I Created the Hashtag #EmptythePews Because It’s Time for Evangelicals To Walk Out of Toxic Churches
Have you been waiting for any prominent conservative evangelical leaders to withdraw or temper their…
Can the Catholic Church Survive Trump?
The bishops helped radicalize white Catholics to be favorable to Trump—which they were, with 60 percent backing him despite all-but-explicit condemnations by Pope Francis:
Dispatch from Charlottesville: “It Was a War Zone. It Felt Like There Were a Million Nazis.”
Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, an RD contributor and trans queer Latinx public theologian, is currently in Charlottesville,…
Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as…
Hillary-the-Preacher, and Why Journalists Can’t Let Go of the “Democrats Don’t Get Religion” Story
Maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t Hillary Clinton’s fault?
Jeffress’ Statement About Trump’s God-Given Authority is Nonsense
Check your scripture, pastor Jeffress.
A New, Softer Prosperity Gospel Still Can’t Deliver On Its Promises of Health and Wealth
Instead of houses and cars as evidence of faith, there is now an polished suggestion that you can have it all— the right body, a great spouse, and abundant opportunities—regardless of your socioeconomic status.
How America Really Lost Its Mind: Hint, It Wasn’t Entirely the Fault of Hippie New Agers and Postmodern Academics
“Conservative Christians had long rejected aspects of expert knowledge, official science, reason, and their organs of circulation. They had been trained in a fundamentalist hermeneutics of suspicion.”
Remapping U.S. Christianities
Can the Catholic Church Survive Trump?
The bishops helped radicalize white Catholics to be favorable to Trump—which they were, with 60 percent backing him despite all-but-explicit condemnations by Pope Francis:
It’s Complicated: When “None” Doesn’t Even Begin to Cover It
The paradox of post-evangelicals’ relationship to faith
The Lady Vanishes: Trump’s Communications Team Tries to Topple a Monument
The dustup between Stephen Miller and CNN’s Jim Acosta reveals American civil religious ideals in a colossal clash with administration policy.
Will Millennials Forge a Future for the Progressive Black Church?
An electric sermon lights up the night at a century-old conference for Black clergy.
Unmasking the “Veiled Prophet” Behind a 135-Year-Old St. Louis Tradition
The Arch City Religion Project is one of the latest digital means of mapping (and remapping) American Christianities and American religions more broadly.
For the Love of God, Bono, Please Stop Touring
“The shallow connections you facilitate and use to milk people out of some cash, also makes them less likely to participate in the actual justice work that would eliminate poverty and injustice.”