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The Fire to Create the World Anew

April 4, 2024Kali Handelman, Laura McTighe, Deon Haywood

After an arson attack intended to destroy their work, the Women With A Vision collective rose to fight back....

Review

Bombing American Religion to Save It

September 9, 2021Megan Goodwin

A Review of Richard Kent Evans’s book MOVE: An American Religion

Review

On Evangelical Masculinities

November 12, 2020Daniel José Camacho

A review of Jesus and John Wayne and a reflection on evangelicals, masculinity, and race

Feature

What Breonna Taylor and Sister Rosetta Tharpe Taught Me About Black Women and Friendship

November 12, 2020Ambre Dromgoole

In a world that constantly presents narratives of our degradation, Black women’s intimate interpersonal ties paint a different image

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

Editor's Letter

Editor’s Letter: Mass Grief and Racial Injustice

June 3, 2020Brett Krutzsch

Our Editor reflects on the many forms of grief produced during the pandemic

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

Abusing Religion: Race, Islam, and Not Without My Daughter

May 29, 2019Megan Goodwin

The second installment in a three-part series about stories of abuse in minority religious communities and how they have...

In the News

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

November 16, 2018

A roundup of recent religion writing.

In the News

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

October 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

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.

Field Note

Why I Share My Story: Vulnerability, Representation & Empowerment

September 10, 2018Simran Jeet Singh

Being public is a political decision rooted in love and directed toward helping others see what they do not...

In the News

In the News: Borders & Beyond

June 20, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing

Review

Televised Redemption

May 23, 2018Sharrona Pearl

Sharrona Pearl reviews Televised Redemption: Black Religious Media and Racial Empowerment by Carolyn Moxley Rouse, John L. Jackson, Jr.,...

In the News

In the News: Heavenly Bodies, Robot Funerals, and Kanye

May 23, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing

Field Note

Battling our Demons, On Screen and Off

May 23, 2018S. Brent Plate

S. Brent Plate on fighting the demonic stereotypes rampant in contemporary media.

Review

A Wrinkle in Time Isn't Religious Enough

April 22, 2018Fortune Onyiorah

Why isn't there more religion in Ava DuVernay's "A Wrinkle in Time"?

Feature

The Makeup Reformation

March 20, 2018Fortune Onyiorah

Race, representation, and Rihanna in the church of makeup.

In the News

In the News: Memorials, Museums, Magic and More!

February 12, 2018Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

The Patient Body: The Patient Body: Opioids: A Crisis of Misplaced Morality

November 16, 2017Ann Neumann

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine....

In the News

In the News: How to talk about what we need to talk about?

November 16, 2017Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

Review

Radix Redux: Characterizing American Religious Radicalism

October 17, 2017

Geoffrey Pollick reviews American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice by Albert J....

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The Fire to Create the World Anew

Bombing American Religion to Save It

On Evangelical Masculinities

What Breonna Taylor and Sister Rosetta Tharpe Taught Me About Black Women and Friendship

The “Slave Bible” is Not What You Think

Editor’s Letter: Mass Grief and Racial Injustice

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

Abusing Religion: Race, Islam, and Not Without My Daughter

In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

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

Why I Share My Story: Vulnerability, Representation & Empowerment

In the News: Borders & Beyond

Televised Redemption

In the News: Heavenly Bodies, Robot Funerals, and Kanye

Battling our Demons, On Screen and Off

A Wrinkle in Time Isn't Religious Enough

The Makeup Reformation

In the News: Memorials, Museums, Magic and More!

The Patient Body: The Patient Body: Opioids: A Crisis of Misplaced Morality

In the News: How to talk about what we need to talk about?

Radix Redux: Characterizing American Religious Radicalism

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