Cambria Queen (Arizona Summit): Is God in the United States? Deborah Whitehead (Colorado): When Religious “Mommy Bloggers” Met “Mommy Porn”: Evangelical Christian and Mormon Women’s Responses to Fifty Shades. Max Perry Mueller on how an evolving Mormon church finally addresses a racist past. Is Christianity a “racist, classist, and sexist religion?” Robert Chao Romero addresses “commonly held belief” among students. Catherine Grove is a member of a small, insular, and eccentric church in East Texas; her parents think she’s being brainwashed — she insists she’s being saved. Westboro Baptist Church founder allegedly removed for kindness. Thank you pastor's wife, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Cultlike, corrupt and Christian conservative: An insider reveals how Wal-Mart's favorite campus group curries favor with business while pushing gospel to kids. Melissa McEwan on “real” Christians and Christian privilege. Have we reached the end of traditional religion? Jews and Christians alike are straying from affiliation. What does it mean to be Jewish? A new survey of U.S. Jews has confirmed some of the community's worst fears: One in five American Jews say they have no religion, and their ranks appear to be growing. Rachel Gillum on how there is no difference in religious fundamentalism between American Muslims and Christians. Lots of atheists, more Muslims, fewer Christians and Jews: this is the new America. Isaac Chotiner on why secularism is good for America — especially Christians. Bevil Bramwell on American Catholicism: A schism set in amber. Glen Seeber reviews American Heretics: Catholics, Jews, Muslims and the History of Religious Intolerance by Peter Gottschalk. To end the culture war that divides America, we need to recognize that each side has the same roots: the radical democratic individualism of America’s Protestant heritage (and more).
