Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic
By Carlene Bauer Aug 3, 2009
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I believe things happen for a reason, and don't want to force things, but don't want to be paralyzed either
By Cary Tennis
September 8, 2009
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The former president speaks out against doctrine used to promote misogyny and abuse. Are you listening, Obama?
By Frances Kissling
July 16, 2009
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In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity
By Steve Paulson
June 24, 2009
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In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 28, 2009
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Every Sunday I sit in the pew, full of doubt, next to my conservative Christian wife.
By Cary Tennis
April 21, 2009
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Salon's experts think the issue that helped George Bush win reelection in 2004 may have lost its electoral magic. But look for it to resurface in the 2012 GOP primaries.
By Thomas Schaller
April 20, 2009
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In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment.
By Steve Paulson
April 14, 2009
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To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith.
By Gary Kamiya
April 3, 2009
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Why do people worship religious relics, and why is the number of trainee exorcists rising? Two new books suggest that our desire to believe in magical forces remains irresistible.
By Laura Miller
March 27, 2009
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We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads.
By Gordy Slack
March 25, 2009
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We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say.
By Steve Paulson
November 19, 2008
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I have been a Mormon my whole life. But after the church's campaign of hatred to ban gay marriage, I finally renounced my membership.
By Jodi Mardesich
November 13, 2008
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It's right to be afraid of Sarah Palin and the outcome of the election. But still, we have to have faith.
By Anne Lamott
October 14, 2008
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The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse.
By Steve Paulson
July 21, 2008
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Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic.
By Vincent Rossmeier
July 1, 2008
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Former born-again Christian John Marks journeyed back into the evangelical America he'd left behind and discovered the promise -- and limitations -- of faith.
By Louis Bayard
February 25, 2008
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I wish I could have faith -- at least for my daughter's sake if not for mine.
By Cary Tennis
January 24, 2008
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I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me?
By Donna Freitas
December 7, 2007
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I don't believe in God but I want to allay her fears.
By Cary Tennis
October 4, 2007
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In "The Stillborn God," a history of the separation of church and state, Mark Lilla urges the West to remember the religious fanaticism in its past -- or risk its return.
By Laura Miller
September 24, 2007
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Long before Mitt Romney and "Big Love," Mormons were demonized as polygamists, prudes and vampires. But Mormonism just may be the first major world faith since Islam.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 20, 2007
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We do our Christian charity and then drink mimosas at a fancy hotel up the street. And that just seems so wrong!
By Cary Tennis
August 21, 2007
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My belief in no God, which has sustained me since high school, is starting to feel shaky.
By Cary Tennis
July 12, 2007
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For years, I struggled to connect to my father's God. But this Easter I'm reminding myself that Jesus himself was a doubter.
By Darcey Steinke
April 7, 2007
No sex in the city
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Jimmy Carter: How religion subjugates women
God, He's moody
Those ignorant atheists
Will gay marriage still work as a Republican wedge issue?
Jane Goodall's animal planet
Jesus is just alright with him
Eat your saints, purge your demons
You are not your brain
God enough
Proposition 8 made me quit the Mormon church
No time to cry wolf
Religion is poetry
Can't Darwin and God get along?
Are you going to hell?
The accidental heretic
Divine politics
The Mormons are coming
Something to believe in
How the World Works
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