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April 2014

April 22, 2014

Within the Ivory Towers: Managing Grief in Academia

I don’t really know how to start this post but I certainly feel the need...

April 21, 2014

Taking Care of Jesus and Muhammad: Reflections on Islamic Studies

The recent debate sparked by Aaron Hughes’ response to Omid Safi’s article on the state of Islamic studies in...

April 21, 2014

Womanist Theology at Union: A Past, a Present — a Future?

The lack of a consistent Womanist presence places Union in turmoil. To fill the empty...

April 19, 2014

Nichole Phillips: Sharing Discoveries in Religion and Ritual

Nichole Phillips was on her way to medical school when she heard a different calling."I...

April 19, 2014

The Black Madonnas Of Europe: Miracle Workers and Holy Icons

Of all the varied aspects of African womanhood, none are more fascinating than the hundreds...

April 18, 2014

Passover in the Confederacy

For at least one night each spring during the Civil War, in places like Louisiana...

April 18, 2014

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

by Jessie Jennings*Special to R3The spring is finally upon us. I enjoy many things about...

April 18, 2014

Of Football, Maps, Mourning, Mom, and Foot Washing

by Peter GathjeRe ContributorRobert saw me bending over to pick up a discarded coffee cup...

April 18, 2014

Reflexive Religious Studies: A Note

As I have been arguing for a long time, the category “religion” is transformative. [i]...

April 18, 2014

Jesus and the Cross: Rejection and Resurrection

I hate to be rejected. Don't you?No one likes rejection. Yet, we experience rejection and...

April 18, 2014

More than Hobby Lobby: My Take as a Scholar of Religious History

Hobby Lobby was not my favorite work experience—it required long hours, ridiculous record-keeping, exposure to...

April 18, 2014

How Religion and Spirituality Can Help (or Harm) You

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage...

April 16, 2014

From Self Love to Suicide: The Conversation Starts Now

by Karren D. ToddSpecial to R3Today, I logged on to Facebook and received tragic news. The...

April 15, 2014

Farewell Evangelicalism? Not So Fast

In the wake of World Vision’s reversal of their short-lived policy to hire employees who...

April 13, 2014

Focus on African Religious Roots Opens Rifts Among the Branches

The worshippers flock from Miami, Venezuela, Brazil and other far-flung destinations on their pilgrimage into...

April 13, 2014

The Internet Is Not Killing Religion, Religion is Killing Religion

In the first decade of the seventeenth century in England, with the break with the...

April 13, 2014

The Bible and the Box Office with Bishop Gene Robinson

This weekend on State of Belief, hear about faith-based efforts to stop the bullying of...

April 13, 2014

America: Stupidly Stuck between Religion and Science

Karl Marx’s famous maxim that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce,...

April 11, 2014

The #MichaelDunn Trial: After the Verdict: A Reader

On February 15, 2014, while a jury found Michael Dunn guilty of 3 counts of attempted murder,...

April 11, 2014

Testing reveals no evidence that ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is a modern forgery

A papyrus fragment of “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” that was dismissed by the Vatican as a...

April 11, 2014

Are Single People the Lepers of Today’s Church?

There are the well-meaning ladies who ask you about your husband and children and, when...

April 11, 2014

Race, Religion, and Constantine

I am supposed to be reading about Constantine and his relationship to the bishops in...

April 11, 2014

After World Vision, Evangelicals Debate Boundaries Over Sexuality

World Vision found itself testing the evangelical boundaries in March when it announced it would...

April 11, 2014

Jesus People Documentary Sheds Light On Religious Community’s Darker Stories

When filmmaker Jaime Prater decided to make a documentary exploring the lives of the children...

April 11, 2014

‘Preacher Daughters Season 2 Gets Religion Wrong: An Evaulation by an Actual Preacher’s Daughter

In the second grade, I went to Career Day at Mountainview Elementary dressed as a...

April 11, 2014

Daily Show: Haters of the Lost Ark

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April 11, 2014

Grief and the Promise of Life

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorA guest I’ll call “Tom,” shared a bit about his life with...

April 09, 2014

Losing our Religion: On “Retaining” Young People in the Orthodox Church

Arecent article on the challenge of interfaith marriage in Greek Orthodoxy has been circulating widely on...

April 09, 2014

History vs. Theology: Examine and Understand Their Starting Points

by Crystal LewisR3 ContributorFirst Posted at the Crystal St. Marie Lewis BlogNPR published a great...

April 08, 2014

The Bully Pulpit and Black Pain

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*This paper was given at the Southern States Communication Association on...

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