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Featured Review Essay
Michelle Margolis’ book is receiving resounding positive reviews for its willingness to throw down the gauntlet and say what many have at least pondered as the
Unbelief as a Nuanced Phenomenon: The Sociality of Nonreligion across Europe
Unbelief has often been defined as either ignorance or rejection of religious systems, but this week’s guests David Herbert and Josh Bullock see far more diversity in the ways one can be nonr…
Civic Readiness Initiative to promote productive dialogue
(Excerpt from State of the College address, September 10, 2019) For the past five years, we have been deeply engaged in CLA on our Career ...
The pox of Vox: The spread of far-right populism in Spain
In the Nov. 10 election, Vox more than doubled its previous results. Now 52 seats strong, Vox has become the third largest political force in the country.
Watch 4 Decades of Inequality Drive American Cities Apart
The biggest metropolitan areas are now the most unequal.
Religion is Raced
Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen white people of faith act in a particular way, their motiva...
Snow emergencies declared in St. Paul and Minneapolis
On the heels of the region’s first major snowstorm of the season, parking restrictions will go into effect in St. Paul and Minneapolis Wednesday evening.
Racial Reconciliation as a Suppressive Frame in Evangelical Multiracial Churches
ABSTRACT. This article analyzes interviews with evangelical multiracial church pastors from the Religious Leadership and Diversity Project (RLDP), drawing on t
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Seeing the White in Christian America - The Society Pages
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
We Need To Talk About Joe Biden's Tone Of Voice And 'Likability' Factor
Turnabout is fair play!
Penny Edgell
"Can we at least talk about the fact that if any of the women talked like Joe Biden talked, that we would never hear the end of how "angry" they sounded or how dismissive and disrespectful or impatient-sounding they were?"
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Is Uncertainty Unsettling? - Discoveries
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left
My faith shapes my progressive politics. I wish this were true of more liberals.
Cory Booker mocks Buttigieg for falsely claiming endorsements from black leaders
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker made fun of Pete Buttigieg after the South Bend, Indiana, mayor bungled the release of a list of black leaders supporting his campaign.
PhDs: the tortuous truth
Nature’s survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research.
Americans to religious organizations: Stay out of politics
(RNS) — The latest Pew Research poll found that 63% of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should keep out of politics, and 76% said religious congregations should not make political endorsements.
Nature and Revelation
Tells the story of one of the most prominent educational institutions in the Midwest