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January 2013

January 07, 2013

A Year of Wins: Faith & Reproductive Justice 2012

In so many ways, 2012 was a year of setbacks for women’s reproductive health. Katie...

January 02, 2013

God Everywhere, God Nowhere?

I finally got around to watching the two-part segment about faith and the Newtown school...

January 01, 2013

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Honorable Mention: Maddow Drops Mic

Just because this is quite possibly the best summary of the mad mad mad mad...

December 19, 2012

‘Merica: “The Prayer-Heavy Dinner Party”

One of the most viewed posts I’ve written yet at Patheos was published back in...

December 17, 2012

When Men Kill

More than a few people and organizations pay attention to the gendered nature of gun...

December 14, 2012

Too Late. Again.

With his silence and tears more powerful than the words ... "We've endured too many...

December 13, 2012

Political Bishops

Earlier this week I wrote about and shared the video of the Bishop of the...

December 07, 2012

Meet the NotReligions: Christianity, Islam, and …?

So, apparently, we’ve been doing it all wrong. Christianity isn’t a religion! It’s a philosophy. ...

December 06, 2012

Theology Matters: Sarah Coakley on Women Bishops

You may have heard by now that The Church of England recently voted down a...

December 04, 2012

Men Talk Guns: Costas, Whitlock, & Powell

These are the kinds of things I want to hear more men saying about guns...

December 04, 2012

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Hindus Buddhists & Bisexuals ~ Oh My!

In the interview that Sally Steenland, Director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at...

November 27, 2012

It’s Racism, Stupid

I’ll let actual Republicans do the full post-mortems on their collective failures in the 2012...

November 12, 2012

Pussy Riot = Feminism + Religion + Russia

I’ve been wanting to read more about the content of Pussy Riot’s protest at the...

November 08, 2012

Now What? Work to be Done

I'm happy to share two responses to the inevitable days-after-the-election question: Now What? The first is...

November 06, 2012

Election Day 2012 Round-Up

Finally! Time to vote (if you aren’t among the very many who have done so...

November 05, 2012

Why Women (and anyone who knows them) Must Vote

Mother Jones has a great graphic round-up of reasons that women need to vote November...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Barack Obama, Once More

For whom will you vote for President, and why? I intend to vote for Barack...

October 25, 2012

If Only Mourdock Were Rare

I wish that what Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said this week, that pregnancy...

October 24, 2012

Poverty & Our Shared Humanity

What are the key issues for people of your tradition to consider as they approach...

October 18, 2012

Presidential Faith: When Difference Matters

Does a candidate’s faith matter? Judging from voters in recent years, and in the 2012...

October 15, 2012

Race Still Matters. Religion … Maybe.

Results of the Millennial Values and Voter Engagement survey released by the Public Religion Research...

October 12, 2012

Joe Biden, Catholic for Choice

In the words of Vice President Joe Biden, from the transcript of the 10/11/12 Vice...

October 09, 2012

Religious Freedom Is For Everyone

What’s wrong – and right – with the role of faith in American politics today? ...

October 03, 2012

Debate Bingo With AAUW, Amnesty USA, & RCRC

Three of my favorite organizations have challenged us all to Presidential Debate Bingo ... to...

October 01, 2012

Vote Wrong & Go To Hell?

On September 23, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued a...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

An Open Letter to Illinois Pharmacists

Who do you think you are? Your religion does not trump mine. If you have...

September 26, 2012

Did Jesus Have A Wife? I Hope So

Two things I love about this moment: 1: That a presentation at an academic conferences...