Female Deacons: Pope Francis Walks It Back, Women Clergy Weigh In
The recent flurry of headlines over the possibility of women deacons in the Catholic church may…
Read MoreRemapping American Christianities
This initiative aimed to take a fresh look at Christianity’s increasingly diverse expression in the United States. As the monochromatic paradigm of American Christianity fades, this initiative explored how people came together in new ways to express their beliefs, effect social justice, and find community in structures we may not yet recognize as “church.”
Evangelicals Getting on the Trump Train
In a short piece last week, I briefly discussed Trump’s social media war with Southern Baptist…
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Porn-Again Christians: What Happens When a Biblical Literalist Launches a Sex Site?
I’m a prude. Let’s just get that out there right now. I blame my Southern…
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The United Methodist Church to LGBTQ People: You’re ‘Sacred,’ But Not Welcome
The month of May has marked a decided shift in the strategy for full inclusion…
Read MoreTrumpist Strain Among Evangelicals Predates Religious Right
@drmoore Russell Moore is truly a terrible representative of Evangelicals and all of the good…
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Ten Books to Read After You’ve Watched “Lemonade”
We are living in the end times—or at least, in the post-“Lemonade” era. On April…
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Don’t Misread Russell Moore’s Disavowal of “Christian Nation” and Anti-Trump Stance
There’s Baptists and there’s Baptists; there’s politics, and there’s politics.
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What Will the #NeverTrump Faction Do Now?
Ted Cruz’s abrupt exit from the race for the GOP presidential nomination after his devastating…
Read MoreMega-Church and State Separation? Not in an Election Year
David Eagle reports in The Christian Century what many small-church pastors have known for a…
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Body of Work: Remembering Daniel Berrigan, 1921-2016
I heard Rev. Daniel Berrigan speak about eleven years ago on a snowy Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn’s beautiful…
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