Jennifer Knapp and Me: Coming Out While Evangelical
The audience in the cramped cafe included two demographics rarely seen together: evangelicals and lesbians….
Wait Until You’re Denied Service, Federal Court Tells LGBT Mississippians Challenging “Religious Freedom” Law
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled today that Mississippi’s…
GOP “Stealthcare” Bill Reveals Catholic Bishops’ Priorities
It’s unlikely that many of the Catholic bishops who voted last week to make permanent…
The “Religion” Episode: Aziz Ansari and the Cultural Politics of Muslim Self-Representation
To call Aziz Ansari’s Netflix series Master of None “peak TV” is not to do…
Maybe Instead of Solidarity, The Religious Left Should Try Being Indivisible
If I were asked to briefly summarize my various critiques of the religious left, I’d…
Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”
The Texas pastor who drafted the original resolution calling on the Southern Baptist Convention to…
New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media
With Catholic commentators writing about the “threat” of Islam, it’s no surprise many U.S. Catholics have negative views of Muslims
Why America’s Handmaid’s Tale Doesn’t Look Like Hulu’s
Nothing like a Handmaid’s Tale revolution is going to happen. Probably.
Remapping U.S. Christianities
Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching
The 2013 death of 83-year-old Duquesne University adjunct Margaret Mary Vojtko helped open up a…
Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”
The Texas pastor who drafted the original resolution calling on the Southern Baptist Convention to…
New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media
With Catholic commentators writing about the “threat” of Islam, it’s no surprise many U.S. Catholics have negative views of Muslims
Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Gay Attendees, Waffles on White Supremacists
While the Southern Baptist Convention considers whether or not to denounce white supremacy and the…
Pence’s Prayer Breakfast Appearance Underscores Fractured American Catholicism
The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is hardly a bipartisan or nonpolitical event. It was…
Meeting on the Bridge: Fr. James Martin’s Ministry to LGBT Catholics Becomes a Book
A few years ago, the idea of a “celebrity Jesuit” would have puzzled most Americans….