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Is Europe Christian?
Catholicism and European politics: Two new trends
August 18, 2020
I want to offer a reflection on two religious developments in contemporary Europe that highlight but also challenge Roy’s account and indicate diverging scenarios for the future of Catholic politics in Europe.
August 18, 2020
Religion and reproductive science
Reproductive choice and disability stigma
August 14, 2020
Implicit in the development and implementation of prenatal screenings is the idea that preventing the births of children with disabilities is good, or at least desirable for many women. Disability theorists question…
August 14, 2020
Pandemic, religion, and public life
Placing the pandemic in time: Astrology and Covid-19
August 13, 2020
Many Americans have turned to astrology, the study of correlations between celestial patterns and temporal events, to make sense of tumultuous times.
August 13, 2020
Is Europe Christian?
Self-inflicted wounds: The Church and dissipation of Christianity in Europe
August 11, 2020
[I]t bears emphasizing that the Roman Catholic Church itself is complicit in ensuring Christianity’s disappearance in Europe, even more fundamentally than the disenchantment of Vatican II or the more recent pedophilia scandals.
August 11, 2020
Religion and reproductive science
Crisis pregnancy centers and sonograms
August 7, 2020
In this essay, I reflect on the paradox of anti-abortion activists’ use of sonograms, suggesting that, in this case, the sonogram is both utterly useless and also the very mechanism through which…
August 7, 2020
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