Category Archives: Religion

North Carolina’s Amendment One and the Fight for the State’s Soul

At the end of the day, it is simply impossible to argue that this is a struggle between secularism and faith. Rather, it’s a struggle about what kind of faith we North Carolinians want to live.
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The Threat of Women’s Autonomy: The Vatican’s Crackdown on Nuns

The bishops are playing politics here, and it’s the sisters who are staying steady with their orders’ commitment to doing the work they understand themselves to have been divinely assigned.
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Why Liberals Should be Nervous about Santorum’s Super Tuesday

Last night made it clear that, even if Romney remains the frontrunner, we will need to start thinking about the possibility that Santorum could secure the nomination.
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Bitches in Texas: ABC’s G.C.B takes aim at evangelical hypocrisy

The only thing bigger than their hair is their love for the Lord.
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Egypt – Despite Violence, A People Still United

Despite the beautiful images of symbolic unity of Muslims and Christian Egyptian citizens, the current forces of power in Egypt—whether they are the media, military police, or transitional government leaders—still exhibit shameless racism against the Coptic minority.
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Review: The Quest for the Historical Satan

By creating an image of absolute Evil, numerous groups have been able to define themselves as only and ever Good - an idea has been used to justify great evil itself.
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An interview with Frank Schaeffer

"Social movements are usually at their most extreme in the beginning—and become more rational over time. But the Reconstructionist venom just multiplies."
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Why it matters that Michele Bachmann is a submissive wife

We are dealing with a strain of American thought that appropriates religion for the purposes of oppressing women, and has developed a specific rhetoric to cover up this fact. Michele Bachmann follows it, and has allowed it to shape her career.
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Review: Dancing Theology in Fetish Boots: Essays on Marcella Althaus-Reid

Dancing Theology in Fetish Boots is an intriguing collection of mismatched elements that sheds new light on sexuality, gender and race in religious locations.
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Why do we care about the Rapture? Living with the fear of the end

Jokes about the Rapture express a deeper anxiety about the decidedly apocalyptic times we live in, expressing some of the often unacknowledged uncertainty about the sustainability of our current system of living.
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