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A Great Evangelical Divorce? — Speaker Mike Johnson’s Breakup with Marjorie Taylor Greene Could Be Bad News For Trump
When Speaker of the House Mike Johnson pushed through aid to Ukraine this week, it...
Controversy Over Jay Shetty’s Authenticity Masks the Bigger Question: Why is the West Drawn to Such Figures Over and Over Again?
From his popular podcast, to his travels with Will and Jada Smith, to GAP ads...
‘Hell is a World Without You’ Shows Readers How Squarely They Would Have Been on Path to Jan 6 if They’d Come of Age in Evangelicalism
Jason Kirk’s first novel, Hell is a World Without You, tells the coming-of-age story of...
To One Early 20th Century Rabbi Skeptical of Zionism, Passover Isn’t Simply A Celebration Of Freedom — It’s Also A Warning
For Jews, Passover is a time of liberation. The Exodus story tells the tale of...
Resurrection of ‘Comstock Laws’ Would Threaten Access to Abortifacients — But Even That Fear Misses Bigger Picture
When the Supreme Court decided Griswold v Connecticut in 1965, Clarence Thomas was 16 years...
Doing a Dukakis (But with Jesus) — Biden Does Not Need to Be More Publicly Christian
There are many factors that may determine whether incumbent president Joe Biden wins reelection this...
Virginians may Vote in Elections, But in Counties with Militias Democracy Hangs in the Balance
If democracy is a ground-up experience in the United States, then county government is the...
What’s The Matter With Joe Biden? As Disgust Builds Over Calamity in Gaza the President Offers Only Toothless Criticism
Lately I’ve been wondering if Joe Biden is an Islamophobe. I don’t use the word...
As the Right Peddles a Conspiracy About Trans People and Easter, A Reflection on the Spiritual Nature of My Gender Transition
Sunday was Transgender Day of Visibility; it was also Easter, a holy day for many...
A New Book Traces the Influence of Racism and Imperialism on White Christian Feminism
As a scholar of American evangelicalism, I often spend my time writing and teaching about...