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Book Culture and the Rise of Liberal Religion
In 1904 the Quaker mystic and philosopher Rufus Jones published Social Law in the Spiritual World with a grand ambition. “The cure for skepticism,” Jones …
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Roe v. Wade at 40: An Interview with Legal Scholar and Theologian Cathleen Kaveny
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To Be Straight, Thin, and “Healthy”
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A Novelist Tours a Nuclear Testing Site.
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My Journey Toward the “New Evangelicalism”
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What Graham Crackers Can Teach Us About Whole Foods
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Paradise Lust: The Lawyer Who Found Eden along the Florida Panhandle
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What Psychology Teaches Us About Moral and Political Divides
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Welcome to Zaytuna, the Nation’s First Muslim Liberal Arts College
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Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department Pursued Greater Religious Engagement
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Christians Divided on Morality, Legalization of Marijuana Use
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Religious Leaders to Government: We Must Get Our Fiscal House In Order
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The Nuns Not on the Bus
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RT @sbreger: Fascinating piece on America's first Muslim Liberal Arts College. http://t.co/lH1Azq2TAU via @ReligPolitics
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