Irony Repeats Itself: Reconsidering Reinhold Niebuhr in the Trump Era
For the third time in this young century, Reinhold Niebuhr is getting another splash of…
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Betrayed at the Polls, Evangelicals of Color at a Crossroads
He seemed drunk and ready for a fight. The man, mid-fifties, towering and broad shouldered,…
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What a Forgotten 19th Century Suffragist Can Teach Us About Women’s Rights vs. The Religious Right
19th century women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage sought equal rights for all, but only by rethinking religion.
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In Trump Era, Young Muslims Question Respectability Politics of Mosques
Many Muslim American leaders, organizations and institutions are working to broaden the sphere of engagement.
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“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray
RD met with Rev. Cecil Murray to discuss how the black church’s past might inform his future.
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“Man of Steel” Brings Muscular Message to Oppose Right-to-Die Legislation
Hanson is a tempting spokesperson for the anti-aid-in-dying movement because he represents its “traditional” family values, a nostalgic view of male independence and dominance within an idealized conception of nuclear families.
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Watching 81% of My White Brothers and Sisters Vote For Trump Has Broken Something in Me
“Something has been broken for me; a fragile hope that the work of racial and gender justice will be embraced by the larger church.”
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Inside InterVarsity’s Purge: Trauma and Termination at the Premier Evangelical Student Org
One of the nation’s largest campus ministries has demanded that its LGBT-affirming staff quit by November 11th.
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ABC’s Hit Sitcom Black-ish Does God, Pushes Theological Respectability
ABC’s black-ish dismantles narrow depictions of black religious life.
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They’re Not Coming Back: The Religiously Unaffiliated and the Post-Religious Era
A new survey crushes whatever hope was left about luring Nones back into the fold.
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