Updated: G-O-D Plays a Bit Part in First GOP Debate
Update: On the social issues front, perhaps the most remarkable development of the debate didn’t…
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Millennials Put Off By Rigid, Judgmental Religion Offered … More Orthodoxy
In a way, the Christian Post‘s Kevin Shrum is quite right about why young people reject…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Activists Disrupt Presidential Candidates at Activist Conference
You may have heard that there was a spot of bother at Netroots Nation this…
Read MoreA Profanity-Laden Sermon for White People Who Want to Talk About Race
Encountering the grief of racism in a non-David-Brooks-ian way.
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Data-Mining The Denominations: The Southern Baptists in Four Charts
If you’ve been following the story of Christianity in the United States with any degree of…
Read MoreBy The Numbers: Jeb Opposes Francis on Climate Change at His Peril
Ahead of the release of Pope Francis’ first major encyclical Laudato si, dealing with global…
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Data-Mining Denominations: Same-Sex Marriage Edition
We’re running out of Mondays before the Supreme Court hands down its ruling on the…
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Transitions: Caitlyn Jenner, Gender Identity, and Christians Behaving Badly (Again)
Emma Green has a solid piece at The Atlantic detailing religious reaction to Caitlyn Jenner’s…
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Simple Questions: The Why, What, and How of Changing American Christianities
Dear friends and colleagues on the godbeat: You’ve heard it before: liberal churches are dying…
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Going Negative: Traditionalist Churches Gang Up on ‘Progressive Christianity’ in Arizona
Hating on other Christians will surely drive new members into our congregation.
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