The Sacred and the Dead: Ten Writers on the End of an American Adventure
Jerry Garcia said once that he didn’t care much for the Western God—but that didn’t…
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Anti-Gay Evangelicalism is the Norm: A Less Rosy Take on the Evangelical “Tipping Point”
“I held my tongue as she told me, ‘Son, fear is the heart of love.’…
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Dylann Roof Was Wrong: The Race War Isn’t Coming, It’s Here
Not everyone has achieved their whiteness. Some cannot achieve it. Others do not want to attain it, and some live in constant frustration in their failure to secure it.
Read MoreElisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) and the Rise of Extreme Evangelicalism
In the evangelical world in which I was born and raised, Elisabeth Elliot (who died…
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The ‘Charlie Charlie Challenge’ and Teenage Yearning for Supernatural Encounters
In May, four girls at a Colombian high school experienced a supernatural encounter so profound…
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Protesting the Pope’s (Not Yet Released) Environmental Encyclical? Check Your Doctrine
Observers expect that Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical—supposedly titled Laudatio sii, or “Praised Be”—will be released…
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Did the Duggars’ Fundamentalism Cause Sexual Abuse? Not So Fast
Now that the sexual abuse allegations against Josh Duggar have resurfaced and made the news,…
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How a Pioneer of Branding Invented Christian Fundamentalism
A conversation with Timothy Gloege about the untold history of the making—and marketing—of Christian fundamentalism.
Read MoreThe Theological Hijacking of Religious “Freedom”
If I were Steve Inskeep, here’s how the conversation might have gone.
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What the Critics of the Mindfulness Trend Don’t Get
It’s not simply reinforcing western privilege or turning us into contented drones.
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