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May 24, 2014

Slaveholding Women and the Religious Instruction of Slaves in Post-Emancipation Memory

“Well, bless ye little heart, honey, ye say ye is wan’ me to tell ye...

May 24, 2014

Jesus, Mary and Joseph: Who Are Our Saints?

Tomorrow I will be going to a friend’s 7th grade classroom presentation of “famous people in...

May 23, 2014

Why Can’t the Vatican Hear Women?

A group of progressive Catholic organizations writing under the banner of the Nuns Justice Project...

May 23, 2014

America’s Civil Religion: Presidents and Memorial Day

Throughout American history presidents have often used religious rhetoric for various reasons: to provide comfort...

May 23, 2014

The Myth of a ‘War on Religion’

Last week, the Public Religion Research Institute published a study showing that Americans want their fellow citizens...

May 22, 2014

Vincent Harding, 82, Civil Rights Author and Associate of Dr. King, Dies

Vincent Harding, a historian, author and activist who wrote one of the most polarizing speeches...

May 20, 2014

How Brown v. Board of Education Still Shapes Our Religious Life

Not long ago, I visited Topeka, Kan., to teach at one of those grand old...

May 20, 2014

Call for Submissions: 2014 African American Communication and Culture Division and Black Caucus Outstanding Research Awards  

2014 African American Communication and Culture Division and Black Caucus Outstanding Research Awards  The African American...

May 20, 2014

Christian College Faces Uproar After Bolstering Its View on Evolution

William Jennings Bryan earned a permanent place in American history nearly nine decades ago in...

May 19, 2014

Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty: Another Chapter in the Story

On April 28, 2014, the United Church of Christ—joined by clergy from Lutheran, Baptist, Unitarian...

May 19, 2014

Conquering the Religious-Secular Divide

A few weeks ago, I participated in a private convening with multifaith leaders who are...

May 19, 2014

The Hollowness of Public Prayer

There is much to criticize in the recent Supreme Court decision on prayer at public...

May 19, 2014

A Shocking Conclusion about American Christianity

I’m not an expert in or scholar of “youth ministry,” but many of my students...

May 19, 2014

Religion and Culture in African Literature

Religion, according to Emile Durkheim (1988) is "a united system of beliefs and practices relative...

May 19, 2014

Confessions of a Black Lady Preacher: Why Can’t You Just Call Me Reverend?

As I sat in my father’s car driving down Billy Graham highway in North Carolina,...

May 17, 2014

Are Millennials Really Leaving the Church? Yes — but Mostly White Millennials

Almost everyday, it seems, there’s a new story about how “Millennials are leaving the church.”...

May 17, 2014

“I Know What You Did Last Sunday” Finds Americans Significantly Inflate Religious Participation

A new PRRI study, “I Know What You Did Last Sunday: Measuring Social Desirability Bias...

May 15, 2014

Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis

In Notes from a Colored Girl, Karsonya Wise Whitehead examines the life and experiences of...

May 15, 2014

Jacob’s Gift

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorHe told me later he didn’t want me to think he was...

May 15, 2014

Tapestry of Life: God, Religion, and Sexuality

The Tapestry of Life, focuses on the behavioral sciences. Host Pascal Scoles Jr. D.S.W. professor...

May 14, 2014

Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism

Molly Worthen, author most recently of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Oxford...

May 13, 2014

Emory Appoints Dean of the Chapel, Spiritual Life

Emory University has announced the selection of the Rev. Bridgette Young Ross to be its...

May 13, 2014

The Great War and Religion: A Neglected History

World War I--The Great War, as it was called at the time--is remarkable in military...

May 13, 2014

Could Secular Forces Play a Role in Who Becomes Chicago’s Next Archbishop?

As much as Chicago's Roman Catholics believe the selection of the city's next archbishop will...

May 11, 2014

How Liberals Abandoned Religion to the Fundamentalist Right

Last week the Supreme Court stretched the boundaries of religious expression in the public sphere...

May 11, 2014

Catholics and Religious Progressivism

Our Twitter Pope, Pope Francis, tweeted a message a week or so ago that seems...

May 09, 2014

Ten Bible Verses Prosperity Gospel Preachers Need to Stop Misuising

The prosperity gospel goes by many names: Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It...

May 09, 2014

A Place of Sanctuary

A homeless transvestite prostitute makes her way slowly up Jefferson from the intersection of Claybrook...

May 09, 2014

R3 Contributor Earle Fisher Speaks on Boko Haram

R3 Contributor Earle Fisher talks about Boko Haram and the role of religion during an...

May 08, 2014

The Wal-Martization of African American Religion: T.D. Jakes and Woman Thou Art Loosed

by Paula McGee, Claremont UniversityAbstractThis dissertation is an ideological critique of the New Black Church...

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