Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap
Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.”
U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap
The European Lesbian* Conference, which brought together 500 activists, artists, academics, politicians, journalistas and civil…
What’s Behind Trump’s “Impossibly Stupid” Roll Back of Contraception Mandate
If it’s not obvious why the Trump administration has decided to roll back regulations requiring…
First Things First: Sexual Equality Just Is
I am a liberal Christian, but I generally think well of First Things as a…
No Way Out But The Ballot Box: Why Partisanship Trumps Morality In Gun Control Debate
So here we are again, after Newtown, after San Bernadino and Orlando. This time the…
Time to Reject the “We’re All Sinners” Defense of Religious Conservatives
Nobody’s perfect. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Paul wrote…
It’s Preposterous That We Can’t Question Nominees on Religion
For the second time since her contentious hearing for an appellate court slot, the religious…
Roy “10 Commandments” Moore Doesn’t Want to Reform the Senate, He Has a Higher Calling
Much has already been written about the dangers Roy Moore—Alabama’s infamous “10 Commandments judge”—could pose…
Remapping U.S. Christianities
“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage
Three years post-uprising, the community still struggles to be seen.
#TakeAKnee: Race and Religious Violence at the Heart of Trump Attacks on Kaepernick/NFL
Thinking about the place of violence in American civil religion helps solve a perplexing theme in the debate over professional athletes’ protests.
Status Updates at the End of the World: The Religious Imagination and Our Latest Apocalypse
Revelations abound. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires crowd the news, alongside genocide, terrorism, and rogue state…
Welcoming the Stranger: Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus Speaks Out on DACA
The Constitution doesn’t say “we the citizens,” it says “we the people.”
More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s
What inspired you to write PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical…
Why We Stay: What the History of Mormonism Reveals About the Origins of “Race”
Author Max Perry Mueller answers RD’s 10 Questions