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Julia Duin

Julia Duin is a Seattle-based journalist who was Newsweek’s contributing editor for religion for the past 18 months. She was an assistant national editor and religion editor for the Washington Times for more than 14 years and also worked stints at the Houston Chronicle and several other newspapers. During the 2014-2015 academic year, she occupied the Snedden Chair as a journalism professor at the University of Alaska/Fairbanks, after which she joined the Washington Post Talent Network as contributing writer for travel, religion and general features. She specializes in interesting women in religion.
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‘Days of Fire and Glory’ traces charismatic communities — and the roots of today’s Christian nationalism

Christian nationalism book: One writer reflects on the promises, controversies and lasting impact of 1970s-era covenant communities
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Five spiritual destinations around the Pacific Northwest

From a spiritual Buddhist center to a monastic bakery, discover five peaceful places in the Pacific Northwest go go visit.
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Getting to Know the Sikh Next Door & Across the Border

April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada and a great opportunity to get to know this unique religious group only a short drive across the border. The Sikh faith dates back to the early 16th century and is strongest in India’s Punjab region (in the northwestern part of the country). The religion — fifth largest in the world — is about 500 years old with some 26 million followers.
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Can Drug-Addicted Women Have Healthy Babies? This San Juan Island Woman Says Yes.

Underneath that capable exterior is a woman who was a drug addict by her late teens. By the time she was 21, she was facing prison — and pregnant. Pressured on all sides to end the pregnancy and told that drug-addicted women couldn’t have healthy babies, she aborted the child.

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