When Tim Tyson first invited the Rev. William Barber II to meet with a group of white residents of Mitchell County, in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Barber half jokingly replied, “I knew you were gonna get me killed.”
Mennonites march 135 miles to White House for Gaza cease-fire
Many of the Mennonites who marched over 135 miles from Harrisonburg, Virginia, to the White House had someone in mind as they walked, nursing blisters and removing ticks as they crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley in…
There Is Almost No ‘Liberalizing Religion’ in the United States
I just wanted to point you all to a long essay I wrote for the Deseret. It’s called: My church is closing, and I don’t know what comes next — for me, or America. No graphs there – just a lot…
Can a brush with death change politicians? It did for notorious Alabama segregationist George Wallace
Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet led me – a historian who has written about political polarization and the Civil Rights Movement – to think back to another norm-smashing populist who encountered death on the campaign trail: former Alabama governor and U.S….
Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices
Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being Apache and being Catholic.
Already beatified by the right for surviving an assassination attempt, must we all pray for Donald Trump?
I had some finessing to do on Sunday. I filled in for a colleague the morning after the attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life, you see. Just about everyone in the
‘A Well-Trained Wife’ unpacks life in Christian patriarchy
When Tia Levings married at 19 years old, she achieved what her Baptist church had endorsed as her life’s highest calling: becoming a Christian wife.
Judge’s ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery
Hawaii judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a law requiring the licensing of practitioners and teachers of traditional Native Hawaiian midwifery while a lawsuit seeking to overturn the statute wends its way through the courts.
‘God’s Gang’: Animated Series Offers Up Interfaith Love In A Polarized World
It’s become an old cliche to say that we live in a polarized world. At first glance, the cartoon “God’s Gang,” made in the Holy Land and aimed at young people, might seem like a tool of conservative Christian evangelism…