“I Can’t Defend My People”: Opting Out of Evangelicalism, Post-Election
November 8th was, for so many of us, the death knell for any claim white evangelicals as a group had on caring for “the least of these.”
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Exclusion is Causing Great Harm: A Conversation With Suspended UMC Pastor Rev. Cynthia Meyer
An interview with Rev. Cynthia Meyer, who was pushed out from her post in the United Methodist Church for coming out
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From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better
In his new book, Brian McLaren argues that it’s not possible to break open a socially regressive Christianity without confronting the bad theology that places a vindictive God at the center of the universe.
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Bad Scholarship A Poor Solution to Anti-Trans Politics: A Response to the New York Times’ “Is God Transgender?”
Doing justice to religious texts and fighting for trans* inclusion aren’t mutually exclusive.
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The Higher the Dome, The Closer to God: “Megachurches” Explores the Arid Architecture of America’s New Sanctuaries
Talking with artist Lisa Auerbach about art, America, and big box religion.
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Cafeteria Christianity in the Age of Social Media: What’s Old Is New Again
When people ask questions like “Why do we pick and choose our religious beliefs?” they…
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Are the Pews Half Empty or Half Full? Lessons From 734 A.D.
Christian ethicist David Gushee recently coined a phrase that may stick around for a while:…
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“Digital Discipline”: Five Questions on #ReLent2016
A campaign launched by Baltimore-based Lutheran pastor and Slate Project co-founder Jason Chesnut, #ReLent2016 reinvents Lent…
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Just Give ‘Em a Little Jesus: Black Marriage Meets White Paternalism
These days, a standard caveat from some religious black folk is that errant souls just…
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In the Age of Megachurches, Sometimes Less Is More
We have long known, as sociologist Mark Chaves says, that “most congregations in the United…
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