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Are MAGA Christians More or Less Christian than Progressives?

March 6, 2025Noah Berlatsky

Turning to James Hogg to reflect on the liberal Christian response to Christian nationalism

Excerpt

Racism and Religion in America

June 11, 2024Michael O. Emerson, Glenn E. Bracey II

An excerpt from “The Religion of Whiteness: How Racism Distorts Christian Faith”

Perspective

Beloved Transgender Children and Holy Resistance

October 6, 2022Justin Sabia-Tanis

How Christians and other people of faith can support transgender youth and combat anti-trans legislation

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From the Margins: The False Gods That Changed My Mind

July 26, 2022Daniel José Camacho

Christianity’s attempt to silence the voices within its texts mirrors the way some Christians have tried to silence the...

Column

From the Margins: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for Civil Rights and Her Message for Today

June 3, 2021Daniel José Camacho

An interview with bestselling author Keisha N. Blain about her book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring...

Conversation

Credit Card Christianity, Debt, and Violence in Colombia

May 6, 2021Kali Handelman, Rebecca Bartel

An interview with Rebecca Bartel about her book Card-Carrying Christians: Debt and the Making of Free Market Spirituality in...

Excerpt

The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God

November 12, 2020Mark Sameth

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author

Excerpt

Religion in Vogue: Christianity and Fashion in America

September 3, 2020Lynn S. Neal

A book excerpt with an introduction by the author

Conversation

“Everybody Being Themselves Real Hard” – A Serious Conversation about Theology and Fashion with Linn Tonstad

September 3, 2020Jeanine Viau

An interview about fashion, bodies, theology, and resistance

Feature

The “Slave Bible” is Not What You Think

June 3, 2020Jill Hicks-Keeton

The Museum of the Bible presented misleading information to attract people of color to the museum

Perspective

Unsovereign Love: Thoughts on Race, Sex, and Undoing an Evangelical Education of Feeling

February 4, 2020Amaryah Shaye Armstrong

Reflections on a popular story about a Black, ex-lesbian convert to Evangelical Christianity

Feature

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

August 9, 2019Ashley Okwuosa, Soumya Sankar Bose, Cinthya Santos-Briones

Images that challenge us to see migration differently

Conversation

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

August 9, 2019Brett Krutzsch, Kali Handelman

Revealer Editor, Kali Handelman, interviews Brett Krutzsch about his new book Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the...

Feature

What is Called Thinking in the Anthropocene?

August 9, 2019Liane Carlson

Thinking is communal and our community is collapsing.

Excerpt

The Crusades: An Epitome

May 29, 2019Susanna Throop

An excerpt from The Crusades: An Epitome with an introduction by the author

Excerpt

Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid

March 20, 2019Heather D. Curtis

An excerpt from Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid with an introduction by the author

Feature

On Good Government & Good Girls: How the Museum of the Bible's Founding Family Turned Themselves into Bible Experts

March 20, 2019Jill Hicks-Keeton, Cavan Conannon

They bought artifacts. They bought a building. What the Green family bought ultimately was expertise.

Review

"Blessed are those who have not seen": Image and belief in Jonas Bendiksen’s The Last Testament

December 20, 2018Jason Bruner

On the disappointment of seeing and (not) believing

Review

Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on Death

October 10, 2018Ed Simon

A review of Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton

Feature

Against Forgiveness: A Manifesto (Or, Miss Havishams of the World, Unite!)

October 10, 2018Liane Carlson

The first of a series of pieces about forgiveness, and refusing to forgive.

In the News

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

September 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

Excerpt

Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

September 10, 2018Emily Ogden

Excerpt from Emily Ogden's new book, Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism (Chicago, 2018).

Column

Political Feelings: Soul Murder

August 15, 2018Patrick Blanchfield

“Political Feelings” is a bi-monthly column by Patrick Blanchfield about stories, scenes, and studies of religion in American culture.

Review

Blessings of Business

June 20, 2018Eden Consenstein

Eden Consenstein reviews Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity by Darren Grem

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Are MAGA Christians More or Less Christian than Progressives?

Racism and Religion in America

Beloved Transgender Children and Holy Resistance

From the Margins: The False Gods That Changed My Mind

From the Margins: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for Civil Rights and Her Message for Today

Credit Card Christianity, Debt, and Violence in Colombia

The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God

Religion in Vogue: Christianity and Fashion in America

“Everybody Being Themselves Real Hard” – A Serious Conversation about Theology and Fashion with Linn Tonstad

The “Slave Bible” is Not What You Think

Unsovereign Love: Thoughts on Race, Sex, and Undoing an Evangelical Education of Feeling

Representing Migration: Two photographers creating new ways to see history and sanctuary

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

What is Called Thinking in the Anthropocene?

The Crusades: An Epitome

Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid

On Good Government & Good Girls: How the Museum of the Bible's Founding Family Turned Themselves into Bible Experts

"Blessed are those who have not seen": Image and belief in Jonas Bendiksen’s The Last Testament

Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on Death

Against Forgiveness: A Manifesto (Or, Miss Havishams of the World, Unite!)

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

Political Feelings: Soul Murder

Blessings of Business

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