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May 2014

May 24, 2014
“Well, bless ye little heart, honey, ye say ye is wan’ me to tell ye...
May 24, 2014
Tomorrow I will be going to a friend’s 7th grade classroom presentation of “famous people in...
May 23, 2014
A group of progressive Catholic organizations writing under the banner of the Nuns Justice Project...
May 23, 2014
Throughout American history presidents have often used religious rhetoric for various reasons: to provide comfort...
May 23, 2014
Last week, the Public Religion Research Institute published a study showing that Americans want their fellow citizens...
May 22, 2014
Vincent Harding, a historian, author and activist who wrote one of the most polarizing speeches...
May 20, 2014
Not long ago, I visited Topeka, Kan., to teach at one of those grand old...
May 20, 2014
2014 African American Communication and Culture Division and Black Caucus Outstanding Research Awards

The African American...
May 20, 2014
William Jennings Bryan earned a permanent place in American history nearly nine decades ago in...
May 19, 2014
On April 28, 2014, the United Church of Christ—joined by clergy from Lutheran, Baptist, Unitarian...
May 19, 2014
A few weeks ago, I participated in a private convening with multifaith leaders who are...
May 19, 2014
There is much to criticize in the recent Supreme Court decision on prayer at public...
May 19, 2014
I’m not an expert in or scholar of “youth ministry,” but many of my students...
May 19, 2014
Religion, according to Emile Durkheim (1988) is "a united system of beliefs and practices relative...
May 19, 2014
As I sat in my father’s car driving down Billy Graham highway in North Carolina,...
May 17, 2014
Almost everyday, it seems, there’s a new story about how “Millennials are leaving the church.”...
May 17, 2014
A new PRRI study, “I Know What You Did Last Sunday: Measuring Social Desirability Bias...
May 15, 2014
In Notes from a Colored Girl, Karsonya Wise Whitehead examines the life and experiences of...
May 15, 2014
by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorHe told me later he didn’t want me to think he was...
May 15, 2014
The Tapestry of Life, focuses on the behavioral sciences. Host Pascal Scoles Jr. D.S.W. professor...
May 14, 2014
Molly Worthen, author most recently of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism (Oxford...
May 13, 2014
Emory University has announced the selection of the Rev. Bridgette Young Ross to be its...
May 13, 2014
World War I--The Great War, as it was called at the time--is remarkable in military...
May 13, 2014
As much as Chicago's Roman Catholics believe the selection of the city's next archbishop will...
May 11, 2014
Last week the Supreme Court stretched the boundaries of religious expression in the public sphere...
May 11, 2014
Our Twitter Pope, Pope Francis, tweeted a message a week or so ago that seems...
May 09, 2014
The prosperity gospel goes by many names: Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It...
May 09, 2014
A homeless transvestite prostitute makes her way slowly up Jefferson from the intersection of Claybrook...
May 09, 2014
R3 Contributor Earle Fisher talks about Boko Haram and the role of religion during an...
May 08, 2014
by Paula McGee, Claremont UniversityAbstractThis dissertation is an ideological critique of the New Black Church...
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