The recent arrival of ISIS in the international spotlight has demonstrated once again that there is no easy way to talk about religious extremism and the martyrs, real or imagined, that it produces…
Huntington, West Virginia Mayor Steve Williams thinks he has a solution to the scourge of drugs and crime in his community. In a video posted online, Williams makes a plea to local ministers for “all…
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…
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…
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…
