Dr. Cyrus Teed’s cult-like religion attracted death threats and broke up marriages in late 19th century Chicago.
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From Catholicism to comedy
Cameron Esposito looks back on her defining moments in the memoir Save Yourself.
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For Mormon missionaries, spreading the gospel by bike is all about practicality
LDS Church “elders” and “sisters” use pedals to proselytize, with Jesus as their copilot.
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After Trump’s air strikes, a Syrian asylum seeker remembers revolution and imprisonment in Damascus
Abu Shadi, who survived torture by the Assad regime, says he feels torn between Trump and an apathetic world.
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An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth
DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.
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Through faith, reconnecting ‘two Chicagos’ divided by violence and inequality
Three religious leaders and Cook County sheriff Tom Dart spoke about the effects of gun violence and what the religious community should do to fix it.
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Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides
Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America
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What does an ‘agnostic atheist’ believe?
“Humans don’t know shit from shit in the grand scheme of things,” Kelly Baron says.
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Chicago Muslims: ‘We’ve been yelling, but no one’s been listening’
CAIR’s Hoda Katebi says her group is bracing for a Trump presidency by beefing up its legal team—and promoting self-defense classes.
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Illinois pastors don’t deserve exemption from conversion therapy ban
Conversion therapy aimed at “curing” queer kids is harmful, fraudulent, and discredited, no matter who’s practicing it.
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All the virtues of religion, minus the ‘religion’ part
In Grace Without God, local author Katherine Ozment searches for a meaningful life that doesn’t require theism.
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Jesse Jackson calls for solidarity with Syrian refugees ‘in the face of bigotry’
“You cannot worship a refugee on the run on Sunday and lock out refugees on Monday,” Jackson said.
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Ted Cruz inches left with climate change comments—even if he doesn’t know it
“Climate change is not science,” the candidate told Glenn Beck. “It’s religion.”
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Reason has serious shortcomings in the war between thought and belief
A war between thought and belief is not a war of ideas.