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June 2013

June 23, 2013

Is Black Humanism a Religion?

As I get deeper into the research for my project on black freethinkers and closer...

June 23, 2013

Exodus “Ex-Gay” Ministry Closes Up Shop

"I long for the day when a gay or lesbian kid feels like the first...

June 22, 2013

Can Religion Ever Be Good For Women?

Religion and forms of spirituality have continued to encapsulate individuals and society at large. Whether...

June 20, 2013

Kanye West’s Yeezus May Be Sexist But Is Not Blasphemous

by Ebony A. UtleyR3 Contributor *This first appeared in the Rap and Religion BlogNot unlike the...

June 20, 2013

Bono on Jesus

What follows is an excerpt from the book, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas where Bono talks...

June 20, 2013

When Push-Polling Comes to Religion

Faithful readers of this blog know that I have a bugaboo about survey research that...

June 19, 2013

Monica Miller: Great Conversations at Washington State University

In April, Dr. Monica Miller visited Washington State University to give a wonderful talk. R3...

June 19, 2013

America Does Not Have a Religious Identity

The Constitution of Religious Freedom: God, Politics, and the First Amendmentby Dennis J. GoldfordBaylor University...

June 18, 2013

Study Says Gays Find Most U.S. Faiths Unfriendly

Gay Americans are much less religious than the general U.S. population, and about three in...

June 18, 2013

A New Evangelical Engagement With Public Schools

Why would evangelical Christians want anything to do with public schools? Judging from decades of...

June 18, 2013

Faith, Sex and Google: Cyberporn Takes Emotional, Spiritual Toll on Religious Americans

"When I was younger, porn cost money, and water was free. What happened?" -- Joke BloggerImagine...

June 17, 2013

“On the Battlefield for My Lord”: Chaplain Henry McNeal Turner, Part 4

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*This is the fourth and last installment of "On the Battlefield...

June 17, 2013

Divine Dialogue Returns

Divine Dialogue returns for its third summer season June 16! Designed to inform and engage...

June 16, 2013

Caring For The Least of These: Does Religion Provide a Way Forward for Southern Progressivism?

Sarah and I were in St. Louis recently for a Spring Break vacation. While we...

June 15, 2013

Rhetoric Race and Haitian Thought

by Celucien JospehR3 ContributorI would like to inform you about my new book, From Toussaint to...

June 15, 2013

Becoming the Common: Why I Got Arrested in North Carolina This Week

I was arrested this week. This was the first time in my life that I...

June 13, 2013

Tony Jones, Peter Rollins, and the Trend of “Don’t Call Me Racist!”

Emergent Christianity is a broad term, and progressive an even broader one, so I don’t...

June 13, 2013

Religious Liberty for the Rest of Us

The Puritans sailed to these shores 400 years ago seeking freedom of religion, but freedom...

June 12, 2013

North Carolina Moral Monday Protests Split On Bible’s Message To Help Poor

Over the last two months, hundreds of protesters have walked out of North Carolina's capitol...

June 12, 2013

Faith in Values: God Versus Godless—a False Choice

Depending on which pundits you follow, America is either a nation that’s drenched in religion...

June 12, 2013

Beyond Slaveholding Christianity, Part 3: Getting Rid of Our Spiritual Amnesia

One memory that stands out from my time serving underneath Curtis May, who runs the...

June 12, 2013

Beyond Slaveholder Christianity, part 2: The Roots of Slaveholder Christianity

Slaveholder Christianity is the approach to the Scriptures which my ancestors used to justify the...

June 12, 2013

Beyond Slaveholder Christianity, Part 1: Moving Beyond the Southern Comfort Zone

Recently I was blessed to join in a ceremony on behalf of theProgressive Christian Alliance church...

June 12, 2013

A Biblical Task: Translating the Bible in the 21st Century

When scholar and priest William Tyndale decided to translate the Bible into English in the 1520s, he...

June 12, 2013

New Study Suggests Religion May Help Criminals Justify Their Crimes

In 1996, noted criminologist Jewel asked a question that has long haunted those hoodlums prone to pondering...

June 11, 2013

Religious Fundamentalism in the ‘War on Terror’

Before his death in a 2012 shooting incident, Chris Kyle was famous in the United...

June 11, 2013

Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement, Part 2: Reflections on the Documentary “Eyes on the Prize.”

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorRead Part 1 hereThis summer for two weeks at Memphis Theological Seminary,...

June 10, 2013

Southern Baptists Meet In Houston

A decade ago, the Southern Baptist Convention was riding high.The president of the United States...

June 10, 2013

“On the Battlefield for My Lord”: Chaplain Henry McNeal Turner, Part 3

by Andre E. JohnsonChaplain Henry McNeal TurnerR3 Editor*This is the third of a four part...

June 09, 2013

In Gay Marriage Debate, Both Supporters and Opponents See Legal Recognition as ‘Inevitable’

Religious belief continues to be an important factor in opposition to societal acceptance of homosexuality...

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