Why The Religious Left Isn’t Coming Together, and Why It Matters
So my article from last week on the supposedly emerging religious left has attracted some…
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.”
New Mag Provides a Platform for Christians of Color
Where are the journalists of color in religion reporting?
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Is The Religious Left Emerging as a Political Force? No.
You ever hear the saying, “same shit, different day”? I’m reminded of that very phrase…
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The “Marginalization” of Tim Keller: When Anything Short of Adulation Is Oppression
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
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Will Church Attendance Reduce Bigotry? A Response to Peter Beinart
We’re studying theories of baptism in the college course I teach on prayer, worship, and…
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Nike’s Token Equality: New Campaign Masks the Truth About Workers’ Rights
Last month Nike debuted its “Equality” campaign with an ad featuring high-profile athletes like Serena Williams, LeBron James,…
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What Does a Moral Economy Look Like for the 99 Percent?
In his first book, Seattle-based union organizer Jonathan Rosenblum recounts the personal stories of clergy, activists and airport workers who mounted the first successful campaign for a $15 minimum wage in the U.S.
Read MoreThe Unbearable Whiteness of American Lent
I realized then that I didn’t really “get” Lent—or at least how white Catholics interpreted it.
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The Passion of the Slayer: On Buffy’s Twentieth, “The Big Bad” Is Still Out There
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To the uninitiated, it sounds like a bad joke. That’s your…
Read MoreI’m Not Going to Pray For Trump
To forgive representative powers and principalities of their spiritual wickedness is to be morally complicit in the potentially active oppression of one’s self—and certainly in the oppression of one’s neighbor.
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