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North Carolina workers file lawsuit after being fired for not attending Christian prayer meetings
By Walter Einenkel
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Will progressive and moderate Christians stand up against extremists politicizing their faith?
By Matthew Sheffield
Singer and podcaster Malynda Hale talks about why progressive and moderate Christians need to defend the faith from within
How Pentecostal Christianity is taking over the world of religion, and why it matters
By Matthew Sheffield
Author Elle Hardy discusses her book about the history of Pentecostalism and how it’s displacing other faiths across the globe
Latino evangelicals are reshaping American politics, politicians and parties should take notice
By Matthew Sheffield
Sociology professor Gerardo Martí discusses how the rapid growth of evangelical faith among Latinos seems to be eroding a traditional Democratic constituency
Is Hungary’s Viktor Orbán the Christian Right’s new Vladimir Putin?
By Chrissy Stroop
The fall of Putin’s star among US evangelicals leaves a void they may seek to fill with another strongman leader devoted to ‘family values’
I never thought ‘New Atheism’ would become a tool of the Christian Right
By Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
After leaving religion, I learned that some atheists were more interested in opposing Islam than standing for pluralism
Meet the slush fund for America’s Christian nationalists
By laksamit
The National Christian Charitable Foundation has become a financial clearinghouse for donors looking to force their religion on the rest of America
False prophets preaching fake news: A year into Biden’s presidency, far-right ‘prophets’ haven’t admitted error
By Kyle Mantyla
Instead of admitting their supposed revelations were wrong, a host of extremist Christian leaders have made belief in Trump’s election lies an article of faith
Remembering Martin Luther King means remembering all the causes he stood for
By Paul Harvey
The civil rights hero had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood
The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right’s hatred of America
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt
Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA are building a reactionary cult for young people, does anyone on the center-left care?
By Matthew Sheffield
Rhetoric professor Matthew Boedy describes how a far-right group is radicalizing young Christians, and how little center-left groups are doing in response
What partnership looks like in Mormon marriages is shifting — slowly
By Caroline Kline
What should a marriage look like? LDS leaders’ ideas have shifted over the centuries
Conservative evangelicals claim to believe in absolute truth and love, but it’s just the opposite
By Becca Hawkins
How fundamentalist Christians understand truth and love rhetorically often does not match with how it works out in practice
Christian supremacists will not be satisfied with overturning Roe v. Wade
By Chrissy Stroop
Conventional centrist pundits were wrong to say the GOP would never come for abortion rights, and Christian supremacist activists many other plans
America’s polarization is ultimately an epistemic problem
By Matthew Sheffield
Former libertarian writer and policy wonk Will Wilkinson discusses how many far-right Christians and secular libertarians have decided that facts are optional and evidence does not matter
Christianist leader tries to cancel GOP chair for outreach to LGBT Republicans
By Peter Montgomery
Hate group leader Tony Perkins is trying to mobilize far-right Christians against Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel for collaboration with Log Cabin Republicans
America-based group ADF is building an international infrastructure for hate
By Casey Quinlan
Christian supremacist group is working to promote bigotry around the world, and to import authoritarianism from other countries into the U.S.
White nationalists and jihadists are starting to realize they have a lot in common
By Matthew Sheffield
Extremism researcher Moustafa Ayad talks about how religious extremists from across the world are starting to come together, and what that means for the rest of us
Unveiled as trans: My journey out of the closet and evangelicalism
By Becca Hawkins
My faith denied that I existed, even as others were willing to accompany me on my journey
Charlie Kirk audience member asking ‘when do we get to use the guns’ shows where GOP rhetoric leads
By Matthew Boedy
Decades of Republican rhetoric about ‘tyranny’ and ‘revolution’ have taught GOP voters that violence is not just tolerable, it is necessary
Intolerance in assisted living facilities forcing some LGBT seniors back into the closet
By Sara Luterman
Some members of the first generation of LGBT people able to live openly are facing discrimination in their golden years