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Dear #MeToo Christians: Time to Take a Long Look in the Mirror

By J. Dana Trent

…inal baggage held by us—and similar ones held by evangelicals all over the world—place women in a losing power dynamic with men who can justify inappropriate behavior with inerrant scripture and ecclesial polity. Don’t believe me? Read their stories. Shame on us. Now, that’s not to say that secular institutions do not have similar threads that contribute to broad-sweeping problem of seeing women as less-than. But, we, Southern Baptists, have a doc…

Transgender and Christian: Finding Identity

By Jori Lewis

…disputing that. Of course, that’s a false dichotomy, because neither are true.” What is true, though, is that there is often tension between these camps, real or imagined. Asher Kolieboi is an organizer with SoulForce, a group that works to fight religious bias against LGBT people. It’s a bias he has experienced firsthand. Kolieboi, who is tall and broad with long dreadlocks, was always manly—even as a little girl. But when he decided to transiti…

Baring Their Testimonies: Mormon Women Get Naked for the Camera

By Holly Welker

…e photo of a woman being objectifying because I also have her story in her words. If women have a voice, they’re not just a photograph. That’s also why I chose more than one photo for each woman. I wanted there to be more to the story. I want to show different facets and perspectives. I want to show a spectrum of adult womanhood as well. I’m trying to get women of color, though so far everyone I’ve photographed is white. But I have women who…

The “One True Christian” of His Age?

By Susan Stinson

…very ambitious. He wrote when he was young that he aspired to be the one true Christian of his age, even if nobody else could completely pull it off. Me, I would love to draw everyone into the world of this book. Are you hoping to just inform readers? Entertain them? Piss them off? Oh, yes, I’d love to entertain readers. One of the reasons Moby Dick sticks around like it does is that it’s so amazingly fun. (See, ambitious.) I’d love it if reade…

Ironies & Bright Spots for Gays in the Christian College World

By L Marston

…s in an otherwise tarnished landscape. For example The Chimes, the student newspaper at Calvin College (the flagship school of the Christian Reformed Church), devoted a section to the stories of gay students at Calvin. The student editors wrote: For those of us who are not LGBT, we hope these stories provide a glimpse into the lives of some of our brothers and sisters at Calvin. For those of us who do identify as LGBT, we want you to see that you…

Atheist Holiday Display: “A” Does Not Stand for “Art”

By Peter Manseau

…So, too, the song serves as a reminder that, like it or not, we live in a world that has been shaped by the strange story being told in churches this month. Without some better stories of their own, the sponsors of Daley Plaza’s atheist “A” will need a miracle if they want their message to be heard. ## This essay was made possible through a program of the Social Science Research Council with support of the John Templeton Foundation. Visit Reve…

More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s

By John Wigger

…s between religion and popular culture in American life, a connection that runs deeper than politics alone. PTL grew so quickly because of its embrace of consumer and celebrity culture, much of it through the prosperity gospel, but along the way the money and fame undermined the religious convictions of those at the top. Is there anything you had to leave out? It’s a big story with lots of characters and subplots. There were so many entertaining s…

Hillary-the-Preacher, and Why Journalists Can’t Let Go of the “Democrats Don’t Get Religion” Story

By Daniel Schultz

…ctice. More important, given what we know about the microtargeting of fake news stories in places like Wisconsin and Michigan, criticism of Clinton’s outreach strategies has to be weighed against the very real possibility that the election was stolen from her. But to come back to the subject of difficult decisions, modern Democratic campaigns often have to weigh the use of religious language carefully. Former Obama adviser Josh DuBois complains th…

Prexit and the Planet: Our Resistance Must Know No Borders

By Donna Schaper

…this alone,” he said. Anything that requires a global response undermines Trump’s self-interested stories about “America first.” They also lend lovely credibility to French President Macron’s great tweet, “Make the Planet Great Again.” There are other unlikely allies for those of us who are ashamed by the small American story. The biggest companies in the world are actively involved in clean energy policies. Calvert Research just issued a report,…

Crucifying the Prairie: An Eco-Theology of Resistance for Good Friday

By Jacob J. Erickson

…s one of systemic violence in the history of the white-washed, Western destruction of Native lives. Our pluralistic world invites multifaith and multispiritual perspectives. But, for me in this moment, in my own week of observations of Good Friday to Easter, I plan on resisting. I will not bear this cross of a carbon economy willingly. I will resist the crosses that ravage the beauty of the earth until my dying breath. The essayist Paul Gruchow on…