‘Do They Even Read the Bible?’ — Why Exposing White Evangelical Hypocrisy is a Dead End
Almost every day I run across some version of this Twitter interaction: Original Tweet: Bible/Jesus/God…
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In a Disturbing Trend, Far-Right Candidates are Getting Crucial Support from Militia Groups and Churches
How many local churches are providing direct electoral support to far-right-wing Christian candidates for political…
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The Same Toxic Christian Right Theology Supports Both the Online Bullying I Experienced and the Cruel Anti-Trans Policy in TX — And it’s Not Remotely Fringe
In late February, I went through an episode of online bullying that made me feel…
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7 Problems with Trump’s Hastily-Tweeted Trans Military Ban
In the span of three tweets the president declared this morning that as many as…
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Trump’s Twitter Rant Helpfully Models Universal Human Depravity, Spokesperson Suggests
Any Christian who still defends Trump as he lies, harasses, insults and demeans those around him can only do so by saying, in effect, “So what? We are all morally depraved.”
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10 Pro-LGBT #ChristiansVote Tweets From Anti-Gay, Pro-Trump Hashtag Hijack
The hashtag was co-opted by Believe Out Loud, a nonpartisan campaign that elevates pro-LGBT voices within faith communities.
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“Digital Discipline”: Five Questions on #ReLent2016
A campaign launched by Baltimore-based Lutheran pastor and Slate Project co-founder Jason Chesnut, #ReLent2016 reinvents Lent…
Read MoreThe 11 Best #RealClergyBios Tweets
Over the weekend, the #realclergybios hashtag spread like Gospel on Twitter, with countless pastors and seminarians…
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Is Twitter Doing Enough to Remove Extremist Content? An Ex-Employee Weighs In
As a former (veteran, even) employee of Twitter, I am used to people expressing shock and…
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Citizen Speech in an Age of Data: Or, Why I’m Transcribing My Tweets Into Cuneiform
Social media has made possible a new global distribution of cognitive ephemera. We are tweeting 6,000…
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