Why the ‘Confession & Redemption’ Path is Unlikely to Help Falwell Recover from Sex Scandal
Yesterday, August 24, 2020, was the first day of classes at right-wing evangelical school Liberty…
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Katy Perry’s Evangelical Hangover
Despite an American Idol judging gig, a baby girl with Orlando Bloom on the way,…
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Christian Schools Invoke Religious Liberty to Reopen Despite Warnings of Health Experts
Here on RD, I took a look at the legal case against exempting churches from…
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The Wrong Man: Why Falwell’s Paying for His Indiscretion But Trump Gets a Pass
When news broke this past Friday that a controversial Instagram photo would result in Jerry…
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The Left Behind: Why Are White American Christians So Racist?
Robert Jones, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, has been doing the op-ed thing…
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The Only Surprising Thing About the ‘Demon Sperm’ Doctor’s Views Is That They’re Shared By Many Evangelicals
On Monday, in a since-deleted tweet, President Trump shared a video of Houston-based, Cameroonian-American doctor…
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The Wrong Emperor: Why Ralph Reed’s New Pro-Trump Book Distorts the Bible to Cast the President as Tiberius
Ralph Reed’s new book, For God and Country: The Christian Case for Trump (published by…
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Why ‘Respectable’ Evangelicals Can’t Rein in Evangelical Conspiracy Theorists
According to a recent blog post by David French, former staff writer for the National…
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Tearing Down Evangelical Icons: Why Penn’s Decision to Remove George Whitefield Statue May Be Good for American Evangelicalism
It’s a curious fact of history that a statue of John Wesley stands prominently ensconced…
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‘Empty the Pews’ Gives Voice to Those Who’ve Escaped Toxic Christianity
We want people who grew up or are growing up in right-wing Christian environments to understand that it’s okay to trust their doubts; and [because] there’s still a pretty strong taboo in the American public sphere against criticizing any large Christian group we hope this book will help [change that].
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