Christian Right

That crashing sound you heard Monday morning was waves of change breaching the levees of the evangelical Christian world when one of its most venerable icons, the Rev. Tony Campolo, came out in favor…

If the dignity of the individual person means anything, then it has to mean this.

CWA has clung to relevance over the years, better than infamous anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, by demonstrating its adaptability in toning down strident anti-feminist language and laying claim to pro-life feminist arguments when convenient.

Tony Campolo has an epiphany. Franklin Graham has a meltdown. And Scott Walker decides to time-travel. It might be the start of a joke: three white evangelical men walk into a bar (or a Chick-Fil-A)….

On the first day of June, celebrated as Pride month in many places, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for all countries to provide legal protections for same-sex…

Emma Green has a solid piece at The Atlantic detailing religious reaction to Caitlyn Jenner’s appearance in Vanity Fair. It’s mostly what you’d expect: one conservative Christian blogger called Jenner…

An interview with Jonathan J. Edwards on “Superchurch: the Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism”

The big news of the week was Irish voters’ overwhelming “yes” vote on a proposal to add marriage equality to the country’s constitution. The lopsided nature of the vote in heavily Catholic Ireland –…

So much of the contemporary religious liberty campaign being conducted by the Christian Right is demagogic fear-mongering designed to justify discrimination against other Americans, particularly LGBTQ people.

Marco Rubio went on television with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody and suggested that Christianity is on the verge of being labeled “hate speech.” If you’re scratching your head, you…