theology

Observers expect that Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical—supposedly titled Laudatio sii, or “Praised Be”—will be released within the next few weeks. Cue the predictable conservative backlash…

Now that the sexual abuse allegations against Josh Duggar have resurfaced and made the news, many people are inquiring whether the Duggars’ belief system perpetuates sexual abuse. In light of other…

A conversation with Timothy Gloege about the untold history of the making—and marketing—of Christian fundamentalism.

If I were Steve Inskeep, here’s how the conversation might have gone.

It’s not simply reinforcing western privilege or turning us into contented drones.

Unnatural darkness? Bodies raised from their graves? Blood and death? Scripture as usual.

Last week, filmmaker Max Landis posted a wildly popular digital short on YouTube entitled Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling. The premise of this “somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film,” as he calls…

Do we care about Kelly because she is “one of us”?

Despite its possible roots in Christian lore (the death of Jesus having occurred on a Friday) or the phenomenon of triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13), the happenstance of the thirteenth day of…

The conversation continues: a response to Kyle Garton-Gundling