The Southern Baptists’ “All Lives Matter” Approach to Racial Reconciliation Is Spiritual Malpractice
When the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting “went off the rails” last month following the…
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.”
Pretty Girls Like Trap Church: A Movement at 2 Chainz’s Atlanta Pink House
The house was more than just a clever marketing ploy, it was an innovative vehicle for movement-building.
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#NamaSlay, Or How Black Women Are Using Trap Yoga as a Mode of Spiritual Resistance
“Being conscious of your mind and body isn’t something that should be exclusive to white people.”
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The Book of Diana: Wonder Woman as Theological Text
What audiences learn by the end of the film is that evil cannot be located in a single demigod, villain or agent.
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Martyrdom, Racist Violence, and the Role of Art: Kara Walker’s Religious Turn
In her most recent exhibit, “The Ecstasy of St. Kara,” the American artist Kara Walker made a turn…
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The Clenched Fist of Truthiness: Why Religion Won’t Fix This
The NRA released a terrifying recruitment video the other day, unsettling even by their standards,…
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Kentucky-Fried Christianity: Governor Matt Bevin Wants to Pray Away Violence in Louisville
Over the past few weeks, a conflict has unfolded in Kentucky, revealing a split in…
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Union Busting for God: Catholic Colleges Invoke “Religious Freedom” to Violate Catholic Teaching
The 2013 death of 83-year-old Duquesne University adjunct Margaret Mary Vojtko helped open up a…
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Black Pastor Who Introduced SBC Resolution Against Alt-Right Assumed It Would Be a “Slam Dunk”
The Texas pastor who drafted the original resolution calling on the Southern Baptist Convention to…
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New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media
With Catholic commentators writing about the “threat” of Islam, it’s no surprise many U.S. Catholics have negative views of Muslims
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