Justin Elliot of Talking Points Memo reports that Don McLeroy, the "top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of…
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Christian militants wreak havoc on sex lives of Texans
At Think Progress, Lee Fang reports on the recent actions of Repent Amarillo, an evangelical militia in northern Texas.
Prominent Pakistani cleric condemns political violence
John Esposito reports at On Faith that Muhammad Tahir Qadri, an influential Pakistani cleric, has "issued a 600-page fatwa, described…
Judith Butler on Judaism, Israel, and anti-occupation politics
In Haaretz, Judith Butler gives a long and personal interview to American-Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni.
Conference: One Year After Cairo
On April 28, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy will hold its eleventh annual conference, "U.S. Relations…
Church attendance concentrated in South, Utah
Yesterday, Gallup released its 2009 numbers on church attendance (based on more than 350,000 interviews), breaking down the results by…
Awe and wonder
At Trans/Missions, Diane Winston comments on an unusual and interesting new study, which finds that the most popular New York…
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites fake philosopher
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites a fabulated philosopher in his latest book De la guerre en philosophie, reports The Irish Times.
Colin Dayan: “‘Civilizing’ Haiti”
In the Boston Review, Colin Dayan argues that woefully little has changed since the colonial era with respect to Western…
Reporting on faith in the armed forces
In an incisive piece over at Trans/Missions, Meghan McCarty wades into a tangle of facts and frames concerning the recent…