A day after the Vatican issued a new document revising the types of crimes one can commit against the Catholic…
Aaron Weinstein
Aaron Weinstein is a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Brown University and a regular contributor to here & there. His interests include the intersection of religion and politics, specifically the American civil religion, atheism in the public sphere, and the political role of Christian evangelicalism. A graduate of Cornell University, he received his A.B. in both Government (magna cum laude) and History. His senior honors thesis, “The Religionsmiths,” examines the separate relationships between neoconservatism and each of the three main monotheistic faiths.
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France wrestles with upcoming vote to ban burqa
July 13, 2010
The popular push to ban the burqa in France lacks clear legality, reports The Associated Press.
HI governor vetoes civil unions bill
July 9, 2010
Citing her belief that the debate over civil unions should settled by referendum and not through the state legislature, Hawaii…
Kagan opposed by secularists
July 6, 2010
In the past weeks, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has attracted the ire of countless, largely conservative, political blocs. Yet,…
Spain moves to ban burqa
June 25, 2010
In the most recent European attempt to prevent radical Islam's spread, Spain's Senate voted this past Wednesday in favor of…
Louisiana prays for relief from spill
June 22, 2010
After more than two months and 120 million barrels of oil, many Gulf Coast residents have lost faith in our…
Religious cartoons: freedom of speech as well as religion
June 21, 2010
In a post at Religion Dispatches last month, Austin Dacey argues vehemently that religious satire is nothing new. Before the…