Is the Rise of “Nones” Actually the Decline of Catholics?
The Public Religion Research Institute is out with another fascinating report on one of the…
How Protesting Black Bodies are Imagined as a Threat to National Pride
Last night, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declined to take questions during a press conference,…
Why We Need a Public Black Theology for the 21st Century
Black Christian public intellectuals are a vanishing group.
New History Finally Recognizes Afro-Creole Spiritualists
To the Afro-Creole Spiritualists of New Orleans, spirits were important, raced bodies were not.
Leave It to Trump to Split a Catholic-Evangelical Bloc That’s Generations Old
Trump may be the most anti-Catholic candidate in recent history.
From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better
In his new book, Brian McLaren argues that it’s not possible to break open a socially regressive Christianity without confronting the bad theology that places a vindictive God at the center of the universe.
How a Group of Catholic Pacifists Took on the Nuclear State
These activists have made headlines—and, in many cases, served prison sentences.
Bad Scholarship A Poor Solution to Anti-Trans Politics: A Response to the New York Times’ “Is God Transgender?”
Doing justice to religious texts and fighting for trans* inclusion aren’t mutually exclusive.
Remapping U.S. Christianities
Is the Rise of “Nones” Actually the Decline of Catholics?
The Public Religion Research Institute is out with another fascinating report on one of the…
They’re Not Coming Back: The Religiously Unaffiliated and the Post-Religious Era
A new survey crushes whatever hope was left about luring Nones back into the fold.
Religion and Resistance at the New National Museum of African American History and Culture
A Q&A with the Rev. Yolanda Pierce, director of DC’s new Center for the Study of African American Religion.
How Protesting Black Bodies are Imagined as a Threat to National Pride
Last night, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declined to take questions during a press conference,…
It’s Not Me, It’s You: Catholic Values Dumping Trump
Evangelicals will seemingly overlook anything about Trump, but Catholics won’t.
Why We Need a Public Black Theology for the 21st Century
Black Christian public intellectuals are a vanishing group.