Contending ModernitiesRather than romanticizing African suffering, Senghor’s Eucharist seeks to bring it to the fore so that it may be attenuated The post Senghor, Literary Priest: Adriaan Van Klinken interviews David Ngnong appeared first on Contending Modernities.
Andrew WhiteheadA new national survey finds Americans who embrace Christian nationalism do not embrace many of the most important markers of a pluralistic, democratic society.
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Political TheologyTonda's book bears many fruits, but vernacular religion might reveal a different spiritual drama at work in late capitalism than the one the book provocatively stages. Source
Religion UnpluggedFor more than five decades, Bakker embodied both the possibilities and the perils of American televangelism. He was a pioneering Christian broadcaster who understood that TV could turn a ministry into a mass-media enterprise. He was also a...
The RevealerWhy have wealthy tech industry executives aligned themselves with conservative Christians?
The RevealerAn excerpt from "Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right"
The RevealerThe secular faith in meritocracy, our democratic religion, is an acid eating through our democratic institutions
The RevealerThe extremist movement attempting to rewrite America’s Constitution
The RevealerTech-monarchism and the politics of the Antichrist
The RevealerMuslim migrants trapped in Mexico are pinning their hopes on the U.S. midterms. History suggests they shouldn't.
The RevealerAnti-Muslim hostility in the U.S. reveals a weakness in American pluralistic democracy
The RevealerDrawing on research in religious nationalism and democracy around the world, a scholar of American Christianity makes the case that defeating Christian nationalism will take a mobilized Christian resistance — joined by people of every faith and none
The RevealerThe Editor reflects on democracy’s fragility and what we can do about it
Religion News Service(RNS) — A year after her book on antisemitism was published, and on the eve of Oct. 7, scholar Pamela Nadell writes she is stunned by the 'growing crescendo' of antisemitism.
The ConversationThe ‘Book of Prophecies’ shows how Columbus recast brutal colonization as a divine mission.
Religion UnpluggedFormer Christian Life Center worship leader Caleb Flynn was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for murdering his wife, still insisting, “I did not kill my wife.” Flynn, 40, acknowledged adultery, lies and broken marriage vows at a...
The ConversationA formation known as Durupınar, just a few miles from the Iranian border in Turkey, has been associated with Noah’s Ark for nearly 70 years.
Religion News ServiceCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (RNS) — ‘Doug Wilson is constantly talking about household voting,’ said Erin Kelly, a cofounder and ‘doula’ for the group. ‘We’ve been hearing that for 30 years.’
Religion UnpluggedMore than 9,000 Anglican churches and chapels across the United Kingdom participate in the A Rocha U.K. Eco-Church movement, which encourages congregations to care for the environment around their buildings. This has become a bigger part of...
Good Faith Media“The Story” is a theme that Phil Madeira weaves in and out of his music, books, and conversation. The post Phil Madeira’s ‘Summer of Gone’ and the Christ-Haunted Power of Southern Storytelling appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaTwo Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Denver contend the nondiscrimination policy violates their First Amendment rights. The post Supreme Court Set to Hear Case Involving Religious Exemptions for Private Schools to Receive Public Funds...
Feminism and ReligionI open the door to step on fieldstones that I have carefully placed, stone by stone to create a ‘patio’ of sorts out of what used to be an eyesore. First flooded waters sat there in mud, then on thin layers of gravel. Just outside my door. This...
Religion News Service(RNS) — By the time Bakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye, were forced to give up their Praise the Lord ministry — known as PTL — in 1987, they were a well-known television couple with a loyal following.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Timothy Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, may represent a strategic successor to Billy Graham’s evangelical influence. His posthumous book, co-written with his son Michael, examines seven cultural myths involving...
Religion News Service(RNS) — 'The Gospel According To…' features Black queer Christians talking about their faith, homophobia and being closeted in the Black Church.
Religion News Service(RNS) — 'I don't want my children absorbing a watered-down cultural Christianity message. In many ways, the actions of our Texas politicians feel like an infringement on my religious liberty.'
Religion News Service(RNS) — Our Homecoming protest this past weekend highlighted a frustrating reality.
Religion News Service(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.
Religion News ServicePete Hegseth wants faith treated like physical fitness. But whose beliefs will define a soldier’s readiness?
The Domination ChroniclesIn Honor of Tecumseh Who Fell in Battle 213 Years Ago Today
Religion News ServiceLONDON (AP) — Salam Ahmadyan, 36, and Rahman Salehi, 34, researched attacking the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester in northwest England and the Jewish Museum in nearby Cheetham Hill, the court was told.
Ancient Jew ReviewNicolas-André Monsiau, Aspasia Conversing with Socrates and Alcibiades (1801), Musée Pouchkine [Wikimedia]. This essay was part of a 2026 NAPS Conference Book Review Panel devoted to...
Andrew WhiteheadPart 1 of 3 exploring findings from a new, national survey provides us the largest and most in-depth view of how Christian nationalism shapes Americans’ views of democracy.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) The Bible was such an integral part of my upbringing that it’s hard to describe. We did Bible quizzing drills and scripture verse memorization. By the time I got my driver’s license, I had a pretty good grasp on the meta-narrative...
The ConversationPopes have bestowed golden roses on warriors, rulers, women – and, increasingly in recent decades, shrines.
Religion UnpluggedFindings are based on several data sets, including surveys distributed in seven languages to experts in 100 countries, in-depth interviews with country-specific experts, and onsite visits to select countries to verify data and collect additional...
Political TheologyA Christianity fashioned in the image of white national belonging cannot hold the fullness of the church. Source
Good Faith MediaThe framework of white-body supremacy is collapsing in on itself, ensuring a certain death by its own hand. While systemic racism will not simply disappear but rather adapt to its political surroundings, its justifications will increasingly fall...
Good Faith MediaThis fall, Good Faith Media is highlighting those whose lives have been upended by Donald Trump’s policy of mass deportations. The post In the Line of ICE: Lives Upended by Trump’s Mass Deportations appeared first on Good Faith Media.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion UnpluggedNotre Dame and Villanova will tip off the 2026-27 college basketball season nearly 4,500 miles from their home campuses, with the two schools’ men’s and women’s teams meeting in Rome on Nov. 1 in an international doubleheader billed as the...
Feminism and ReligionThis was originally posted on Dec 29, 2014 In this picture, Marika from Skoteino Crete toasts our group and downs a glass of her homemade raki. Marika, who is best friends with Christina who makes lunch for us, has just returned from her home next...
Religion Unplugged(REVIEW) What makes “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” so impressive is that it combines so many things that are hard to find in faith-focused movies. Hollywood films have long struggled to make movies about faith that resonate with the...
Du Mez CONNECTIONSIt’s been there all along...
Religion UnpluggedThe U.S. recently completed its military withdrawal from Iraq after a 12-year mission against ISIS. Iraq is more stable but remains shaped by powerful Shia parties, Iranian influence, armed militias, Sunni political recovery, Kurdish autonomy...
Cultural Studies BlogspotSome tenets. Ontology is not emotionless. A talisman need not be an amulet. One thing definitely more tedious than Kant is a critique of Kant. Speculative realism is not particularly speculative and has nothing to do with realism. Object oriented...
NAASRChallenges and Futures in Religious Studies Pre-Conference Discussion Friday, November 20 7:30-8:30p.m. Stout Street Social What is the form and function of a scholarly collective in today’s academia? In challenging times, we increasingly look to...
