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May 2012

May 26, 2012

The Strange Idea that Religion Evolved Towards Christianity

I tend to ignore Camp Catholic here at Patheos, and I daresay most of them...

May 24, 2012

Pagans and Jesus

I'm in the process of reading two very different books about modern Pagans, and how...

May 18, 2012

Tokenism in Government Prayer Fails Again

In the long-simmering battle over the inclusion of (largely Christian) prayers at the beginning of...

May 16, 2012

Bad Advice and Goat’s Blood

Yesterday, Slate.com's advice columnist, journalist Emily Yoffe (aka "Dear Prudence"), tackled the issue of a...

May 12, 2012

Mitt Romney and “Demonic Activity” at Liberty University

It hasn't been a very good week for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. The presumptive Republican...

May 11, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

May 09, 2012

Christianity and Marriage Equality

"Absorbing the blow from last night is hard. If a victory for marriage equality happens,...

May 03, 2012

Guest Post: Hunt for Charity and Sound Arguments, Not Witches

[The following is a guest post from Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead. Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D....

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Two Kinds of Witchcraft? Resisting Cynicism, False Dilemmas, and Moral Panics.

For several years I've been asking the question of what do we do when the...

April 21, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

April 20, 2012

Rep. Mary Franson Fights the Green Dragon!

This Sunday is Earth Day. Originally spearheaded in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson as a national“teach-in” on...

April 19, 2012

American Nuns, Radical Feminism, and the Fear of “Another Religion”

"I loved the Church for Christ made visible. Not for itself, because it was so...

April 15, 2012

Teaching Paganism in British Schools?

Muck-raking (and hugely successful) British tabloid The Daily Mail reports on the Standing Advisory Council for...

April 13, 2012

Buncombe County Schools Passes New Religion Policy

Last night the Buncombe County School Board in North Carolina unanimously passed a policy regarding prayer, religious...

April 12, 2012

Tennessee’s “Monkey Bill” Becomes Law and other Pagan News of Note

Top Story: On Saturday, I wrote about the impending enaction of a bill in Tennessee...

April 07, 2012

Why Teaching “the Controversy” Means Teaching Christianity

For decades there has been a quiet war against the teaching of evolution in American...

April 05, 2012

Caught In Another Faith’s Crisis

The United States of America is a secular, pluralistic, nation that is home to hundreds...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

“Religious Freedom” Laws, Inspirational Messages, and Religious Minorities

The idea of the United States as a pluralistic, secular, society where no single religious...

March 23, 2012

What the New Pew Forum Survey Tells Us About Pagan Religions in U.S. Prisons

Yesterday the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released the findings of a 50-state...

March 22, 2012

“Nones” and the Future of Religion in America

Since the 2010 elections, and some would argue since the election of Barack Obama in...

March 17, 2012

Saint Patrick, Druids, Snakes, and Popular Myths

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a yearly holiday celebrating Ireland’s favorite patron saint. While it’s a big event...

March 13, 2012

Religious Freedom, Religious Exemptions, and the Responsibility of the Majority

Lets talk about religious freedom, shall we? It seems that the religious news feeds are...

March 06, 2012

That Time Kirk Cameron Infiltrated a Druid Ritual

Why, in the name of all that is good and holy, is anyone still paying...

March 05, 2012

The Pope Doesn’t Meet With Non-Institutional (ie “Pagan”) Faiths

Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church, is making a historic trip to...

March 01, 2012

Vote on Religious Materials in Buncombe County Schools Tonight

Tonight, the Buncombe County School Board in North Carolina is scheduled to vote on a new...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

Constitution Classes and Christian Indoctrination

Considering the fact that I just wrote about religion, pluralism, and the pagan roots of...

February 18, 2012

Guest Post: The Pagan Worldview in a Post-Constantinian World

[Nicole Youngman is a sociologist at Loyola University in New Orleans. She's been Pagan over...

February 03, 2012

Religious Materials Debate Continues in Buncombe County

This past December, North Carolina Pagan Ginger Strivelli challenged her child’s school’s policy regarding the distribution...

February 02, 2012

Cutting Down Every Wiccan Tree?

I have a semi-official policy of ignoring Christian media mogul Pat Robertson whenever possible. You...

February 02, 2012

Two Prayer Breakfasts, Two Visions of America

Today the political elite of the United States engaged in an annual tradition, the National...