Religion
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Conscience and the Culture Wars
Jun 29, 2015Conservatives say marriage equality and health-care laws threaten their religious freedom. Should they be exempt?
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Piety and Politics in America
May 15, 2015The tension between religiosity and secular government goes back to the nation’s founding.
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Is God a Republican?: Why Politics Is Dangerous for Religion
September-October 1996The Christian Coalition has made a dangerous gamble by associating faith with the Republican Party. If God blesses us only as Republicans or Democrats, both politics and religion are in trouble.
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Will the Supreme Court Abandon True Government Neutrality Toward Religion?
Sep 18, 2017The high court chips away at the once impregnable wall between church and state.
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The Religious Right Moves to Cement Political Power Under President Trump
Sep 01, 2017Conservative evangelicals have seen more victories in a Trump administration than they probably would have under any other Republican.
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America Glimpses the End Times in the Age of Trump
Jul 19, 2017In a single day, an absurd pile of events suggests that the government may indeed be trying to “immanentize the eschaton.”
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Obama Protected Mosques. Will Trump Target Them?
Jan 23, 2017Mosques in America, which the Obama administration fought to defend, now embody the threat to religious liberties posed by President Trump.
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Begin, Again: Trump Through the Eyes of a Holocaust Survivor
Jan 13, 2017How do the rhetoric of the president-elect and the hate crimes unleashed after his election affect those who have witnessed the worst?
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A Sacred Populist: Pope Francis Shakes Up His Church
Dec 24, 2016Pope Francis has outraged conservatives and liberals alike in the Catholic hierarchy, but his populist message is in step with his politically turbulent times.
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A Government Of, By, and For the Deplorables
Nov 18, 2016A frightening array of Islamophobes, xenophobes, homophobes, racists, and misogynists is assembling around President-elect Trump, normalizing the language and actions of hatred.
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Koch Brothers’ Latest Target: Pope Francis
Oct 14, 2016Better known for their high-dollar political spending, the billionaire Koch brothers have also poured millions into Catholic University’s business school to promote a free-market orthodoxy sharply at odds with the teachings of Pope Francis.
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No, Trump Hasn’t Destroyed the Christian Right
Oct 12, 2016The Republican nominee simply exposes the movement’s true aim: preservation of white patriarchy.
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Nigeria After Boko Haram: Rethinking Reeducation and Reintegration
Sep 01, 2016Issues of religion, gender, and mistrust could further complicate efforts to return former fighters to their communities.
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The Beach Movie of the Absurd
Aug 31, 2016The Burkini fuss isn't just an embarrassment for France. Diversity is under attack across the West.
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Reverend William Barber Is on a Mission from God: Change the Country’s Moral Narrative
Aug 22, 2016A conversation with the architect of “Moral Mondays” on the struggle for voting rights, Fight for 15, and building toward a third Reconstruction.
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Rubio and Trump Head to Orlando for Anti-LGBTQ Event
Aug 10, 2016Two months after the Pulse nightclub shooting, the two Republicans plan to address some of the country’s most notorious religious conservatives.
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Donald Trump’s Star of David
Jul 08, 2016How the GOP enables the rise of dog-whistle anti-Semitism
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Trump Lays Bare the Moral Bankruptcy of the Religious Right
Jun 29, 2016The movement’s top leaders crown the foul-mouthed casino owner as their savior.
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