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An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations
about him emerge.
By Heather Havrilesky
January 29, 2009
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An evangelical feminism tries to roll back the clock and inject a little biblical womanhood into our lives.
By Katie Rolnick
January 26, 2009
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Barack Obama knows liberals are upset he picked the conservative evangelical preacher to pray at the inauguration. And he doesn't care.
By Mike Madden
December 19, 2008
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Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 12, 2008
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Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building.
By Cary Tennis
December 8, 2008
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The miracle of this year's Thanksgiving.
By Anne Lamott
November 27, 2008
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The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez.
By Jeanne Carstensen
November 25, 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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I'm a Unitarian Universalist and she's a fundamentalist: Can this kinship be saved?
By Cary Tennis
November 10, 2008
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Sen. Elizabeth Dole loses her reelection bid.
By Andrew Leonard
November 4, 2008
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The Church of Latter-day Saints has pumped millions into Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage. But for one devout family, the politics are personal.
By Jeanne Carstensen
October 31, 2008
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On the 30th anniversary of "The Stand," the novelist confesses what haunts him about religion and today's politics.
By John Marks
October 23, 2008
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Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment.
By Louis Bayard
October 22, 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 HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 2, 2008
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From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation.
By Louis Bayard
October 2, 2008
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What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
By Justin Jouvenal
August 26, 2008
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Giordano Bruno has been called a martyr to science and an occultist, but a new book argues that the brilliant philosopher's unconventional behavior did him in.
By Laura Miller
August 25, 2008
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Most of Rick Warren's churchgoers still back McCain, but praised Obama's "values." The weekend's big winner was Warren.
By Mike Madden
August 18, 2008
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The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
By Mike Madden
August 17, 2008
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Will the political mission to fashion an evangelical glow around Barack Obama lead to the White House?
By Sarah Posner
August 15, 2008
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I wanted to be the bride but I don't like being the wife. Now I face the toughest decision of my life.
By Cary Tennis
August 15, 2008
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Televangelist Joel Osteen's wife sued for anxiety, hemorrhoids and shaken faith.
By Judy Berman
August 8, 2008
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Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
By Karl Giberson
July 31, 2008
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Two Michigan Muslim women allege McDonald's refused to employee them because they wore the hijab. The kicker? It was a halal McDonald's.
By Nathalie Gorman
July 28, 2008