical debate. Think Hobby Lobby and the offended consciences of those who would deny contraceptive coverage to their employees. Think about minimal religious exemptions to President Obama’s executive order on equal hiring… Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:39:27 EDT Mary Hunt 9bde5bcf-8470-4daa-8960-eb23d5c15dd4 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/15/dubious-diversity-america-mag Hires US Bishops; abortion and sexuality scold as newest columnist. Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:18:25 EDT Patricia Miller ac4fb42a-3b6a-476b-b27d-f8ca60473dfc https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/20/should-cnn-religion-writer-accept-award-religious-advocacy-org The Becket Fund blesses Eric Marrapodi, co-editor of CNN’s Belief Blog. Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:55:52 EDT Becky Garrison 44247d15-673e-47cc-8928-e3b602025e81 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/03/19/u-colorado-appoints-scholar-conservative-thought The irony is that the hire seems a mirror-image mimicking of what conservatives typically allege of the university hiring process: that only liberals/radicals, regardless of scholarly accomplishment, need apply. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:23:07 EDT Paul Harvey 7dd18a0f-a2f0-45cd-b51d-2c0fb74f94f0 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/19/yerushalmi-national-review-and-conservative-fight-over-shariah Which conservatives will prevail? Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:28:43 EDT Sarah Posner 7018bffd-6eba-4f76-928f-539fdde3dc5b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/08/bishops-double-down-issues-pelvis-over-poverty Following the lead of Robert George. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:25:37 EDT Peter Montgomery a14c38c4-05e3-4f76-a4e5-3358863ffb98 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/20/santorum-and-new-catholic-evangelical-alliance A political, not theological, co-belligerence. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:24 EDT Sarah Posner 2c432120-7f68-4511-849a-b371d257a990 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/30/romneys-religion-happiness-vs-gingrichs-religion-grievance The candidates and the religious right in Florida. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:36:40 EST Sarah Posner 71bd1103-9034-4c0a-a574-658e1d9838a6 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/29/gingrich-downplays-adelson-money-stokes-fear-second-holocaust-florida-church Florida campaign stop focuses on the culture wars and getting out the Christian vote. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:39:14 EST Sarah Posner b10fc74a-f3f1-4c4d-bdf5-3195a25fd7de https://religiondispatches.org/2011/12/14/huckabee-teams-citizens-united-promote-fetal-personhood Film premieres tonight in Des Moines. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:02:03 EST Sarah Posner 406c66ec-fa81-4781-b3a8-cb9c92e42be3 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/11/21/gingrich-frontrunner-touts-personhood-14th-amendment Lowlights from Thanksgiving Family Forum. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:39:32 EST Sarah Posner b4ecddbf-f246-474b-807a-5655ffd660e9 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/11/10/personhood-activists-regroup-next-civil-rights-movement Are the “incrementalists” winning? Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:49:58 EST Sarah Posner 3eda095f-97ee-478d-b126-c27ef4909ed4 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/06/bachmanns-constitutional-flameout Questions at the South Carolina candidate forum. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:09:25 EDT Sarah Posner 65945794-9f42-4240-bbcc-d0bbcd58bd70