RDRoundtable: Welcome to “The Family”
Jeff Sharlet, Anthea Butler, Diane Winston, and Randall Balmer.
Is an “aggressively anti-democratic” Christian movement quietly steering us toward a “theocentric” state? Three scholars discuss The Family with the author. Sparks fly.
Un-Kosher Processing Plant
Diane Winston.
A religio-immigration-labor story, the Midwest, and Orthodox Jews. Oh my.
"The Happening" and the Gospel of Bruce Springsteen
Diane Winston.
M. Night Shyamalan's much-maligned new movie sounds much more interesting now that I know it can be read as an extended argument for religious faith in general and intelligent design specifically...
We're All Episcopalians Now
Diane Winston.
Mainline Protestantism's prophetic voice has been drowned out in the debate over who can sleep with whom and still do God's work. Yes, it's a big deal but so is the war in Iraq, public education...
Texas Court Rules Against Polygamist Raid
Diane Winston.
The court found little hard evidence that minors were in physical danger or were victims of abuse. Critical media compare raid to Guantanamo Bay...
Religion Round-Up: What's Going on in Religion Around the World
Diane Winston.
Pew studies the impotance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans "swing" both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist mormons has omitted...
Love & Blasphemy
Diane Winston.
Outrage is often the first step to enlightenment, compassion and justice, but apparently not in New Haven; a tour through recent stories on gay marriage, offensive art, and religious kitsch...
Seven Deadly Sins, New and Improved
Diane Winston.
The Vatican's latest edit engages the contemporary world in a collective reconsideration of systemic and personal sin, including the environment and genetic engineering...
RD Book: Faith and Faithfulness
Diane Winston.
Reading Amy Sullivan's The Party Faithful and Bishop Paul Moore's spirituality and sexuality...
