(A)theologies

The Death of a Black Man at the Hands of Black Officers Unveiled Something More Complex Than Whiteness

https://religiondispatches.org/the-death-of-a-black-man-at-the-hands-of-black-o…

Created

Sat, 11/03/2023 - 05:18

Americans of conscience are exhausted by law-and-order grief—a chronic remorse and lamentation emanating from police...

Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise

https://religiondispatches.org/dont-sleep-on-trumps-cpac-speech-calling-for-the…

Created

Thu, 09/03/2023 - 08:45

Donald Trump has, in the past, dallied with apocalypticism in his rhetoric and policy, but...

Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I

https://religiondispatches.org/did-you-read-about-conservative-judaisms-anti-bl…

Created

Wed, 08/03/2023 - 05:12

Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against...

Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors

https://religiondispatches.org/correction-the-sbc-does-not-oppose-womens-ordina…

Created

Sat, 04/03/2023 - 06:46

Imagine my embarrassment when I heard from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s media relations...

Women as Head Pastors Was Final Straw for Southern Baptist Convention — Not Scandal, Sexual Abuse, or Dalliance with Dictators

https://religiondispatches.org/saddlebacks-ordination-of-women-was-final-straw-…

Created

Tue, 28/02/2023 - 06:57

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of...

Still Left Behind: What the Endurance of the Left Behind Cinematic Universe Can Tell Us About Conservative Moral Psychology

https://religiondispatches.org/still-left-behind-what-the-endurance-of-the-left…

Created

Thu, 16/02/2023 - 10:32

The End keeps on not coming, but the delay has produced yet another opportunity for...

Who Could Possibly Take Issue With ‘Human Dignity’? Beware of Trojan Horses

https://religiondispatches.org/who-could-possibly-take-issue-with-human-dignity…

Created

Tue, 14/02/2023 - 06:48

Upon the recent death of the conservative British historian Paul Johnson, the right-wing journal Public...

Via Jokes, ChatGPT Chooses Which Religious Traditions and Figures Deserve Respect — And Therefore What Counts as ‘Religion’

https://religiondispatches.org/via-jokes-chatgpt-chooses-which-religious-tradit…

Created

Tue, 07/02/2023 - 04:28

ChatGPT is all the rage. It even drives some people into a rage. It does...

In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education

https://religiondispatches.org/in-the-hamline-case-free-expression-vs-religious…

Created

Fri, 27/01/2023 - 08:50

Recently, Hamline University faculty called for the resignation of President Fayneese Miller following the firing...

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

https://religiondispatches.org/the-key-to-understanding-the-federalist-society-…

Created

Wed, 18/01/2023 - 09:15

In the amicus brief he submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of the state...

(A)theologies