Billy Graham and the Gospel of American Nationalistic Christianity
Billy Graham’s death on the same day as the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm…
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I Don’t Think ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Means What You Think it Means: A Counterargument
The sudden birth and development of the #NEVERAGAIN movement, led by students who survived the…
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Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99
Billy Graham, by any measure the most famous religious figure of the twentieth century, died today [at his home in Montreat, North Carolina]. He was ninety-nine years old.
In a career that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message – give your heart…
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Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion
A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State…
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How Men’s Rights Activists Are Finding Unlikely Allies in New Atheism: #MeToo, the Manosphere, and the “Church of Feminism”
Anyone familiar with the Internet’s “Manosphere” will be unsurprised to learn that “Red Pillers” and…
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“I Think the White Evangelical Church is Dead”: Dr. Russell Jeung on ‘Guilt’ vs. ‘Shame’ and Decolonizing Asian-American Christianity
People of color are a few short decades away from making up the majority of…
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Idiot Wind: Stephen Strang’s “God and Donald Trump” Aims to Justify Christian Support
There is no dispute that, by and large, the Christian right loves Donald Trump. The…
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Elaine Howard Ecklund Wants to Dispel Myths Surrounding Religious Resistance to Science
Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund studies the intersection of religion and science in Houston, a city…
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The Top 10 (Non-Religious) Religious Films of 2017
Cinema and religion are never far apart—both bring light to darkened places. Sometimes the illumination…
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I Always Knew Santa Was Make-Believe: A Retired Pastor on Losing Her Faith
I always knew Santa was make-believe. My parents taught me Jesus was the reason for…
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