“A fight over prayer in schools in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, offers a glimpse into what more school districts around the country may face.”
Evangelical Christianity
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Jesus Is Everywhere in Port-au-Prince, but So Is Vodou
Violent tensions have existed between Haiti’s Vodouisants and missionary Christians for centuries.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Prophet Will See You Now
At the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, miracles (supposedly) happen every day.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Flying Solo
A personal essay in which Jen Doll, author of Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest, tries to makes sense of a breakup that happened the day before a romantic vacation — and blindsided her in the same ways the presidential election did.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction
Flying Solo
Jen Doll tries to make sense of a breakup that happened the day before a romantic vacation — and blindsided her in the same ways the presidential election did.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Flying Solo
Jen Doll tries to make sense of a breakup that happened the day before a romantic vacation — and blindsided her in the same ways the presidential election did.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Some
Although a lot about Donald Trump seemed antithetical to conservative Christianity, he got a larger percentage of the Evangelical vote than Bush, Sr., Reagan, or Carter. Why?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Pew Research
Jeff Sharlet’s review of Frances FitzGerald’s new book, The Evangelicals, is itself an important history lesson on American evangelism and politics.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
MAWA! The Christian Alt-Right Wants to Make America White Again
Sarah Posner introduces some of the main players in “alt-right Christianity” in her exploration of American Evangelicals’ embrace of Trump.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Amazing Disgrace
How did Donald Trump — a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator — hijack the religious right?