Culture Wars Masquerading as Social Science: New Survey Illustrates Evangelicals’ Election Year Anxieties
The 2020 results of Ligonier Ministries’ and Lifeway Research’s State of Theology Survey, a project…
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Catholic Bishops’ Theological Mistakes on Abortion Come at a High Price
The facts do not seem to be in dispute: a man from Vitória, Espírito Santo,…
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Falwell’s Fall Was Unrelated to the Anti-Science, Racism, and Patriarchy Trifecta that Built Liberty
Four years after he played a key role in shifting white evangelical support from Ted…
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Our Father, Who Art Our Mother: The (Open) Secret Queer History of God
Michelangelo’s iconic God the Father image, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, draws…
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The Wrong Man: Why Falwell’s Paying for His Indiscretion But Trump Gets a Pass
When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry…
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Satanic Temple’s ‘Satanic Abortion Ritual’ May Challenge States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
Last week, The Satanic Temple (TST) introduced “the Satanic Abortion Ritual”—a ritual designed to provide…
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Why ‘Respectable’ Evangelicals Can’t Rein in Evangelical Conspiracy Theorists
According to a recent blog post by David French, former staff writer for the National…
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No “Cancel Culture” on the Right: How Conservative Christians Protect the Powerful
This week, Harper’s Magazine set off a firestorm by publishing “A Letter on Justice and…
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Love the Scholarship But Hate the Scholar’s Sin?: ‘Himpathy’ for an Academic Pedophile Enables a Culture of Abuse
In her excellent book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, the philosopher Kate Manne coined…
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Methodist Church’s ‘Dismantling Racism Initiative’ Excludes Some Black Lives
On one of the most sacred days of observance in African American history, Juneteenth, the…
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