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Religion
August 4, 2015
Sam Tanenhaus
Sex, Lies, and the Internet
Jonathan Franzen’s reckoning with his literary inheritance
August 3, 2015
William Wheeler
The Jihadist of Copenhagen
Why a young man in one of the happiest countries on earth committed a brutal act of terrorism
July 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Against the World
The backlash from liberals and conservatives alike is good for his mission
July 26, 2015
Jamil Smith
Bobby Jindal’s Opiate for the Masses
The Louisiana governor made prayer his first priority after the Lafayette shooting. That’s not nearly enough.
July 17, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Feminists Should Not Give Up on Pope Francis
He's no Amy Schumer, but that's okay.
July 13, 2015
Heath W. Carter
The Church of Organized Labor
Scott Walker's evangelical faith and union-busting do not go hand in hand
July 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Your Right to Die Isn’t Enough
The ethics and morality of assisted suicide
July 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Christian Case for Vaccinating Children
June 23, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is Pope Francis Too Gloomy? Or Are Conservatives Just in Denial About Our Planet?
June 22, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Should We Forgive Dylann Roof?
The roots and purpose of Christian forgiveness
June 22, 2015
William Giraldi
Confessions of a Catholic Novelist
When water, bread, and blood aren’t just water, bread, and blood
June 18, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis's Vision of a Moral Ecology Will Challenge Both Republicans and Democrats
His encyclical almost dares politicians to politicize it
June 17, 2015
Nathan Schneider
How Pope Francis Can Stop Leaks: Make Encyclicals Open-Source
June 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them
June 12, 2015
David Cloutier
The Catholic Church Is Not an Enemy of Science
June 11, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Senator James Inhofe on Climate Change: "God Is Still Up There"
June 9, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Controversy Over Muhammad Cartoons Is Not About the Prophet Muhammad
June 8, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pope Francis Is a Christian, Not a Communist
It's an easy mistake for conservatives to make
June 1, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
Banning Philosophical Exemptions to Vaccination While Keeping Religious Ones Makes No Sense
May 26, 2015
Alana Massey
The White Protestant Roots of American Racism

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