The Loneliness of Men: A Father’s Day Reflection
This year, Father’s Day comes just a week after the Orlando tragedy—seven days of mourning, of national…
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Revealing Joseph Smith’s (Well-Known) Polygamy Doesn’t Address the LDS Church’s Bigger Problem
News that the LDS Church has now publicly acknowledged founder Joseph Smith’s polygamous marriage to…
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What Does Proper Christian Womanhood Have to do with the Ray Rice Story?
In 1882, the state of Maryland adopted an “Act to inflict Corporal Punishment upon Persons…
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“Muscular Christianity” Not to Blame For Driscoll: A Response
When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood…
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Blame Muscular Christianity for Driscoll Fiasco
If you even nominally follow the world of evangelical Christianity, you already know that superstar…
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Holy Hipster Mark Driscoll Continues to Fall
Following the news that 21 ex-Mars Hill Church pastors asked lead pastor Mark Driscoll to…
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Conservative Christianity’s “Come to Jesus” Moment in Wake of Elliot Rodger Shootings
In the wake of the tragic massacre at UCSB on Friday night in which Elliott Rodger murdered…
Read More“Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Less Durable Than Sexism Surrounding It
Last week a curious headline began to make the rounds online: “Jesus had an ugly…
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Rape-Marriage of Nigerian Girls is ‘Biblical Marriage’
Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls have been ripped from their desks and chairs, notebooks and pencils,…
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Colin McGinn: Not the Only Masturbating Philosopher
While researching the history of philosophical arguments about the existence of God, it gradually became clear that my undertaking was in fact a study of masculinity, so shot through were these arguments with gendered assumptions and ideals. And, as a study of masculinity, it was also a study of patriarchy.
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