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The Public Eye, Spring 2013

In the Spring 2013 issue, Jay Michaelson examines how the Christian Right is using the "religious liberty" debate to combat the advancement of same-sex marriage, antidiscrimination laws, access to contraception, and abortion rights throughout the U.S.

In this issue

What the Denial of Miranda in the Boston Bombings Means for Us All

Muslim communities across the United States have watched with trepidation to see what the fallout from the Boston Marathon bombings will be. Likewise, civil libertarians have anticipated that the Justice Department and the FBI would seek ways to…

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Redefining Religious Liberty

A rainbow flag outside a church with the words "All are welcome"

A well-funded network of conservative Roman Catholics and evangelicals is using a “religious liberty” framework to attack same-sex marriage, antidiscrimination laws, access to contraception, and abortion rights—not on moral grounds, but because they…

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The Christian Right, Reborn

The New Apostolic Reformation Goes to War
People standing in a field sporadically in front of the D.C capitol

The New Apostolic Reformation, an aggressively political movement within Christianity, blames literal demonic beings for the world’s ills and stresses the power of “spiritual warfare” to deliver people and nations from their power. It is rapidly…

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Tracking Christianity’s Transformation: An Interview with James Ault

James Ault is a writer and documentary filmmaker based in Northampton, MA. His first film, Born Again (1987), focused on the life of a fundamentalist Baptist church in Worcester, MA. He later wrote a book about the same church, Spirit and Flesh (…

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