Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Evangelical
Politics and Religion

Religions

Select a Category America Apologetics Art baseball Bible Blog Christ Church crime Culture Economics Education Ethics Family Food Football Government History Holidays Holy Week Humor International Islam Language Law Life Issues Literature Media Medicine Movies Music Nature News Personal Philosophy Politics psychology Reformation Religions Sacraments Science sex Social Science Sports technology television terrorism Theology Uncategorized Vocation war

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Making religion as unacceptable as racism

What would it be like if religious belief were to become utterly socially unacceptable? Imagine...

March 24, 2014

“National Bolshevism”: Russia’s new ideology

Vladimir Putin's speech annexing the Crimea echoes the language of a new political ideology being...

March 11, 2014

When the church “doesn’t really stand for anything”

Newsweek has an article about how Protestantism is dwindling in the land of Luther. It...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

Satanism is having a Reformation

The group that is trying to erect a statue of Baphomet next to the Ten...

January 10, 2014

Reducing religion & morality to what is “useful”

More from Daniel Schwindt on de Tocqueville, this time about how Americans--because of their rationalism...

January 09, 2014

The global war on Christians

Religion journalist John Allen has written a book entitled The Global War on Christians: Dispatches...

January 08, 2014

The Satanic monument for the public square

This is the monument that the Satanists are trying to erect next to that of...

January 07, 2014

Religious freedom vs. human rights?

The rise of religion globally threatens human rights, according to British academic Stephen Hopgood in...

January 06, 2014

Schism in the atheist church, already

The atheist church we've blogged about, the Sunday Assembly, has split over doctrinal issues, worship...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Prominent neo-Pagan becomes a Christian

Teo Bishop, a prominent neo-Pagan--a celebrity among Druids and Witches--has announced his conversion to Christianity. ...

November 07, 2013

Speedfaithing

You know about speed dating. A man and a woman sit down together for 3-8...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Mega-Ashrams & Tele-Gurus

An article about the arrest in India of the guru Asaram Bapu--worshipped as the "godman"--for...

August 2013

August 16, 2013

Lack of belief as an identity

Brendan O'Neill himself does not believe in God, but he has written a piece entitled...

August 14, 2013

The Six Types of Atheists

Christians have their different theologies. Conservatism comprises a number of different ideologies. Now studies are...

August 07, 2013

The religious spectrum of liberals and conservatives

E. J. Dionne is a liberal columnist who is also a faithful Catholic. He has...

August 05, 2013

Why there is only one way to salvation

Once again I see on the LCMS website in the "View from Here" feature an...

August 05, 2013

Shifting from family values to religious freedom

McKay Coppins notes a change in the message of Republicans and social conservatives in particular. ...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Atheists offended by Star of David

The Freedom from Religion Foundation is trying to get the state of Ohio to remove...

July 22, 2013

Recovering the freakishness of Christianity

Russell Moore, identified as per our previous discussion as one of those "Lutheran Baptists," was...

July 19, 2013

Opposing the word “religion”

Michelle Boorstein writes in the Washington Post about how virtually everybody--liberals and conservatives, New Agey...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Atheists who pray

As many as 6% of atheists pray, as many non-believers seek the benefits of religion...

June 25, 2013

Anglicans starting a “pagan church”

The Church of England is breaking new ground in being "missional," in the sense of...

June 21, 2013

Non-biological bodies & digital immortality

The director of engineering at Google, Ray Kurzweil--who has written a couple of books on...

June 07, 2013

Religion and crime

The worst criminals tend to be very religious. In fact, they often use religion to...

June 04, 2013

The Numinous

Many years ago, I read The Idea of the Holy by the Lutheran phenomenologist Rudolph...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Family and Secularization

Christian scholar Mary Eberstadt has a new book entitled How the West Really Lost God:...

May 21, 2013

IRS also targeted religious groups

It wasn't just Tea Party groups that the IRS harassed, delayed, and audited. Some religious...