America No Longer a Christian Nation: And Other Critical Data from 2015
After a year that included Pope Francis’ first visit to the U.S., the ongoing battle over “religious…
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#ReinstateDocHawk: Wheaton Does Not Speak for Its Students
When I decided to attend Wheaton College two years ago, I was expecting a haven…
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Out of Options: Christians’ Losing Battle Over Equality
In the months since the Supreme Court’s decision to make marriage equality the law, conservative…
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What We Don’t Know About Black Social Gospel: A Long-Neglected Tradition Is Reclaimed
For twenty years I have sprinkled discussions of the black social gospel into various books…
Read MoreChristian Voter Guide: Jesus is Wrong on the Issues and Wrong for America
In light of this Christian Post article on the “Christian Voting Guide” put out by Rev….
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“We’re Not Fighting About Politics, We’re Fighting About God”: Diana Butler Bass Wants a Revolution
We are human beings, and we build things.
Read MoreChallenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap
In the Guardian, Bisi Alimi writes, “If you say being gay is not African, you…
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Racial Justice Will Be Top Priority for New Prez of the United Church of Christ
A conversation with the Rev. John Dorhauer, incoming president of the United Church of Christ.
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Data-Mining The Denominations: The Southern Baptists in Four Charts
If you’ve been following the story of Christianity in the United States with any degree of…
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Swimming Against the Tide: Religious (Non) Affiliation Might Not Mean What You Think It Means
If religious kitsch is a guilty pleasure, one of my favorite indulgences is a graphic…
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