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    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
      Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
  • Politics/Law
    • A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
      A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
    • Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
      Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
    • The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
      The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
  • Religious Liberty
    • As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
      As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
    • UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
      UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
    • Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
      Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
      Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
      The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
  • New Books
    • The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
      The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
    • A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
      A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture

Chrissy Stroop

A prominent ex-evangelical writer, speaker, and advocate, Chrissy Stroop is (with Lauren O’Neal) coeditor of the essay anthology Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church. A senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches, her work has appeared in Dame Magazine, Foreign Policy, Playboy, Political Research Associates, and other outlets, including peer-reviewed academic journals. Holding a Ph.D. in modern Russian history from Stanford University, Stroop is a Senior Research Associate with the University of Innsbruck’s Postsecular Conflicts project. In 2019 Chrissy came out as a transgender woman and began her journey of medical transition. She resides in Portland, Oregon.

Archive, Sex/Gender/JusticeSeptember 8, 2021

The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster

By Chrissy Stroop

If you’re a progressive American who strives to keep up with the world of news…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, Politics/LawAugust 25, 2021

The ‘Fake Christian’ Deflection and Contrarian Concern Trolling: How Not to Write about Evangelical Authoritarianism

By Chrissy Stroop

Over the last couple of weeks, America’s conservative, mostly white evangelicals have once again generated…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFGAugust 11, 2021

New Clashes in Portland Confirm that Christian Nationalism Remains a Clear and Present Danger

By Chrissy Stroop

On Friday, August 7, the Department of Homeland Security announced to state and local authorities…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Science, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 6, 2021

Is Being Trans a Religion? Why the Christian Right Wants You to Think So

By Chrissy Stroop

Have you noticed how common it is for right-wingers to describe things they oppose in…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyJuly 29, 2021

As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem

By Chrissy Stroop

This week, you’re likely to encounter a lot of commentary on PRRI and Interfaith Youth…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawJuly 21, 2021

Evangelical Prof’s ‘Biblical Comma’ Tweet Exposes Paradox of ‘Respectable’ Evangelical Anti-Intellectualism

By Chrissy Stroop

After the Trump years and the January 6 insurrection, in which recognizably evangelical prayers and…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Sex/Gender/JusticeJuly 14, 2021

A Reader Writes: I’m Not Personally LGBTQ Affirming, But I Recognize That Difference is Good — So Can’t We Coexist Amicably?

By Chrissy Stroop

Dear Chrissy Stroop, I read one of your articles on your feelings about Christians who…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJuly 9, 2021

Armed with New 2020 Election Data, What Should Democrats’ (Non-)Faith Outreach Look Like?

By Chrissy Stroop

After delays in tabulation that resulted from holding an election under pandemic conditions, late last…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFGJune 28, 2021

Don’t Believe the Hype (About Believing): You Don’t Need Religion to be Happy

By Chrissy Stroop

Is religion good for you, full stop? Many Americans think so—and perhaps that’s unsurprising in…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawJune 15, 2021

We Can’t Spiritualize Our Way out of American Polarization

By Chrissy Stroop

As I noted previously here on RD, when it comes to covering American Christianity in…

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