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What Christian nationalism is and what to do about it
Pamela Cooper-White details best practices for difficult conversations that privilege listening, reflexivity, curiosity, and care.
Is Christian celebrity harmful to the church?
Yes, says Katelyn Beaty, who defines celebrity as “fame’s shinier, slightly obnoxious cousin.”
Post-evangelical healing
Charles Marsh writes beautifully about the anxiety instilled by his childhood faith—and the therapy it took to overcome it.
by Aaron Klink
Finding church after religious trauma
Brooke Petersen gathers the stories of eight queer Christians who left churches—and found new ones.
Obery Hendricks condemns the sins of right-wing evangelicalism
If his book were a trial, the verdict would be clear: guilty.
John Pavlovitz’s bottom line: Faith should be a life of love
The popular blogger speaks to the pain of Christians who are disappointed with the failures of the church.
A novel about purity culture and its harm
At its core, God Spare the Girls is about a family history doomed to repeat itself.
The beautiful faith of Rachel Held Evans
Like all of her work, her posthumous book is warm, wise, and intimate.
An evangelical Christian argument for reparations
Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson want to talk about theft.
by Dave Allen
A Palestinian evangelical’s supersessionism
Munther Isaac’s critique of the Israeli government is perfectly fair. But why does he also need to critique Judaism?
Virginia Mollenkott’s Women, Men, and the Bible shaped my life
The lesbian evangelical scholar bravely shared her view of God—in love.
by Amy Frykholm
Who was Henrietta Mears?
A new biography of the woman who shaped the men who shaped modern evangelicalism
Prominent evangelical scholars are, once again, disavowing Trump
They’re brave to do so. Do they go far enough?
by Greg Carey
Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s history of the manly godly man
How American evangelicalism baptized male aggression