The Bible May Be Stranger Than You Think … And Why It Matters
Despite the Bible’s ubiquity, despite the Bible’s appearance as a book like any other on…
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Are We Living in a Simulation? Bad Religion, Bad Media Combine in New Doc, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’
Brother Laeo Mystwood looks at the camera, his body obscured by a 3D avatar. He…
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I Grew Up Evangelical and the Christian Nationalist Insurrection Did Not Surprise Me
On Wednesday, January 6, I, like almost everyone else in America, watched as a mob…
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After Orthodox Priest Suspended for ‘Stop the Steal’ Activity, a Renewed Spotlight on the Orthodox Far-Right
When insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, most news reports focused on…
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How the Anti-Abortion Movement Gave us Donald Trump — and Why It Could Bring Worse
I grew up in the white evangelical community, surrounded by individuals who became Donald Trump’s…
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Today’s Inauguration Was a Reconsecration of Sacred Space
C’mon, admit it: you had the Kleenex handy while you watched the swearing-in of the…
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Christians Must Confront the Lies at the Heart of Whiteness
On Wednesday, January 6, a day now infamous for many Americans, I was pulled from…
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We Can’t Have Religious Freedom Without Reproductive Freedom
This Religious Freedom Day, January 16th, we want to highlight the idea that religious freedom…
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As We Survey the Damage of Yesterday’s Violence, What Will Christian Nationalist Politics Look Like in 2021? New Report Offers Clues
This week, amid Democratic victories in Georgia’s Senate runoffs and a Christian nationalist attempt to…
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11 Top RD Stories of the Year: Because in 2020 Religion Went to 11
We could spend time preciously putting together a mildly clever and gently informative introduction to…
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