Why Tony Campolo’s LGBTQ Reversal is Evangelicalism’s Tipping Point
That crashing sound you heard Monday morning was waves of change breaching the levees of the evangelical…
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Dear Hollywood, It’s Time to Start Making Films about Real Black Catholic Nuns
When news of Disney’s plan to reboot its wildly successful Sister Act franchise broke last week, media and…
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Seattle ‘CultureMaker’ Nathan Marion: We Need New Abbeys in America to Foster Community, Arts
Editor’s Note: Among the trends that bear watching throughout America’s evolving Christian landscapes is a holistic rethinking…
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The Glorious, Ethnically-Challenged, Sisterhood of Spy
Stereotypes aren’t the only things that explode.
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Céad Mile Fáilte: Open Hearts, Shifting Power Paradigms, and the Irish Same-Sex Referendum
Ireland is the most beautiful paradox. We have a centuries-long tradition of hospitality to the…
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Transitions: Caitlyn Jenner, Gender Identity, and Christians Behaving Badly (Again)
Emma Green has a solid piece at The Atlantic detailing religious reaction to Caitlyn Jenner’s…
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To Let It Go and So To Find A Way: U2, (A)Live with Grief and Grace
“Comfort me.” “COMFORT ME.” “COMFORT ME! COMFORT ME!! COMFORT ME!!!” Bono is standing at the…
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American Religion By the Numbers: A Pew Survey Roundup
SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: RELIGIOUS (NON) AFFILIATION MIGHT NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS…
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Aasif Mandvi on Islamophobia, Acting, and the Long Shadow of Jon Stewart
People don’t like to hear this, but my character on the Daily Show is a character.
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Simple Questions: The Why, What, and How of Changing American Christianities
Dear friends and colleagues on the godbeat: You’ve heard it before: liberal churches are dying…
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