Like a comet closing in on Planet Earth, the US presidential election is hurtling toward its destination. With around two ...

On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was ...

Cait West’s insights could not be more urgent. At a time when conservative lawmakers and… ...

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Pundits, academics, and church leaders alike decry our current age as a time of partisan rancor and disunity. People, we are ...

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

Being of voting age in an American presidential election year is messy business. This has always been the case. A two-party system often means choosing the lesser of two evils—deciding which of one’s ...

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

Is it valid to be annoyed when, as your plane pulls up to the gate at your destination, a flight attendant tells you and your fellow passengers, just before deplaning, to “have a blessed day”? Perhaps ...