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The invention of ‘heterosexuality’
One hundred years ago, people had a very different idea of what it means to be heterosexual. Understanding that shift in thinking can tell us a lot about fluid sexual identities today.
Facebook is a growing and unstoppable digital graveyard
Even after you die, you continue to exist on Facebook
If we made contact with aliens, how would religions react?
The discovery of life on another planet might seem incompatible with faith in a deity. Yet many theologians are already open to the existence of extraterrestrials.
Be Not Afraid of My Body
When I first met Walt Whitman, I was afraid of both our bodies.
Noah's Ark, dinosaurs, and a theme park - The Boston Globe
Touring America's creation museum
Jesus on the Big Screen
Jesus films — like the Gospels — both write and interpret Jesus' life
The gig economy is coming. You probably won't like it
Say goodbye to salaries, health insurance, and vacation. 40% of America’s workforce could be freelance by 2020.
Jesus’ radical politics - The Boston Globe
A more careful look at the Gospels might offer a much less sentimental, much more startling picture of the original Easter message, which was decidedly not, “Jesus is alive, and here’s what that means for the next world.” Rather, the true lesson was: “Jesus is alive, and here’s what that...
How Trump Is Dividing Jerry Falwell's University
The candidate is already splitting Christian conservatives, and at Liberty University, the argument cuts a layer deeper.
Is the Merchant of Venice Anti-Semitic?
Four Hundred Years Later, Scholars Are Still Debating
Amish PAC aims to get buggies to the polls for Trump
Can this conservative voting bloc decide the presidency?
A Tale of Two Falwell Brothers
One of Jerry's sons has endorsed Trump. The other has not. What their divide says about evangelical politics.
I am gay – but I wasn't born this way
Sexual orientation is a lot more complicated than we pretend
The Best Christian Argument for Marriage Equality Is That the Bible ...
The Best Christian Argument for Marriage Equality I...