Reclaiming My Time: Maxine Waters, the Sabbath and the High Holy Days
In late July, California Rep. Maxine Waters’ “reclaiming my time” became the rallying cry heard round the…
Steve Bannon and the Conservative “Cafeteria Catholics”
The phrase “cafeteria Catholic” first gained currency in the mid-1980s to describe—mostly disparagingly—progressive Catholics who…
You’ve Been Warned: Reading Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America in the Trump Era
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale triumphed at the Emmys last night, capping a culture-grabbing comeback for…
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.”
Rev. Rob Lee Lost Congregation For His Anti-Racism Speech: Here’s Why He Should Have Packed His Bags First
Liberal viewers of Monday’s episode of The View (scroll for video) may have been surprised to hear…
Trump’s DOJ Wants Constitutional Protection for Wedding Cakes, Not LGBT People
Nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency, it should surprise no one to learn that his…
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…
A 14-Point Rebuttal to The Nashville Statement from a Straight Cis Christian Man
In the wake of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s “Nashville Statement,” RD published commentaries by…
Remapping U.S. Christianities
#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
What Happens When An American President Believes He is Above the Law?
Americans like to talk about law as if it something real, something outside the thoughts…