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From Bad to Worstest: How Liberals Should (And Should Not) Talk About Values

By Daniel Schultz

…much more quickly than an abstract argument. The goal is to find powerful stories that prompt people to understand the world in a different way. It’s really hard to do. Remember, though, this is a conversation! Be prepared to listen to other people’s stories, and to think about them carefully. On the other hand, it’s fair to insist that they tell you their stories. I don’t really give a rat’s ass what FoxNews has to say, why do you think this way…

Muslims in America, Fifty Years Later: New Poll Shows Pride and Optimism In the Face of Bias

By Edward E. Curtis IV

…ast, using quantitative analysis to track the underlying messages of their stories and their effects on consumers. Stories about Muslims that stoke fear or anger may sell ad time and increase hits, but media outlets committed to tolerance, religious freedom, and intellectual rigor must present a more balanced view of Islam and Muslims. U.S. citizens, whether liberal or conservative, should hold federal, state, and local law enforcement to account…

It’s Complicated: When “None” Doesn’t Even Begin to Cover It

By Tucker FitzGerald

…hip with evangelical Christianity itself. A deep sense of knowing that the world of Hebrew and Christian scriptures are, in a consequential way, true. An angry, stumbling, ancient G-D. Bewildered community. Mysterious hope that defies logical explanations. Tent pegs through the skull. Innocent animals cut to pieces. Cities laid waste. A burning tower of fire that won’t go out. There is the haunting sense of these stories being more real outside th…

“Exvangelical” Podcast: Safe Space for Those “Living In, Leaving, or Coming to Terms With” Evangelicalism

By Chrissy Stroop

…ividual processing. He often describes this processing in terms of “deconstruction” and “reconstruction,” concepts popularized by proponents of mysticism such as Steven Jones. Known on Twitter and YouTube as the Skeptical Mystic, Jones has been a repeat guest on Exvangelical. As one might surmise from Chastain’s interest in mysticism, nothing about Exvangelical is rushed. Sensitive and compassionate, host Chastain takes time to build up to weighty…

Oedipus Complexity: Is it Enough to Fire Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct?

By Benjamin Dueholm

…will be rehabilitated soon enough: that 18 months from now, some ambitious New York Times editor will assign Leon Wieseltier an essay on identity politics, pitching it as counterintuitive, knowing it will get zillions of clicks; someone a decade from now will ask an 82-year-old James Toback to direct an artsy realist movie about sexual assault, and it will be admired by some prominent person as trenchant and gutsy. The meaningless comeback will al…

Christianity v. Christ: An Excerpt From A People’s History of Christianity

By Diana Butler Bass

…in’s heirs, the Puritans, left Europe to set up a Christian society in the New World. The United States of America then became the most important Christian nation in the world, a beacon of faith and democracy. Big-C Christianity is militant Christianity. It is not necessary conservative religion, for there exist liberal versions of it as well. Rather, it is a theological disposition that interprets Christianity as an us-against-them morality tale…

‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy’ Explains How We Got Here — And What Comes Next

By Shane Burley

…umps-departure-hasnt-ended-them/. 6 David Neiwert, talk at Powell’s City of Books, November 5, 2017. 7 Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (New York City: Columbia University Press), 2011. …

Should Faith Healing ‘Do Business’ with Modern Medicine?

By Beatrice Marovich

…of what Harrington calls medicine’s “imperfectly secularized” nature. Sometimes, it’s true, medicine has absolutely nothing to do with religion, or faith. “Medicine is most secular when it’s most effective,” Harrington told me. “I’ve never quite put it that way before. But I do think that when it can intervene in an acute and efficacious way, you don’t need to bring in the big questions.” A broken leg, orthopedics, dentistry: these might all be p…

Evangelical “Sexual Purity” Is Not About Sex—It’s About Power

By Sara J. Moslener

…are really writing their own stories. The more authentic we are with those stories, the more people connect to the histories we are trying to uncover. Researching this history was a practice in chasing and catching those ghosts that seemed to haunt my life as a young adult. The timing for Virgin Nation is serendipitous to say the least. There are now many people who have passed through the purity culture and are telling their own stories of reclai…

Now That ‘Serial’ is Over: 2014’s Best Podcasts about Religion

By Andrew Aghapour

…erwise difficult experiences. RISK! by Kevin Allison asks people to “tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public,” and it has quickly become the podcast of record for deep, dark secrets. “Into the Mystic” is a collection of three stories about mystical experiences and crises of faith. It’s also a great introduction to the power of storytelling. The second runner up, You Made It Weird, is ostensibly a comedy podcast where st…