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August 20, 2012

Race, Religion, Women, Economic Privilege Are the Issues, So Let’s Talk About Them

The line was long, but it kept moving, and although the sun was warm, the...

August 19, 2012

Masculinity and Mass Violence

On July 20, just after James Holmes wounded 58 and killed 12 people at the...

August 19, 2012

The Constitution and the Candidates: Race, Religion, Romney, and Ryan

When the Philadelphia framers unveiled their proposed Constitution 225 years ago—September 17 will mark the...

August 18, 2012

The Disappointment of Religion

Reading the lives of the saints often raises our expectations, we read of someone transfigured...

August 18, 2012

CSULB Professor Releases Heavenly Hip-Hop Handbook

Culture and entertainment are so inextricably linked that oftentimes touchier subjects like religion are danced...

August 18, 2012

Pussy Riot Jailed: Why This is Both a Religious and Political Issue

The arrest and conviction of Pussy Riot on charges of hooliganism fits into a broader...

August 17, 2012

The New Terrain: Religion and Hip Hop

August 17, 2012

Saint Pauli

A combative, chain-smoking pixie on the wrong side of history is the not the typical...

August 17, 2012

Benjamin E. Mays: Schoolmaster of the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t emerge on the civil rights scene fully formed but drew...

August 17, 2012

Religion talks are everywhere

I wish I could be one of those women who giggles and changes the subject...

August 17, 2012

The Southern ACTION Coalition: A More Fair and Balance Representation of the Black Faith Community

by Earle FisherR3 ContributorWhen the President made his stance regarding Same Sex Marriage I feared...

August 15, 2012

English Bible Translations

For a while, I've been wanting to write an entry about English Bible translations. There...

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...

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