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Lamentations

By Francisco Robles | August 6, 2019

Why do some of us have to witness and bear the destruction of a world—a destruction that we did not make?

The image comes from the November 6, 1921 issue of the Los Angeles Times.

Even Religious Freedom Victories Harbor Defeats

By Jolyon Baraka Thomas | February 20, 2019

How a 1927 Supreme Court case helps us understand today’s controversies over travel bans, border walls, and executive orders.

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Forgiveness in the Epoch of Me Too

By Kaya Oakes | May 10, 2018

Whose job is it, anyway?

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Celebrate the Death

By Ashley Makar | February 14, 2018

Dust to dust, the stuff of us, before and after life.

Photo by John St John via Flickr

Asphalt Altar

By Onaje X. O. Woodbine | May 5, 2016

From the violence of the streets to the ritual space of the asphalt court

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The Buddha Loves Boundaries

By Daisy Hernandez | February 26, 2015

Being in the moment doesn’t mean they can punch you in the face.

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Cloudy Coffee

By Dania Rajendra | May 27, 2014

Left out of Kannada conversation, I always recognize “coffee.”

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This Mutant Genre

By Jeff Sharlet | April 29, 2014

The introduction to a new anthology Radiant Truths: Essential …. Essays on American Belief

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Cowboy for Christ

By Quince Mountain | January 14, 2014

Gender-bending love at Bible camp. From Believer, Beware, now available as an e-book!

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Acts of Faith

By Darcey Steinke | September 24, 2013

I’d think to myself, this time I’ll thank her for taking the leap of faith that led to my birth. But always within a minute of our meeting, she’d say my boots were clunky and I had a bad haircut.

Occupy Catholics art by KtB's Communicant, Mary Valle.

No Revolution Without Religion

By Nathan Schneider | April 30, 2012

Why the Occupy movement needs to Occupy faith.

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Festival of the Hungry Ghosts

By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan | October 31, 2011

What to make when it’s your turn to feed a dead grandmother?

"The Fall of Man, after Hendrick Goltzius" by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, via Flickr.

Edens Everywhere

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford | August 7, 2011

It wouldn’t be paradise if it weren’t already lost.

Photo by CS Muncy.

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By Eileen Myles | August 16, 2010

“People were getting auctioned up on stage but I didn’t see anything I wanted nor did I think I should be for sale.”

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Mistress of the Return

By Peter Manseau | June 18, 2009

An exclusive excerpt from Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter.

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A Hundred Unspoken Rules

By Meera Subramanian | March 23, 2009

Bloodlines bridge the divide between belief and disbelief.

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Victory Through Daughters

By Kathryn Joyce | March 9, 2009

An exclusive excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement from Beacon Press.

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The Pope Converts

By Mark D. Jordan | December 21, 2000

When will the Roman Catholic Church come out of the theological closet?