A Reader Writes: I’m Not Personally LGBTQ Affirming, But I Recognize That Difference is Good — So Can’t We Coexist Amicably?
Dear Chrissy Stroop, I read one of your articles on your feelings about Christians who…
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Armed with New 2020 Election Data, What Should Democrats’ (Non-)Faith Outreach Look Like?
After delays in tabulation that resulted from holding an election under pandemic conditions, late last…
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Don’t Believe the Hype (About Believing): You Don’t Need Religion to be Happy
Is religion good for you, full stop? Many Americans think so—and perhaps that’s unsurprising in…
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We Can’t Spiritualize Our Way out of American Polarization
As I noted previously here on RD, when it comes to covering American Christianity in…
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Less for Moore? If Russell Moore Left the SBC Due to Conscience and Convictions His Next Move Is a Curious One
The departure of Russell Moore from the Southern Baptist Convention has been a long time…
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A Note To Churches During Pride: If You’re Not LGBTQ-Affirming, Keep Your Water
It’s Pride Month again! Time for indulging in hope, for flying flags, and for remembering…
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Evangelicals in Moral Panic Over Exvangelicals
Early last month, I expressed cautious optimism here on RD that conservative, mostly white evangelicals…
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Student Expelled from Sorority for Transphobia Illustrates the Problem with Evangelical Understanding of Pluralism
A prominent theologian, an angry conservative undergraduate, and the leadership of a sorority set out…
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Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families
A friend of mine was raised in a family that was quirky, sarcastic, into alternative…
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Josh Duggar Arrest For Child Sexual Abuse Material is Part of a Systemic Problem in Evangelicalism
Last Thursday, April 29, former reality TV star Josh Duggar was arrested by federal authorities…
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