2016 Was the Year Queer and Trans Muslims Entered the Public Consciousness: Mahdia Lynn On This New Era
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…
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Welcome to the Gayborhood: Jason Brown on This New Era
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…
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What We Cannot Do is Be Revolutionaries Except When We’re Mothering
“Children are the ways that the world begins again and again.” – June Jordan,…
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Queer Nuns: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Are ‘Serious Parody,’ Forcing us to Redefine Nuns
The Sisters are an order of self-named queer nuns who parody Roman Catholicism, and at the same time make an earnest and very serious claim to be nuns—just not Roman Catholic ones.
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“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out…
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Why America’s Handmaid’s Tale Doesn’t Look Like Hulu’s
Nothing like a Handmaid’s Tale revolution is going to happen. Probably.
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Why Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” May Be the Wrong Adaptation for Trump Era
The following was originally published on April 25, 2017. The upcoming release of Hulu’s Handmaid’s…
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Gaining Except-ance: Army Chaplain Who Says “I Don’t” to Same-Sex Wedding Should Not Be Reprimanded
In 2013, as the U.S. Supreme Court was deciding U.S. v. Windsor, the case that…
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Fear, Nostalgia and Power Drove Evangelicals to Trump: Interview with Evangelical Scholar John Fea
If you were raised in American evangelicalism during the past thirty years, you’ve probably come…
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A Somewhat Cynical Take On The Future And Soul Of Evangelicalism
Hidely-ho, readerinos! It’s time for one of our favorite running gags around the RD religio-sphere,…
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