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Preaching Peace, a progressive Christian organization that aims to achieve peace through the application of mimetic theory, recently released the lineup for its inaugural Peace of the Gospel…
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As the White House releases its budget that slashes support for the poor, the elderly, and the sick in favor of tax cuts, evangelical support for President Trump remains strong.
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In June 2015, I asserted here on RD that “we need to listen to the voices of those who have been harmed by the fundamentalist tendencies in evangelicalism,” and that “we need to center the voices of…
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We are four months and counting into the administration of one of the least qualified people ever to assume the presidency—and the key demographic that ushered him into the White House, white…
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Evangelicalism’s routine disengagement toward what matters to younger, more inclusive generations will only hasten its slide into irrelevance.
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“We’re iPhone carrying apes from Mars,” Mike McHargue said to a crowded church auditorium in Denver on a warm September evening. The sweaty crowd laughed, and McHargue smiled from beneath his red…
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Some names and other identifying information have been changed in this story. He seemed drunk and ready for a fight. The man, mid-fifties, towering and broad shouldered, shouted over the other…
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Reza Aslan is the host of the new spiritual adventure series Believer , which tackles the battle between evangelical Christianity and Vodou in Haiti in this Sunday’s episode on CNN 7PT/10ET. After the…
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An astonishing 88 percent of those who originally backed Trump during his campaign approve of his current job performance and 91 percent of his original supporters still have a favorable view of him.
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