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Connecticut: A Blogger Revisits the Yale Athletic Fields
A Blogger Revisits the Yale Athletic Fields.
By Mark SilkEssay
Why Mormon Men Love “Church Ball” and Are Scared of Homosexuality
Mormon men play a lot of basketball. Every Saturday morning across the country, Mormon men gather for a strange liturgy of “Church Ball” in the …
By Kristine HaglundProfile
Meet Derrick Harkins, the Pastor Behind the Democratic Party’s Faith Outreach
CHARLOTTE — “Faith is an integral part of the Democratic Party,” the Reverend Derrick Harkins proclaimed Wednesday as he kicked off a panel on religion …
By Elizabeth DiasReview
Vampires, Gay Rights, and the Political Underpinnings of HBO’s True Blood
HBO’s True Blood has always been saturated with political commentary. The first episode aired in September of 2008, just months before the passage of California’s …
By Joseph LaycockEditor’s Note
What War on Religion?
In July of 1844, word reached New York that Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the LDS Church, had been murdered by a mob in Illinois. …
By Tiffany StanleyInterview
The Lost Art of Political Compromise: An Interview with Al Simpson
Alan K. Simpson is one of America’s favorite political pugilists. A lawyer, legislator, and devout Episcopalian, during his four decades in national politics, Simpson has learned …
By Max Perry MuellerInterview
See Me Naked: An Interview with Amy Frykholm
See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American ChristianityBy Amy FrykholmBeacon Press, 2011 In her latest book, See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile …
By Amy BenjaminEssay
American Sisters Haven’t Strayed. The Vatican Has.
In April, the Vatican censured the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCRW), a body that represents more than 80 percent of American sisters. After a …
By Amy KoehlingerExcerpt
Paradise Lust: The Lawyer Who Found Eden along the Florida Panhandle
On Elvy Edison Callaway’s hand-drawn map of northwest Florida, the Jim Woodruff Dam over the Apalachicola River looks like the narrow wrist of a giant …
By Brook Wilensky-LanfordEssay
Fortnight for Freedom: Whose Religious Liberty?
When the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops kicked off their “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign almost two weeks ago, they chose an auspicious feast day to …
By Jessica Coblentz