When You Argue With a Fundamentalist You Don’t Know What You’re Asking For
One of the biggest questions I received after writing about Trump, evangelicals, and the end…
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The Tragedy of Religious Freedom
There has been a lot of talk lately about religious exemptions—legal arrangements that excuse individuals…
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“Reconciliation” With Indigenous People is Comforting For Many Canadians, But is a Christian Concept Up To The Task?
As in many other parts of the world, Canadian news is often filled with the…
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Time’s Up For Politely Anti-LGBTQ Christianity: The Truth About “We Want to Be Known By What We’re For, Not What We’re Against”
Last month, author, activist and Christian leader Shane Claiborne, who self-identifies as “progressive,” was asked to…
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A Locked and Loaded Covenant: The Religious Roots of America’s Gun Culture
Garry Wills was being only slightly ironic when he wrote (in the wake of the…
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Pro-Born: A Former Evangelical on the Single-Issue Politics of White Christians
Abortion is murder. That refrain played in my head as I closed the curtain in…
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We Regret to Inform You That You Do Not Mirror the Holy Family
Imagine a congregation—maybe even a whole denomination—that’s raising money from its members in order to…
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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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Making College Great Again: Evangelical Outsiders in the Age of Trump
Are they or aren’t they? As pundits have noticed, younger white evangelicals show signs that…
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