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Thoughts and Prayers
As inhabitants of the only country in the world where school shootings are routine, the American faithful must not pray for serenity, but for courage....
June 8, 2022
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Getting Serious about Legally Blonde
The 2001 comedy shatters expectations about what makes a good heroine...
May 9, 2022
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The Affair of the Sausages and Religious Freedom
Five hundred years ago today, some Swiss people ate sausages. This was a major event in the history of Christianity....
March 8, 2022
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Are Vaccine Exemptions Actually Religious?
Large-scale vaccine skepticism is a new phenomenon, but is it a religious phenomenon?...
February 4, 2022
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The Revolutionary Joy of Desmond Tutu
There is a danger in softening Tutu’s legacy, but we make the same mistake in the opposite direction if we forget his contagious, all-embracing joy....
January 6, 2022
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The Irony of Facebook
Ironically, social media sites draw upon our natural desire to have friends but they can make it more difficult to truly connect....
November 4, 2021
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Conspiracy Theories and Human Psychology
The unsettlingly normal cognitive roots of outlandish explanations...
September 9, 2021
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What Makes a Conflict "Religious"?
Sometimes our categories conceal more than they reveal...
June 7, 2021
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The Moral Emptiness of Zack Snyder's Justice League
Understanding what makes a movie villain compelling (or not), with a little help from Thomas Aquinas...
May 3, 2021
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Raphael Warnock and the Ongoing Legacy of Black Liberation Theology
The myth of a monolithic Black theology at the heart of political scare tactics...