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In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

September 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

In the News: Heaven, Human Rights, His Holiness, and more!

October 2, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

He Winketh with His Eyes, He Speaketh with His Feet

June 4, 2012

Joe McKnight: Walter Wink was, among other things, an outspoken critic of the “biblically-based” homophobia that has long plagued...

Rumors of Liberation Theology's "Huge Influence" Are Greatly Exaggerated

May 31, 2012

Joe McKnight: Mark Oppenheimer’s explanation of liberation theology underscores the theology’s fundamental principles which are often wholly overlooked...

Santorum's Holy Sanctum

February 29, 2012

Amy Levin: I’m not sure God would be too happy with Santorum lately - I mean, it’s one thing...

For Liberals: An Academic Candy Coating for theBitter Pill of God

December 1, 2011

Amy Levin: Those who find religion scholars to be an insular grouping of armchair academics out of touch with...

Applying Liberation Theology to theArgument for Gay Marriage

June 20, 2011

Amy Levin: Last Wednesday, June 15th, something historic happened…for the fourth time. The New York assembly approved the...

The Roots of Racism

September 25, 2010

Rachel Sladja at Talking Points Memo has a good piece up about the roots of all the recent...

Beck Off!

July 26, 2010

You don't mess with the theologians, Glenn Beck. The folks at Union Theological Seminary haven't found Beck's use and...

Freedom Rides For the Unborn.

April 26, 2010

A new kind of liberation theology has taken over the "pro-life" movement, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece,...