Quantcast
Channel: Religion Dispatches - Blog
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 129 View Live

How Not to Support Obamacare

Why can't the Dems seem to be able to muster an ethical argument for Affordable Care?

View Article



Pastor Implicated in Sex Abuse Scandal is Back

How long does it take to regain the trust of colleagues? Not too long it turns out. 

View Article

Yes, It's Worse To Be Gay in Russia

Journalist Jeff Sharlet returned from reporting on LGBT rights in Russia to some odd perceptions. 

View Article

Did Mark Driscoll Plagiarize the Wrong Person?

Sorry, I meant to copy the other guy. 

View Article

Black Church Leadership Gathering Excludes Women

This event should have been called 'How to Set the Black Church Back Forty Years’.

View Article


A Baptist Joins Satanists & Hindus in 10 Commandments Challenge

The 1st Amendment protects the Church as well as the State. 

View Article

Frank Schaefer, Phil Robertson and the Myth of Christian Unity

Are “liberal Christians” and “conservative Christians” worshipping the same God?

View Article

Thomas Nelson Addresses Driscoll Plagiarism Allegations

Sort of. 

View Article


Russian Orthodox Church Supports Referendum on Sodomy Laws

"Let's let the people decide."

View Article


The Mistaken Assumption Behind Employers’ “Right” to Not Cover Contraception

Pronoun issues in the birth control debate.

View Article

Muslim Women’s Dress: the New Sensationalism

Use your words... but use them wisely.

View Article

The Changing Face of Anti-Choice Activism

A response to Sarah Posner's recent post on McCullen v. Coakley

View Article

An Open Letter to Pope Francis from Roy Bourgeois

Discrimination is not Divine. 

View Article


The Problem with Ranking ‘Bible-Minded’ Cities

What's wrong with a bible-bodied city?

View Article

American Atheists Launch Super Bowl-Themed Hail Mary

The first atheist Super Bowl ad...

View Article


Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality Bill Despite (or Due to?) U.S. Opposition

How the U.S. and E.U. may help to re-elect President Museveni. 

View Article

Why All the Jesus Films?

Notes from the interview with Son of God directors.

View Article


5 Ways the Internet Has Been Trying to Kill Religion

The definitive (highly anecdotal) study.

View Article

Why Christians Should Have a Passover Seder: A Rabbi Responds

An argument in favor of boundary-crossing.

View Article

Christian Passover, Yes or No?: A Response to Rabbi Moffic

Passover is a rabbinical, not a biblical tradition. So yes, it is actually Jewish.

View Article

Speaking for Hinduism in the Absence of a Conversation

A Response to Michael Jerryson

View Article


Why Palin's "Baptism by Waterboarding" is Sacrilegious

The erstwhile presidential candidate links torture to sacrament, gets a big round of applause.

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Rape-Marriage of Nigerian Girls is ‘Biblical Marriage’

We must tell the truth that what is biblical is not always godly, holy or even right.

View Article

Catholic Health System Releases New Rules for Contraception

A follow-up to earlier reports of a mysterious directive.

View Article

Kentucky Nuns, Monks Beat Fracking

Bluegrass Pipeline is suspended indefinitely. 

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 129 View Live




Latest Images