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The Rise of Oilfield Evangelism

March 6, 2025Diana Kruzman

The commingling of conservative Christianity, corporations, and the fossil fuel industry's fragile workforce

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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”

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The Resurrection of Todd Bentley

February 5, 2025Elena Trueba

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

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From the Gay Agenda to Childless Cat Ladies

October 1, 2024Sophie Bjork-James

How ideas about the family animate Christian nationalism, and how they are changing to create a broader conservative coalition

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From Missionaries to Settler-Colonialists for Christian Supremacy

October 1, 2024Bradley Onishi

Homeland, “our people,” and the call for a new Caesar in Evangelical discourse

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Christian Nationalism Gone Global

October 1, 2024Matthew D. Taylor

Paula White-Cain, international networks of Independent Charismatic Christians, and political violence

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Christian Nationalism and Authoritarianism

October 1, 2024Andrew Whitehead

Comfort with violence and weakening democracy in the name of taking America back for God

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Dismantling Democracy: Christian Nationalism’s Threat to America's Future

October 1, 2024Katherine Stewart

The money and methods behind the massive and well-funded movement

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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?

Review

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 Rise of Oilfield Evangelism

The Questioning Embrace of Doubt and Faith

The Resurrection of Todd Bentley

From the Gay Agenda to Childless Cat Ladies

From Missionaries to Settler-Colonialists for Christian Supremacy

Christian Nationalism Gone Global

Christian Nationalism and Authoritarianism

Dismantling Democracy: Christian Nationalism’s Threat to America's Future

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

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