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Because why would anyone want to be an ordinary student when they could be a hero of Biblical proportions?

Last month, The American Prospect published my profile of Elaine White, a former missionary and Christian Coalition political operative who grew disillusioned and left her life of conservative…

There are places you never expect to be in life. For me, this was certainly one of them…

A close look at scripture challenges Elie Wiesel’s narcissistic new tale of exceptionalism.

That’s a question that has been discussed quite a bit lately, as liberal Zionists raise red flags about right-ward, anti-democratic trends in Israel, as well as Operation Protective Edge. In a…

When I began attending Mars Hill Church in 2006, its main facility in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood was headquarters and clubhouse—a 20,000 square foot renovated hardware warehouse seating over a…

Early this month, Bard College professor Omar G. Encarnación published an op ed piece on the London School of Economics’ European Politics and Policy blog arguing that western nations should…

This May, the Supreme Court’s Town of Greece vs. Galloway ruling allowed sectarian invocations at town meetings. But moderates assured us that that could mean any “sectarian.” As if to support this…

Here’s a headline crafted to strike fear in the hearts of Christian conservatives, already primed by the ongoing Republican investigations of the Internal Revenue Service, to think the IRS is out to…

The pitfalls of opposition.