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July 2012

July 22, 2012

Obama, Romney, and Rick Warren’s Religious Test

Saddleback Church’s evangelical mega-pastor Rick Warren has announced that he’ll be holding another presidential forum,...

July 22, 2012

R3 Contributor: Edward Blum

Edward J. Blum (University of Kentucky, 2003) is a historian of race and religion in...

July 22, 2012

Hustling Religion: Rap and the Religious Flava of T.I. and Jay-Z

by Sharon Lauricella and Samuel KyeremeR3 Contributors*A extended version of this post is in press...

July 22, 2012

Welcome our newest contributor: Samuel Kyereme

Sammy Kyereme is a lover of music, people and positive vibrations. He plays five instruments...

July 22, 2012

R3 Contributor: Sharon Lauricella

Sharon Lauricella was recently awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Communication at University...

July 21, 2012

Why Religion Rules American Politics

Religion is important for American politics because religion is important for Americans.1 Yet, there are...

July 19, 2012

Federal judge paves way for Tennessee mosque to open for Ramadan

A federal judge's ruling Wednesday cleared the way for a controversial mosque in Tennessee to...

July 19, 2012

Why Many Black and Urban Millennials Are Not Leaving the Church

I was born in 1987. Looking back over my childhood, I can proudly say that...

July 18, 2012

Mitt Romney and a Theology of American Exceptionalism

"Let me make this very clear," Mitt Romney declared in a speech he gave at...

July 18, 2012

Romney, Obamacare and Mormonism

n this strange moment in which people still wonder what a Mormon president will do...

July 17, 2012

The context of religion

I had the privilege to spend the last week at the 5th Latin American Conference...

July 17, 2012

Obama, Romney and the Kingdom of God

Twenty years ago, author and psychiatrist M. Scott Peck gave a lecture in which he...

July 16, 2012

Race, Religion and Politics: A Look at the Election Impacts

Racially insensitive attitudes toward blacks cost Barack Obama some votes, and to a lesser extent...

July 16, 2012

Beyond the Black Church, Or, African American Religious Studies: The Next Generation

I study, among other subjects, black Catholics. When I tell people I study black Catholics,...

July 14, 2012

Of Dust and Ashes: A (Re) reading of the Book of Job

by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 ContributorFrom: CrystalstmarielewisI used to hate the book of Job.It’s about...

July 14, 2012

We Are Penn State!: A Failure of Leadership

by Rashad GroveR3 ContributorThe late Paulo Freire in his classic text The Pedagogy of the...

July 14, 2012

U.S. Confidence in Organized Religion at Low Point

Forty-four percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in...

July 14, 2012

Misrepresenting the Civil War

David Goldfield’s article “Avoid the Carnage of War” (June 29 Viewpoint) may be provocative reading,...

July 14, 2012

Being Meek (Mill)

by Ebony UtleyR3 ContributorRapper Meek Mill and Pastor Jomo K. Johnson have beef. I know....

July 14, 2012

Racial and Sacred Imagery in Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter and Other Works by Seth Grahame-Smith

by Edward BlumR3 ContributorThe novels of Seth Grahame-Smith are drawing a lot of attention these...

July 12, 2012

Fred Luter: Head of the Southern Baptist Church: A Reader

On June 19, 2012, the Southern Baptist Convention elected Rev. Fred Luter of New Orleans,...

July 12, 2012

Welcome our newest contributor: Sean Connable

Sean Connable, Ph.D. is a educator and rhetorician at Christopher Newport University. His teaching and...

July 12, 2012

Most Muslims Want Democracy, Personal Freedoms, and Islam in Political Life

More than a year after the first stirrings of the Arab Spring, there continues to...

July 12, 2012

The New Religious Intolerance

In her new book, The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an...

July 09, 2012

Six Reasons We Can’t Change The Future Without Progressive Religion

One of the great historical strengths of the progressive movement has been its resolute commitment...

July 06, 2012

‘Religion’ is not a synonym for ‘Christianity’

There was a time in America’s history that, when talk turned to religion, it was...

July 05, 2012

8 Reasons Religion Will Help Define the Path to the White House

The summer months of a presidential election year rarely hint at the "total war" the...

July 05, 2012

Most Evangelicals Likely to Lament Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld today the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (which...

July 05, 2012

For American Muslims, Everything Did Not Change After 9/11

Everything changed after 9” This political mantra has become part of our national life. It...

July 05, 2012

The future of Islam in Egypt

With the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi elected president of Egypt, many people are asking what...

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