For Clergy Who Ministered Through the AIDS Crisis Covid is Both Eerily Familiar and Puzzlingly Different
“This is not my first plague.” In 1982, Rev. Steve Pieters was the first minister…
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Rev. Raphael Warnock Tweets ‘I am a pro-choice pastor’ and Suddenly a Public Figure’s Religion is Fair Game
As you know, the Rev. Raphael Warnock is running to represent the state of Georgia…
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What to Make of ‘Life at Any Cost’ Trump Voters in Light of the Fact That Nobody Actually Believes That
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s personal character and lifestyle are radically at odds with…
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Pope Francis Praised for ‘Civil Unions’ Comment, But Justice Begins at Home—In the Vatican
Theology, “the queen of the sciences” as it’s been known since the Middle Ages, is…
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‘God Made Them Male and Female…and Eunuch’: Why the Biblical Case For Binary Gender Isn’t So… Biblical
The following is an excerpt from Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels…
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How U.S. Conservatives Conjured the Jesus of Their Dreams
It seems that when Donald Trump and his Republican enablers are able to seat a…
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Virginia Mollenkott: Warrior in the Battle for Evangelical Acceptance of Gays (1932-2020)
How do you start at Bob Jones University and end up one of the pre-eminent…
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Are Evangelicals Sweetness and Light or Enablers of Cruelty and Racism? Gender Roles Hint at an Answer
Have white evangelicals been unfairly demonized by scholars and pundits alike in the run-up to…
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Can Democrats Question Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith? Yes! Should They? Well…
Let’s cut right to the paper chase, as it were. Amy Coney Barrett’s faith is…
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Christian Right Claims to be ‘Above Politics’ Are Unbelievable
Have you ever noticed that for hardline ideologues, only their opponents are “doing politics,” while…
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