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Music to Make People Believe: The Soundtrack of White Evangelical Culture

March 7, 2024Leah Payne

An excerpt from “God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music”

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An Evangelical Culture of Child Discipline

February 6, 2024Sarah McCammon

An excerpt from “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church”

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Elisabeth Elliot, Flawed Queen of Purity Culture, and Her Disturbing Third Marriage

February 6, 2024Liz Charlotte Grant

Was the famous evangelical woman in a manipulative marriage?

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Evangelicals Make Themselves Essential to the Next Insurrection

February 6, 2024David W. Congdon, Jason Bruner

What the documentary “The Essential Church” reveals about evangelical hostility toward the government

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More than Missionary: The Mourning After

February 6, 2024Gillian Frank

The Arkansas legislature approved plans for a memorial to “unborn children” terminated “during the era of Roe v Wade”

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To be Pro-life in an Age of Extinction

October 4, 2023Sophie Bjork-James

Evangelical anti-abortion politics and ecological denial

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Establishing Reagan’s Religious Outlook for the U.S.

August 1, 2023Diane Winston

An excerpt from “Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical Vision”

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Treating Pornography Viewership as an Addiction that Requires Faith

August 1, 2023Kelsy Burke

An excerpt from “The Pornography Wars”

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Worried White Evangelicals

April 5, 2023Sarah Diefendorf

An excerpt from "The Holy Vote: Inequality and Anxiety Among White Evangelicals"

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White Women's Bodies and the Dilemma of Purity Culture Recovery

February 7, 2023Sara Moslener

Leaders in the “post-purity” movement are promoting sexual liberation and unwittingly reinforcing white supremacy

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Single Mothers, Sex, and Christian Nationalism

December 8, 2022Bradley Onishi

An excerpt from the forthcoming book Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—And What Comes Next

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Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Rights, and the Christian Patriarchy Movement

December 8, 2022Cait West

Growing up as a “stay-at-home daughter” gave this writer insights into how Christian patriarchy is spreading from the fringes...

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Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture

November 11, 2022Ellie Broughton

Could conservative Christian teachings about sex cause physiological and psychological problems that last into adulthood?

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The Way Black: Considering Black Membership in the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

July 26, 2022Ambre Dromgoole

A review of the HBO Max docuseries The Way Down and the place of Black Americans in Christian diet...

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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...

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Not So Sorry: Christianity Today’s Sexual Misconduct Problem and the Complications with Forgiving Institutions

May 10, 2022Kaya Oakes

Should we forgive institutions when they admit to years of abuse?

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The Crusade Against Critical Race Theory in Hanover County, Virginia

December 9, 2021Jessica Johnson

How has Christian nationalism fueled opposition to critical race theory in public schools?

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The Fascinating Jesus Film You Probably Haven’t Seen

November 4, 2021Jill Hicks-Keeton

A review of the “faith-based” flop Black Easter and what its failure reveals about conservative Christian media today

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Christian Nationalists and Climate Skepticism

October 7, 2021Robin Veldman

How outrage media stokes Christian nationalists’ climate change denial

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Evangelical Women Leaders as LGBTQ Allies

September 9, 2021Mihee Kim-Kort

The ramifications of evangelical women leaders publicly supporting LGBTQ Christians

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El Pueblo de Israel: Latino Evangélicos and Christian Zionism

September 9, 2021Amy Fallas

Why have so many evangelical Latinos embraced Jewish rituals and Zionism?

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The Revealer Podcast Episode 16: Evangelical Masculinity

July 22, 2021Editorial Staff

A discussion with Bradley Onishi on evangelical visions of proper manhood, purity culture, and men's place in the world

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Post-Purity Culture: The New Online Frontier of Evangelical Sexual Ethics

July 22, 2021Erika Veurink

Both evangelicals and ex-evangelicals are turning to TikTok and other social media platforms to spread their messages about sex

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The Yellow Peril’s Second Coming

June 3, 2021Lucas Kwong

Amidst COVID-inspired racism, the connections between anti-Asian bigotry and Christian nationalism have returned with a vengeance

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Music to Make People Believe: The Soundtrack of White Evangelical Culture

An Evangelical Culture of Child Discipline

Elisabeth Elliot, Flawed Queen of Purity Culture, and Her Disturbing Third Marriage

Evangelicals Make Themselves Essential to the Next Insurrection

More than Missionary: The Mourning After

To be Pro-life in an Age of Extinction

Establishing Reagan’s Religious Outlook for the U.S.

Treating Pornography Viewership as an Addiction that Requires Faith

Worried White Evangelicals

White Women's Bodies and the Dilemma of Purity Culture Recovery

Single Mothers, Sex, and Christian Nationalism

Bodily Autonomy, Reproductive Rights, and the Christian Patriarchy Movement

Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture

The Way Black: Considering Black Membership in the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

From the Margins: The False Gods That Changed My Mind

Not So Sorry: Christianity Today’s Sexual Misconduct Problem and the Complications with Forgiving Institutions

The Crusade Against Critical Race Theory in Hanover County, Virginia

The Fascinating Jesus Film You Probably Haven’t Seen

Christian Nationalists and Climate Skepticism

Evangelical Women Leaders as LGBTQ Allies

El Pueblo de Israel: Latino Evangélicos and Christian Zionism

The Revealer Podcast Episode 16: Evangelical Masculinity

Post-Purity Culture: The New Online Frontier of Evangelical Sexual Ethics

The Yellow Peril’s Second Coming

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