Religion
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Jerry Jones Met With The Pope
The pontiff did not weigh in on if Dez caught the ball during the 2015 playoff game against the Green Bay Packers (but come on, it was a catch).
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The Olympic Fencer Asked To Remove Her Hijab At SXSW Is About More Than Intolerance
The festival apologized, but the issue isn’t just racial insensitivity.
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Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Posted A Facebook Meme Suggesting “The Muslim World” Be Nuked
The deep fryer defender’s social media profile has since deleted the threatening image.
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Eighteen percent of Texans Identify Their Religion as “None”
A Pew Research Study of religion in all fifty states suggests that the shift toward a less religious America may not just be on the coasts.
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Is It Legal For an Atheist to Hold Public Office in Texas?
A mailer sent out during an Austin City Council runoff makes this weird question relevant once more.
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Houston City Attorneys Subpoenaed Sermons from Pastors They Suspect Fought the Ordinance from the Pulpit
Making a whole lot of people uncomfortable.
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Where Have All the Cowboy Churches Come From?
There aren’t that many cowboys anymore, and yet cowboy churches seem to be everywhere. What gives?
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Going Secular at SXSW
The band Gungor is using the festival to broaden its fan base outside the churches where it made its name. Can it escape the stigma of Christian rock without alienating its devoted followers?
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Evolution of the Specious
The arguments against teaching evolution in schools have largely failed. Have they finally come to an end?
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Mission, Texas Has Exempted Churches From Its Noise Ordinance
After a criminal noise complaint was filed—and quickly withdrawn—over the sound of the church bells at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission, the city council voted to exempt churches from the noise ordinance. As the Rio Grande Valley shifts away from being monolithically Catholic, what does this mean for the other religious communities in the area?