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Vatican’s use of term ‘radical feminist’ says more about cardinals than nuns they rebuke

June 7, 2012 By Lisa Miller

It surprises me a little that the men who run things at the Vatican did not use their most favorite recent pejorative – “feminist” — when they rapped the knuckles of Margaret Farley, a nun who has long been a professor at Yale, for having written a book about sex and love that condones masturbation (and as […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: feminism, Lisa Miller, radical feminism, Vatican

Feminism’s final frontier? Religion.

March 8, 2012 By Lisa Miller

The battle of the sexes, waged this election season with fulsome fury in the public space, is being fought in a much more painful, private sphere as well. In churches (and synagogues and mosques) across the land, women are still treated as second-class citizens. And because women of faith are increasingly breadwinners, single moms and […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Christianity, church, feminism, Lisa Miller, Religion

Evangelical women rise as new ‘feminists’

July 28, 2011 By Lisa Miller

  In evangelical Christian circles, “feminist” has traditionally been a dirty word. The three short syllables have done heavy work, telegraphing all the things the “Christian right” loves to hate about the “secular left.” A feminist, according to this definition, favors “abortion on demand, government-funded abortion, redistribution of wealth, same-sex marriage and is antiwar, anti-defense,” […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: christian, evangelicals, feminism, Lisa Miller, mothers

The O’Reilly Factor’s Bill O’Reilly Interviews Lisa On Sarah Palin

June 15, 2010 By Lisa Miller

On June 15, 2010, Bill O’Reilly, host of the “O’Reilly Factor,” interviewed Lisa about her Newsweek cover story on Sarah Palin. Watch the video below from YouTube, Fox News, or view on the FoxNews.com website. Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com Here’s the transcript (courtesy of FoxNews.com): Interview Is Newsweek’s ‘Saint Sarah’ Cover Story Mocking […]

Filed Under: Appearances and Media, Newsweek, Video Tagged With: Bible, Bill O'Reilly, feminism, feminists, Lisa Miller, Newsweek, religious right, Roe v. Wade, Sarah Palin

About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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