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As scholars have been reminding us for a very long time by now, private reading and the linear thinking valued by many as essential for deep, contemplative thought, did not feature much in the lives of the people who pretty much brought us the contemplative tradition.

Reaction to evangelical opposition: whatever.

Did you know that President Obama wants to take away your ability to be a Christian? That’s what Missouri Republican Congressional candidate Ed Martin asserted in a radio interview this week. Martin…

Islamophobes try to exploit political differences but the fact is, few care.

Texas denies accreditation to teach from “a Biblical scientific creationist viewpoint.”

What does Mormonism have to do with it?

Herb Titus, a lawyer for the far-right Gun Owners of America, is jubilant over last week’s Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, in which the Court held that state and…

Protecting a kindergartner’s braids, creating a sacred feather repository.

Can you be a progressive and still be opposed to abortion, or to gay rights, or [insert hot-button social/cultural issue here]?

But it’s even more disturbing that a prof at a state school paid was paid by the church.