At Religion Dispatches, Jessica Valenti writes on a new Swiss documentary, Virgin Tales, and the phenomenon of purity balls.
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Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and Public Life
June 26, 2012
The Knight Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is accepting applications until July 1st, for the…
Social eugenics, unintended consequences, and dropped balls
June 21, 2012
These essays provoked me in a number of ways, especially with their combined penchant for probing raw nerves. Indeed, I…
Nahda’s return to history
April 30, 2012
The Tunisian uprisings of December 2010 are often depicted in negative terms, as lacking leadership, ideology, and political organization. Nahda…
Beyond establishment
April 27, 2012
Religious freedom and religious establishment have come to mean many things to many people. This is, in part, because of…