The Bible May Be Stranger Than You Think … And Why It Matters
Despite the Bible’s ubiquity, despite the Bible’s appearance as a book like any other on…
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If Pelosi Is Guilty, So’s Jesus
Nancy Pelosi has come under fire because her “favorite Bible verse” isn’t actually in the Bible. But there’s a long and storied history of misquoting the Bible, including a couple of figures you’d least expect.
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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: The Disgusting Religious Defense of Roy Moore
The practice of commenting on religion and politics frequently takes one to strange places. Say,…
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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.
Read MoreMiss Conception: Donald Trump the (Self-Styled) Devil?
Welcome to the first in a sporadic series of posts on popularly misunderstood, misused, or misleading…
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Why Faith Needs Redemptive Struggle to Be Meaningful
I have had the honor of working extensively with the Rev. Dr. William Barber II,…
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A Biblical Perspective That Recognizes Black Women
What inspired you to write An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation? I used some of…
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The Untold Story of Religious Support for Gay Rights
Historian Heather White on the surprising role of Protestantism in the story of LGBT justice in the U.S.
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Why We Should Stop Trying to Pigeonhole This Pope
Throughout Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit, people talked about him in terms of a sharply polarized American politics….
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A Nazi, a Jewish Prisoner, and a “Magic” Bible, Or, Christian Romance Fiction Gone Very, Very Wrong
Is there a prize for most offensive conversion narrative?
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