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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…

Much has already been written about the dangers Roy Moore—Alabama’s infamous “10 Commandments judge”—could pose if he wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions. But given Moore’s swift…

Every day brings a new tsunami of bullshit, a giant wave of lies flattening our discourse to sticks and rubble. The moment it seems that we might recover—find a moment’s peace for real thought—another…

Barely a day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, at the start of this year’s devastating run of natural disasters, I saw the first of many appeals pop up on social media. Please contribute…

For almost ten years now, the folks at Sojourners and other progressive evangelical outfits have been reminding us that ” budgets are moral documents.” All well and good. I agree. But I will add that…

There was a time in the Catholic Church when supporters of doctrinal orthodoxy could count on the Vatican to do their policing for them. But the advent of a pope who sees his role as less about…

You learn things reading church newsletters. Take, for example, this very interesting tidbit about First Congregational UCC, a historic downtown Atlanta church, celebrating its 150th anniversary. Big…

What inspired you to write Mindlessness: The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism? What inspired me to write this book was my growing irritation and even revulsion at our general…

Thinking about the place of violence in American civil religion helps solve a perplexing theme in the debate over professional athletes’ protests.