Dispatches From the Rhodian Shore: A (Tough) Love Letter to Religious Studies
When writing as critical scholars of religion about the impacts and role of religion in…
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Nashville Cats Play Dumb As Backwards Preachers
Friends, I have read the Nashville Statement, and it is stupid. Like, really, really dumb….
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For the Love of God, Bono, Please Stop Touring
“The shallow connections you facilitate and use to milk people out of some cash, also makes them less likely to participate in the actual justice work that would eliminate poverty and injustice.”
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Can Art Save Us From Fundamentalism?
In his new book, religious studies scholar Philip S. Francis uses personal stories from young evangelicals to explore how one’s experiences with art can dramatically reorient Christian beliefs and practices.
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Trump May Be the End of the World As We Know It—But For Some Evangelicals, That’s Just Fine
In the flurry of coverage surrounding the evangelical Christian voting bloc that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump,…
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Should Evangelical Trump Critics Leave The Movement? Who Cares?
Inside, outside, who cares? Wear the Evangelical label, don’t wear it, it doesn’t really matter.
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Sharing the Bad News of Donald Trump’s “Theology of Glory”
“Quite possibly, bearing the cross might mean opening our homes to immigrants, confronting our racist uncles at Thanksgiving dinner, taking to the streets, and putting our bodies on the line.”
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The Black Church in Trump’s America: Refuge and Resistance
“Resistance will require us to renounce our own tendencies to espouse practices of Islamophobia, patriarchy, and homophobia in our congregations and denominations,” says Rev. Leslie Callahan.
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“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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Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally
A Trump administration could hold serious consequences for the entire global human rights framework.
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