Women as Head Pastors Was Final Straw for Southern Baptist Convention — Not Scandal, Sexual Abuse, or Dalliance with Dictators
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of…
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The Roots of White Evangelicalism’s Crisis Are in White Evangelical Churches, Not Republican Politics
In recent months, the Southern Baptist Convention has faced a steady stream of high-profile defections,…
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Christians Must Confront the Lies at the Heart of Whiteness
On Wednesday, January 6, a day now infamous for many Americans, I was pulled from…
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Oprah, Terrorist Cells, and the Meaning of Life: An Interview with Paul Froese
I have a theory: New Year’s resolutions have nothing to do with the turn of…
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Fear of U.S. Marriage Equality Exported to Africa
While LGBTQI people and allies in America enjoyed a hard-fought victory in last month’s Supreme…
Read MorePope, Christian Conservatives Team Up to Promote Patriarchy
The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is,…
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Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic…
Read MoreAre Atheists Taking 1st Amendment Suits Too Far?
While sanctimonious conservatives and godless liberals alike await the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Hobby…
Read MoreRick Warren Busts a Gut Over Cultural Revolution
Then digs in… then apologizes. Mostly.
Read MoreColumnist Applauds Russia’s Homophobic Law
“About as sensible as it gets.”
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