https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to rachel held evans en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/07/06/youre-using-it-wrong-rachel-held-evans-returns-bible One critic was like, “Rachel Held Evans bases her Biblical interpretation on all the feels”… So I took a picture of my endnotes, which are lengthy, and sent them to him with the note, “All the feels, page 1,” “All the feels, page 2”… Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:16:10 EDT Eric C. Miller 0d2ea783-9e5a-4984-9c21-c0c5dad96e4c https://religiondispatches.org/2015/03/26/lgbt-people-have-lot-teach-christians An Interview with Rachel Held Evans. Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:03:32 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 246e0903-58af-41dd-b3ce-2c65ecf70727 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/06/if-national-prayer-breakfast-apolitical-and-nonsectarian-why-it-used-question-obamas Many conservative commentators are apoplectic over these remarks by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday: But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge — or, worse, sometimes used as a weapon. From a… Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:55:33 EST Sarah Posner 9543edf9-f606-4104-a8ea-dbd0b31541ba https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/civility-unity-tolerance-and-other-dangerous-terms In these days of political polarization much of the public discussion, particularly when it comes to religion, has shifted from what is said to how it is said. Forget about equality, the narrative goes, are you demanding it in a kind and civil tone? Maybe civility, unity and tolerance ain’t all they’re cracked up to be… Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:53:01 EST Eric C. Miller 7887bb96-6ac2-4f91-92a1-54c87c580c0f https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/05/driscoll-makes-plagiarism-complaint-disappear The pastor, err, draws from RD? Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:13:11 EST Evan Derkacz a01d48eb-5e7e-4d07-aabd-172fad1a3658 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/06/maybe-millennials-are-just-realizing-god-dead A viral CNN post by Rachel Held Evans argues that millennials are fed up with the church’s reactionary politics and just want Jesus, while Brett McCracken counters in the Washington Post that were they to listen to their elders they’d break out of their twitter-obsessed world and find meaning. But what if it’s not authentic faith they’re looking for at all? Tue, 06 Aug 2013 04:45:10 EDT Hollis Phelps c955d15f-3267-4fce-81cc-236b84dff4d8 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/04/reluctant-millennial-state-church Since the Rachel Held Evans post that launched a thousand responses everyone is talking about “millennials” leaving the church, but these conversations always seem to be missing an important question: Instead of asking why some people leave, can we ask why some stay? Sun, 04 Aug 2013 11:53:56 EDT Meghan Florian 0be08719-4b82-4e85-a231-6e7e2b2a1e17 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/05/real-reason-vagina-gate The Souther Baptist Convention’s Lifeway Christian Resources refused to stock Rachel Held Evans’ book ostensibly because it contains the word “vagina.” Or is it that a female writer will only be acceptable if she recites SBC rhetoric, fully supports SBC leaders, and knows her place at home and at church? Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:58:13 EST Jerry Faught 16e6f147-1459-4229-b09c-27146f1951c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/07/christian-publishing-v-vagina After Baptist bookstore chain LifeWay refused to stock evangelical darling The Blind Side, some Christian authors are challenging what one calls the store’s “stranglehold” on Christian books. Is this the end of retailers’ control over industry standards? Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:32:24 EDT Katie Toth d9c414bd-0a46-4d61-8611-272cbee83113 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/14/evangelical-writers-take-homophobic-hipster-pastor-mat-sort After Mark Driscoll, founding pastor of evangelical Mars Hill megachurch, asked for stories of “effeminate anatomically male worship leader(s),” he was heavily criticized. But did the evangelical community kiss and make up too quickly? Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:28:16 EDT Elizabeth Drescher c121b5fb-1f95-4f19-a310-f04f318a627d