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Mediating Our Dead

December 14, 2012

By Rachel Wagner We have become incapable of sitting with tragedy and loss, and instantly seek to make order...

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The Art of Living in Modern India

December 12, 2012

Jake Halpern goes to India: It seems like a romantic and clichéd notion, but I was very earnestly...

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Who's Hot, Who's Not, Fundamentalism Edition

December 5, 2012

By Jeff Sharlet Rick Warren's real conribution to American evangelicalism is the perfection of the humble-brag.

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Sex Abuse Scandals and Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Is the Internet the Problem?

November 13, 2012

By Ayala Fader The digital age has caused a crisis of moral authority among ultra-Orthodox rabbinic leadership as they...

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Daily Links: Conspiracy Edition

October 15, 2012

Nathan Schradle's Daily Links. Conspiracy, man. Can you dig it?

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When Jesus Said "Love your Neighbor," He Probably Meant Don't Kill Them...

September 28, 2012

Not whistling past the Nazarene’s call to real, risky love of people facing unjust, arbitrary death.

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Where was Religion at the RNC? In the Foreign Policy. No, Really.

September 7, 2012

The convention floor was the village of The Scarlet Letter, where the elect and aspirants must name their enemies,...

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Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews II

September 2, 2012

In an ongoing series of print and audio interviews, S. Brent Plate talks to experts about the field of...

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In Defense of the Coalition: Observing the RNC

August 29, 2012

Our lady in Tampa, Abby Ohlheiser, reports back from the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

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Old Lands, New Gospels: The Science of Happiness in Uganda

July 24, 2012

by Amy Levin: Ever since Madonna and Tom Cruise carried the banner for Kabbalah and Scientology, respectively, New...

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Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews

July 2, 2012

Intersections of Religion and Media: S. Brent Plate interviews Jolyon Mitchell, Rianne Subijanto, Diane Winston, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu,...

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That's Why They Crucified Him:An Interview with James Cone

June 21, 2012

by Joe McKnight I am sitting alone in this living room with the father of black liberation...

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34 Years to Find a Mormon Voice

June 14, 2012

By Amy Levin We hear about the black vote, we hear about the Mormon vote, but we seldom-to-never...

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Race and Radical Welcome

June 6, 2012

By Becky Garrison According to ABC News/Washington Post polls, for the first time, strong public support for same-sex marriage...

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Hallelujah, We're Born Again!

June 5, 2012

Back in 2003, when dinosaurs roamed the Internet, The Revealer was pretty novel.

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Perverse Mission? Catholic Approaches to Foreign Policy

May 21, 2012

Reverse Mission: Transnational Religious Communities and the Making of US Foreign Policy By Timothy Byrnes. Georgetown University Press, 2001. 216 pp. by Frances...

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Nigeria's Islamiyya Schools: Global Project, Local Target

May 18, 2012

By Alex Thurston This is the fourth post in a series on Islamic education in Northern Nigeria. The first post...

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"Traditional" and Reformist Practices: Advanced Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria

May 15, 2012

This post is the third in a series on Muslim schooling in Northern Nigeria. The first post gave an...

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Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

May 10, 2012

By Abhimanyu Das Namir Abdel Messeeh's highly entertaining documentary The Virgin, the Copts and Me is a curious beast,...

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The Poets of Srebrenica

May 4, 2012

by Janaki Challa “Countless contradictory analyses have seen the light of day about the ensuing bloody events in the territory of...

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Northern Nigeria: Qur'anic Schooling and the Almajirai

May 1, 2012

by Alex Thurston This is the second post in a series on Muslim education in Northern Nigeria. Read the first...

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Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church's "Bet" on Putin

April 26, 2012

by Irina Papkova The recent Russian elections have highlighted the complicated relationship between the Orthodox Church with both state...

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So Long, Rowan Williams

April 16, 2012

What does Rowan Williams's resignation mean for American Anglicans? By Daniel Schultz Word reached us lately that the eyebrows of the...

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The Pope Has Left the Island

March 28, 2012

By Nora Connor Pope...

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Mediating Our Dead

The Art of Living in Modern India

Who's Hot, Who's Not, Fundamentalism Edition

Sex Abuse Scandals and Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Is the Internet the Problem?

Daily Links: Conspiracy Edition

When Jesus Said "Love your Neighbor," He Probably Meant Don't Kill Them...

Where was Religion at the RNC? In the Foreign Policy. No, Really.

Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews II

In Defense of the Coalition: Observing the RNC

Old Lands, New Gospels: The Science of Happiness in Uganda

Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews

That's Why They Crucified Him:An Interview with James Cone

34 Years to Find a Mormon Voice

Race and Radical Welcome

Hallelujah, We're Born Again!

Perverse Mission? Catholic Approaches to Foreign Policy

Nigeria's Islamiyya Schools: Global Project, Local Target

"Traditional" and Reformist Practices: Advanced Islamic Education in Northern Nigeria

Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

The Poets of Srebrenica

Northern Nigeria: Qur'anic Schooling and the Almajirai

Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church's "Bet" on Putin

So Long, Rowan Williams

The Pope Has Left the Island

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