The challenge, he says, is to convince people who are not religious that religion is worth special protection.
Tag: Religion and Belief
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Biden Is Now an Uneasy Champion on Abortion. Activists Are Still Wary.
A practicing Catholic, President Biden has long sought a middle ground on abortion. But activists see the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as a sign that Democrats have tiptoed too carefully around the issue.
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ID Theft, Fraud, Prison: The Wild Life of a Bishop Robbed at the Pulpit
The police said Bishop Lamor Whitehead was robbed of a fortune in jewelry, the crime caught on camera. But the focus soon turned to him and his past run-ins with the law.
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The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Esau McCaulley and Katherine Stewart on how the G.O.P. weaponized Christianity — and where we go from here.
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Killed at 71, Ayman al-Zawahri Led a Life of Secrecy and Violence
A radicalized Egyptian physician, he was regarded as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization, and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.