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Research: Rich God, Poor God

New studies are examining the relationship between religious attitudes and economic inequality.

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Religion and Inequality Go Hand-in-Hand | Why some countries are more religious than others—and why, assumptions to the contrary, the U.S. is not unusually religious. (September 16, 2011)

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The Defining Issue of the 2012 Presidential Race?

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Do You Follow the Liturgical Calendar?

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Our Secret African Heritage

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Location, Location, Location

Jake Meador

Intercultural Fiesta Fail

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Jesus + Nothing = Everything

Tullian Tchividjian

The Rhetoric of Chastity: Making Abstinence Sexy

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Q & A: Frank Wolf on Liberty for the Captives

Interview by Susan Wunderink

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

Disappointed with Intimacy

John Koessler

Virtual Vitality: Bobby Gruenewald Links Technology and the Church

Chris Norton

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Go Figure

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School Choice Programs Snowball

Sheryl Blunt in Washington, D.C.

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Wasted Charity

Amy L. Sherman

Archaeology's Rebel: Bible in One Hand, Spade in the Other

Gordon Govier

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Trading Spaces: Inner City Helps the Suburbs

Morgan Feddes

A Fresh Call for U.S. Missionaries

Bishop Hwa Yung

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Quotation Marks

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Interpretation Sparks a Grave Theology Debate

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Holding Her Own

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Archaeology in Turkey: Major Finds in Asia Minor

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Missionary Money: Easier to Give, Worth Less than Ever

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