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Religion Dispatches

When Are You Dead? Science Just Made the Work of Religion a Bit More Difficult

A new study of brain activity in those thought to be in a “vegetative” state blurs the line between life and death.
Arri Eisen
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Religion Dispatches

Beck Botches Social Justice

For Beck, social justice is the new fascism.
Daniel Schultz
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Religion Dispatches

Reconciliation and Reconciliation

How the religious meaning doesn’t really fly in Congress.
Daniel Schultz
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Religion Dispatches

Stupak Is Back, But Moderate Catholic Group Says His Amendment “Goes Too Far”

Catholics United says both House and Senate abortion restrictions “go too far,” but supports passing Senate version of bill.
Sarah Posner
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Religion Dispatches

Texas Candidates Supporting “Christian Nation” Education Standards Defeated in GOP Primary

Results seen as victory for public education free of religious right influence.
Lauri Lebo
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Exodus From Rahm’s Washington

The faithful are called to be the people of God, not bricklayers in Pharaoh’s court.
Daniel Schultz
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The Origins of Religion

New research suggests that religious practices might have evolved out of a need to get along.
Lauri Lebo
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Religious Conservatives Fight Rash of Gay Marriages

From Mexico to Washington, DC, anti-equality activists are trying to block happy families.
Candace Chellew-Hodge
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Senate Obstructionist Endangering Africans

Oklahoma senator is blocking a bill that would disarm brutal “Lord’s Resistance Army” in Africa.
Sarah Posner
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Kaya Oakes

Political Research Associates
Kaya Oakes’ fifth book, The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life’s In Betweens to Remake the World, was published in December 2021. She teaches nonfiction writing at UC Berkeley.
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