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Religion Dispatches
In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail them.
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A womanist theologian explores the underexamined intersection of faith, race and mental health.
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When we talk in public, “what is the society we are trying to create?”
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Continuing the conversation on the role and reception of black Christian intellectuals in this country.
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Religion Dispatches
We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April 23, Beyoncé released an hour-long visual album that serves up a tapestry of the experiences of Black women, including…
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Religion Dispatches
I walked away after seeing Beyoncé’s hour-long visual album, “Lemonade,” with the profound sense that I had “been to church.” And this is no small claim for someone who has devoted her life and work…
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Last month, Utah officially declared that pornography is a public health hazard, approving a resolution that contradicts much of the current scientific research. Regardless of one’s political or moral…
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And it came to pass after the captivity of Israel and the desolation of Jerusalem that Jeremiah sat mourning and he lamented this lament . Kendrick Lamar’s Untitled Unmastered ( UU), surprise-released…
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In The Name of God Is Mercy , Pope Francis’ new book, the pontiff does more riffing than writing. The book is based on a series of interviews he gave to Vatican journalist Andrea Tornielli, and it…
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Last week, the evangelical-influenced Barna Group released findings from its new study, “ The Porn Phenomenon,” based on a survey commissioned by Josh McDowell Ministries. The study, which poses a…
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