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August 2012

August 15, 2012

God is. And maybe that’s all

By Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 Contributor“I AM what I AM…” (Exodus 3:14)“I AM.” And that’s...

August 15, 2012

‘No Church in the Wild’: The Youth’s Unrecognized Spirituality Between Beats and Rhymes

Might be a hard pill to swallow, but the rapper who reminded us that Jesus...

August 15, 2012

Paul Ryan’s Libertarianism and Catholic Social Thought

The good king, according to Thomas Aquinas, had to be motivated by charity. Love must...

August 15, 2012

Conserve or Transform: Religion’s Dilemma

"Radicalism," particularly in the context of religion, evokes ambivalent if not conflicting reactions. On the...

August 15, 2012

Romney-Ryan ticket makes U.S. religious history

In selecting Paul Ryan for his running mate, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has made...

August 13, 2012

Religion In Politics – The Liberal Perspective

Sometimes, it is tough being a liberal. Rush and his legions of loyal Dittoheads call...

August 13, 2012

Faith, Race, and Terror

It's mourning in America again. Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote that the blood of the innocent...

August 12, 2012

What War on Religion?

In July of 1844, word reached New York that Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the...

August 11, 2012

Romney should stop hiding his Mormon faith

Mitt Romney continues to keep his Mormon faith off the presidential campaign stage, despite the...

August 11, 2012

David Barton: Falling from Grace?

This has been the summer of discontent with David Barton. First, in a poll taken...

August 09, 2012

Resisting Condemnation to Save America

From supporters of President Obama to Tea Party activists Americans agree that we live in...

August 09, 2012

The “War on Religion”: Still Placating the Base

Is anyone who doesn't already hate Obama for the usual right-wing reasons really going to...

August 09, 2012

The Mormon Moment — Postponed

In the last few months, considerable attention has been devoted to Mitt Romney's tax returns...

August 09, 2012

Becoming Aflame: Beyond LIberal Christianity

Confession time: I am an Anabaptist. Not just a cradle Menno/Brethren, but also an Anabaptist...

August 08, 2012

The Aurora Shooting: A Reader

"Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado....

August 08, 2012

The Penn State Scandal: A Reader

"Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety andwelfare of...

August 08, 2012

Religion as Politics

In 2011, I attended Shimon Peres's Presidential Conference, "Facing Tomorrow," in Israel. Headliners included Tony...

August 08, 2012

White supremacy: The real ‘homegrown’ terrorism

The most dangerous enemy is the one who most resembles you. That is why the...

August 07, 2012

Build a Culture of Hate and They Will Come

The other day, one of those Internet memes was making the rounds, this one lamenting...

August 06, 2012

Churches Face Challenges in Upgrading to Religion 2.0

Pastor Rick Warren has over 600,000 followers on Twitter. Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest,...

August 05, 2012

The Apocalypse of Otherness: Reflections on the Political and Theological Landscape

by Earle J. FisherR3 ContributorOne of the most common tropes in the Christian faith tradition...

August 04, 2012

Call It What It Is: It’s Not Adultery. It’s Abuse

Jack Schaap was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, the largest Independent...

August 03, 2012

Interview With Dr. Monica Miller: Author of Religion And Hip Hop

When I saw that you study at Notre Dame, I thought it was interesting, because...

August 02, 2012

The 50 Shades of Evangelicalism

I didn't know that I was an evangelical until I was 22, though I grew...

August 02, 2012

Republican Budget is an Immoral Document

A budget is a moral document. That phrase was coined by the faith community and...

August 02, 2012

Religious Diversity in the Bible

The more seriously one takes the Bible, the more seriously one should be willing to...

August 02, 2012

Recovering a Politics of Lament in Our Faith Communities

One of the most disturbing things about the American public's reaction to the recent theater...

August 02, 2012

Race and the Gospel in Mississippi

As a Mississippian and as a Baptist Christian, I cringed the other day when I...

August 02, 2012

There Is Nothing More Evil Than the Belief in Evil

Listening to the cacophony of the Republican nomination race, and now the presidential hopefuls, I...

August 02, 2012

“But They Are Nothing Like Us”: The Politics of Muslim Men in Prison

“They think that they are us, but they are nothing like us.”An insight or two...

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