Fear, Nostalgia and Power Drove Evangelicals to Trump: Interview with Evangelical Scholar John Fea
If you were raised in American evangelicalism during the past thirty years, you’ve probably come…
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Netflix’s Carlton Pearson Biopic, “Come Sunday,” Reveals Christianity’s Struggle for its Soul
What’s the message, Bishop? That question, asked by the church’s closeted gay music director, Reggie…
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New Book on Trump and Evangelicals Gets it Mostly Right
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election (and since) many tried to answer the question,…
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Open Carry Racism: The Right Wing Fever Dream that Predates Trump
The idiosyncratic pantheon of Trump administration staffers continues its exodus, a stream of comic book…
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The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ‘n’ Roll
Over the past six decades, rock ‘n’ roll music has played a central role in…
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“I had been part of the problem of Islamophobia”: Pastor Danny Cortez On This New Era
The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with…
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When You Argue With a Fundamentalist You Don’t Know What You’re Asking For
One of the biggest questions I received after writing about Trump, evangelicals, and the end…
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#MeToo and the Problem with the “The Billy Graham Rule”
Billy Graham, Sunday School teacher, failed salesman, and cold-war fear-monger died last week at the…
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Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99
Billy Graham, by any measure the most famous religious figure of the twentieth century, died today [at his home in Montreat, North Carolina]. He was ninety-nine years old.
In a career that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message – give your heart…
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Evangelicalism “Wasn’t Created for Someone Like Me”: Following a Queer Evangelical of Color in the Age of Trump
It’s been a little over a year since the president first took office, and the…
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