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Will the looming fertility bust destroy religion?

As the global population ages, it’s unclear what will bind people to faith.

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Seven things I learned by teaching a Me Too Bible class

Scripture is filled with sexual violence. So, we learned, are our own lives.

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metoo
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When radical Latino activists occupied churches

Felipe Hinojosa profiles resistance movements from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when religion and politics were inextricably linked.

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Lucilla Goodman and other ordinary saints

Her epitaph, “She hath done what she could,” says a lot.

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I want more for Deesha Philyaw’s church ladies

I want a sequel where they don’t have to hide their sexuality.

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I had to learn to love the church

Then I had to learn to love God.

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