How Men and the Inquisition Ended Women’s Dominance in the Beer Industry...
What do witches have to do with your favorite beer? When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs. The Sanderson...
View ArticleHow the Cross and Good Friday Have Been Used to Defend Racism and Anti-Semitism
Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy Thursday, sometimes called Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Easter...
View ArticleThe Evangelicals Belief in the Gracious Submission of Wives to Their Husbands...
Prominent evangelical leader Beth Moore, who announced in March 2021 that she was leaving the Southern Baptist Convention over its treatment of women, among other issues, recently apologized for...
View ArticleIrony: Considered Evil, Magic Is Integral to Development of Christianity
Americans are fascinated by magic. TV shows like “WandaVision” and “The Witcher,” books like the Harry Potter series, plus comics, movies and games about people with powers that can’t be explained by...
View ArticleDrug Traffickers and Evangelicals Join Hands in Rio for Holy War Against...
Israeli flags fly from the highest spots of the hills surrounding the Cidade Alta favela in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Checkpoints, raised to prevent the entry of police and rival groups,...
View ArticleMissionaries Barred from Contacting Brazil’s Isolated Indians
Brazil’s highest court has upheld a ban on missionary activity inside reserves that are home to isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people, in a bid to protect the communities against COVID-19....
View ArticleBrazil President Betting Religion Will Keep Him in Power for Four More Years
This autumn’s Brazilian presidential election offers a glimpse of how 21st century populist leaders are using religion to enthuse their support base. The incumbent, right-wing firebrand Jair Bolsonaro,...
View ArticleHow Brazilians, Americans and the World Trick the System to Get Forbidden...
When Maria discovered she was unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand in her home country of Malta, she knew she did not want a baby and would need to find a way to bypass the European island...
View ArticleA New Book Reveals How Serious Is Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests in Brazil
Demonstrations in Bolivia in recent weeks have been directed at a seemingly unusual target: the Catholic Church. More than three-fourths of the people in this Andean nation are Catholic, and...
View ArticleAbortion: Pro-choice Forces in Brazil Are Being Threatened by Christian...
Brazil’s Supreme Court has postponed a debate on decriminalizing early-term abortion, leading feminists and rights advocates to warn that the justices will be responsible for the deaths of more women...
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