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The Revealer Podcast Episode 55: Religion Is Everywhere and Why That Matters

February 5, 2025Editorial Staff

How religion shapes our calendars, culture, healthcare systems, and our politics

Review

The Questioning Embrace of Doubt and Faith

February 5, 2025Robert Monson

A review of “Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible”

Feature

The Resurrection of Todd Bentley

February 5, 2025Elena Trueba

A popular Charismatic Christian leader’s fall and what his redemption reveals

Feature

The Sacred Steps of Ecstatic Dance

February 5, 2025Kathryn Dickason, Rashida Alisha Hagakore

A dance movement that is redefining contemporary spirituality

Feature

Against War: The Mysterious Death of Student Protestor, Timothy MacCarry

February 5, 2025David Griffith

An anti-war student’s strange death decades ago and how it resonates on college campuses today

Perspective

The Hindu Way of Life and Divorce

February 5, 2025Gargi Sen

Dealing with domestic abuse and divorce in a culture that often doesn’t want to acknowledge either

Perspective

All Aboard the Orphan Train!

February 5, 2025Megan Goodwin, Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst

How the U.S. adoption industry contributes to white Christian nationalism

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: To Understand Our World, We Must Understand Religion

February 5, 2025Brett Krutzsch

The Editor reflects on the centrality of religion to systems throughout the world

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 54: The Limits of Forgiveness

December 12, 2024Editorial Staff

The problems with the cultural pressures to forgive and their connections to religion

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 53: Public School Secularization and Desegregation

December 12, 2024Editorial Staff

What happened following Supreme Court decisions outlawing segregation and prayer in public schools, and their legacies today

Announcements

Winter Holiday Articles We Love

December 12, 2024Editorial Staff

The Revealer’s favorite articles about the December holidays

Announcements

The Revealer’s Winter Reading Recommendations

December 12, 2024Editorial Staff

Our annual list of recommended books by Revealer writers

Review

Satanic Humor and Religious Horror

December 12, 2024Erik VanBezooijen

Christian myths of evil in “Longlegs” and “Skinamarink”

Conversation

Parodying and Using Religion to Try to Save the Planet

December 12, 2024Kali Handelman, George González

A conversation about George González’s book, “The Church of Stop Shopping and Religious Activism”

Column

More than Missionary: This Future Must Not Be Forever

December 12, 2024Gillian Frank

Battles over abortion expose a malignant hatred of women’s freedom

Feature

To Evangelical Christians, What Does it Mean to "Welcome the Stranger"?

December 12, 2024Emily Frazier

A surge in White evangelicals working to help immigrants and refugees—and if that influences their politics

Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Taking Stock of the Past Year and Preparing for the Next

December 12, 2024Brett Krutzsch

The Editor reflects on finding hope in troubling times

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 52: The Changing Black Church

November 11, 2024Editorial Staff

How the decline in religious affiliation and church attendance is altering Black life in the United States

Excerpt

Gender and the Black Church Today

November 11, 2024Jason E. Shelton

An excerpt from “The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion”

Review

Love and (Religious) Work in Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This”

November 11, 2024Helene Meyers

Judaism and gender in the hit romantic comedy series

Feature

The Churches of Artificial Intelligence

November 11, 2024Jamie Valentino

A disgraced tech tycoon’s AI church and the religious leaders experimenting with AI

Feature

The Lamp and Its Shadow: Emma Lazarus and Choosing the Better Diaspora

November 11, 2024Noah Berlatsky

How the famed poet’s Jewish identity shaped her commitment to immigration and may have contributed to her overlooking other...

Feature

Dogs in Islam and Turkey Today

November 11, 2024Lisa Morrow

A range of reactions to dogs has a long history in Islam and has become a political point of...

Feature

Priest Migration to Save Italy’s Catholic Churches

November 11, 2024Carmela Guaglianone

Italian bishops are hiring priests from Africa, South America, and elsewhere to address a priest shortage. But the migrant...

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The Revealer Podcast Episode 55: Religion Is Everywhere and Why That Matters

The Questioning Embrace of Doubt and Faith

The Resurrection of Todd Bentley

The Sacred Steps of Ecstatic Dance

Against War: The Mysterious Death of Student Protestor, Timothy MacCarry

The Hindu Way of Life and Divorce

All Aboard the Orphan Train!

Editor’s Letter: To Understand Our World, We Must Understand Religion

The Revealer Podcast Episode 54: The Limits of Forgiveness

The Revealer Podcast Episode 53: Public School Secularization and Desegregation

Winter Holiday Articles We Love

The Revealer’s Winter Reading Recommendations

Satanic Humor and Religious Horror

Parodying and Using Religion to Try to Save the Planet

More than Missionary: This Future Must Not Be Forever

To Evangelical Christians, What Does it Mean to "Welcome the Stranger"?

Editor's Letter: Taking Stock of the Past Year and Preparing for the Next

The Revealer Podcast Episode 52: The Changing Black Church

Gender and the Black Church Today

Love and (Religious) Work in Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This”

The Churches of Artificial Intelligence

The Lamp and Its Shadow: Emma Lazarus and Choosing the Better Diaspora

Dogs in Islam and Turkey Today

Priest Migration to Save Italy’s Catholic Churches

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