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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...

July 03, 2012

Rap, Religion, and the BET Awards

by Ebony A. UtleyR3 ContributorThe 2012 BET Awards were black people on their best behavior....

July 03, 2012

Why We Should Reexamine the Faith of Barack Obama

Is Barack Obama a Christian?This perennial question came to the fore recently after American President...

July 03, 2012

Barack Obama: Evangelical-in-Chief?

The 2012 campaign has placed evangelicals in a paradox. A recent PRRI/RNS poll reveals that...

July 03, 2012

Voting My Religion: The Hypocrisy of the “Christian Right”

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, but the fight for healthcare is not...

July 03, 2012

Fortnight for Freedom: Whose Religious Liberty?

When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops kicked off their “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign almost...

July 03, 2012

Media Advisory: Religion and Politics in Election 2012

As candidates and campaigns reach out to people of faith, and religious organizations join the...

July 03, 2012

Racial and Religious Divides on Health Care Reform

The Supreme Court's decision to leave President Obama's health care reform legislation mostly intact swings...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

First Black President: The Fred Luter Era

By Rashad GroveR3 ContributorRevolutionary intellectual and feminist scholar Angela Davis once said, “Diversity means absolutely...

June 27, 2012

Is “evangelical” a white word?

Molly Worthen’s NYT essay on the social cleavage between white and black evangelicals is a...

June 27, 2012

Why Is There So Much God in America’s Politics?

His silence about his faith notwithstanding, Mitt Romney will become the first Mormon to win...

June 27, 2012

New Book Talks of Romney’s Faith, ‘Stunning Influence’ of ‘Mormon Machine’

After tackling the faiths of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, conservative Evangelical writer Stephen...

June 27, 2012

Tea Party Activists Are Just Evangelicals in Colonial Disguise

In a recent article written in Charisma, a popular magazine targeting Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians,...

June 27, 2012

Red State Religion: An Interview with Robert Wuthnow

Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America’s Heartlandby Robert WuthnowPrinceton University Press, 2012Robert Wuthnow...

June 24, 2012

Welcome Our Newest Contributor: Reggie A. White

Minister Reggie White is from Detroit, Michigan and is completing his studies in the Master...

June 24, 2012

Rhetoric Race and Religion Institute

In its ongoing efforts to examine the intersections between rhetoric, race, and religion, Memphis Theological...

June 24, 2012

The #TrayvonMartin Reader

The tragic killing of Trayvon Martin has sparked world wide interest. We here at Rhetoric...

June 23, 2012

What’s at Stake? Race and Evangelical Naming

by Edward BlumR3 Contributor By drawing attention to the Time list of "influential" evangelicals and...

June 23, 2012

Call for Submissions: Religion and Politics

Given the undeniable impact of political affairs upon religious matters and of religion upon such...

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