What Does Repentance Look Like For the White Church?: A Conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper
We are four months and counting into the administration of one of the least qualified…
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.”
Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Are we worse off than when “The Handmaid’s Tale” was first published?
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Even Amid Controversy, ‘My Soul Still Sings,’ Says UMC’s First Lesbian Bishop
The first out lesbian bishop consecrated by the United Methodist Church has long known that…
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How “Race Tests” Maintain Evangelical Segregation
Comedian John Crist’s YouTube sketches lampooning Christian subculture have gained notoriety largely due to the repetitive one liners that…
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For Better or Worse: The Rise of the Professional Wedding Celebrant
“Morning Joe” co-anchors Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made headlines when they announced their recent…
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Wheaton College Would Like to Pretend Its LGBTQ Students Don’t Exist
Queerness keeps popping up at Wheaton College, and the evangelical flagship keeps pushing it down. …
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Catholic Citizenship: Massimo Faggioli on the Role of Public Theologians Today
Massimo Faggioli’s new book, Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century,…
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This Is How You Lose Them: Why “Generation Z” Won’t Be Flocking To Churches Anytime Soon
Evangelicalism’s routine disengagement toward what matters to younger, more inclusive generations will only hasten its slide into irrelevance.
Read MoreTexas Pastor: Christians Claiming “Religious Persecution” Are Actually Just “Selfish”
It’s not every day that a Baptist pastor based in Texas urges his congregants to…
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Science Mike Building a “Christian Science” Liturgy for the Nones
“We’re iPhone carrying apes from Mars,” Mike McHargue said to a crowded church auditorium in…
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