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Teaching Islam in the Age of ISIS
Last academic year, students at my college asked me to participate in two faculty panel discussions on current events: one on ISIS (also known as …
By Amina SteinfelsEditor’s Note
On Planned Parenthood, Beware of False Prophets
“The Bible says, ‘Beware of false prophets,’” outgoing House Speaker John Boehner told Face the Nation host John Dickerson on September 27. Boehner was referring …
By Marie GriffithEssay
Pope Francis Comes to Washington
As recently as the 1950s, it was gospel in certain liberal circles that Catholicism was, to take a leaf from Ben Carson, “inconsistent with the …
By Leslie Woodcock TentlerEssay
Pulling Us Back In: David Barton, Ted Cruz, and the Evangelical Grassroots
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Like Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III, who thought he could squirm …
By Paul HarveyEssay
The Joy Machine: Stephen Colbert, Satire, and Faith
Between the ending of The Colbert Report and the beginning of the Late Show, Stephen Colbert stopped in at the offices of America Media for …
By Xarissa HoldawayThe States Project
Louisiana: A French Teacher Lives Among the Cajuns
A French Teacher Lives Among the Cajuns.
By Max Perry MuellerReport
New Clash over Religion in Schools: Communities Face Backlash for Lessons on Islam
Many of the speakers wore red shirts in solidarity. Dozens of them took turns standing at the microphone to lash out at the members of …
By Linda K. WertheimerEssay
When Our Truths Are Ignored: Proslavery Theology’s Legacy
For an African American writer during slavery, there was an expectation that a “white envelope” framed the “black message.” For autobiographers like Frederick Douglass and …
By Yolanda PierceReport
Born Again, All Over Again
It all started with a question. On what day did Jesus die? Which led to more questions. Who wrote the Gospels? Is the English translation …
By Emily AlhadeffInterview
For All the Sinners and Saints: An Interview with Nadia Bolz-Weber
The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber is one of the leading voices in progressive Christianity. In 2008, as a Lutheran seminarian at Iliff School of Theology in …
By Jesse James DeConto