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Stannis Baratheon is not new. Like many viewers, I was sickened by his choice to sacrifice his young daughter, Shireen, in this past weekend’s episode of Game of Thrones. As he and his stranded army…

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…

When news of Disney’s plan to reboot its wildly successful Sister Act franchise broke last week, media and fan reactions were as swift as they were predictable. From TIME to The Guar dian, divinely…

Editor’s Note: Among the trends that bear watching throughout America’s evolving Christian landscapes is a holistic rethinking of physical church space—how to design, build, and share it in equitable…

Stereotypes aren’t the only things that explode.

Ireland is the most beautiful paradox. We have a centuries-long tradition of hospitality to the stranger, yet we have been pretty terrible at resolving our differences with each other. (Until, that is…

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…

“Comfort me.” “COMFORT ME.” “COMFORT ME! COMFORT ME!! COMFORT ME!!!” Bono is standing at the edge of the stage that runs the length of The Forum arena in Inglewood, Calif., howling that word— comfort…

SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: RELIGIOUS (NON) AFFILIATION MIGHT NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS By Timothy King The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, which is being rolled out in a series of reports…

People don’t like to hear this, but my character on the Daily Show is a character.