Dear Editor: In “The Iran Bombing Is A Religion Story for All But One Person,” Mark Wingfield wrote that we cannot think of Iran as a modern state unhinged from its religious moorings. I grew up inside that religion story,…
Gov. Sanders mixes bad religion with bad politics
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders decided to play a theologian in a speech to the Women’s Leadership Summit sponsored by Turning Point USA this summer, and it wasn’t a good look. The video is now circulating on social media. She…
The danger of a woman’s word
A few weeks ago, I watched the Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor’s Wife. I was sad, but not surprised, that a woman’s testimony was considered so threatening it warranted death. What is it that makes women’s stories so dangerous…
If she lived in the wrong state, my daughter could have died
The call came in the early evening on a summer’s day. “Mama, I’m in the hospital. “I’m OK, but they’re saying I’ve had an ectopic pregnancy. They’ll be taking me to surgery soon.” I was in shock. She had just…
Five years after US exit, Afghan women wait, hope and quietly study
Razia rarely leaves her home, but she has big dreams. An Afghan woman in her early 20s, Razia lives with her six adult siblings in her brother’s house outside Kabul. Their parents are dead, so they all pitch in to…
An Afghan testimony: ‘I’m not that girl’
If you think nearly five years of enforced isolation — including losing the right to education — has broken the spirit of women and girls in Afghanistan, meet Medina (named changed for her protection). Medina comes from a well-educated family….
What the SBC’s new survey on worship leaders says and doesn’t say
The Southern Baptist Convention released a large-scale study on worship leaders in SBC churches last week, and while the results may be alarming, they should not be surprising. Anyone who’s been paying attention for the last four decades should recognize…
Sidney Sweeney’s body, her choice
Sidney Sweeney has a history of being a “pick me” girl with plenty of controversy before the latest ad for sports betting company Novig. The ad features her in various sports attire or equipment — rather, it features Sweeney’s body…
The role of white Christian voters in 2026 midterms
There is good reason to believe female voters may be crucial to Democrats’ effort to retake control of Congress — particularly if past is prologue. In the 2018 midterms, during Donald Trump’s first term, 58% of women voted for congressional…
The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas
To understand the judicial legacy of Clarence Thomas is to examine a decades-long exercise in institutional alienation. His trajectory on the Supreme Court cannot be viewed merely through the lens of conservative legal theory; rather, it is defined by a…
Marginalized leaders already are leading
As Pride Month unfolds, the Southern Baptist Convention has once again made headlines by reaffirming its opposition to women serving as pastors. At nearly the same moment, recent Department of Defense actions affecting the recognition of several religious traditions raised…
Pope in Barcelona talks mental health, violence against women
Pope Leo XIV offered a stirring message of hope amid suffering in Barcelona on Tuesday after taking questions from young people who had struggled with abuse and depression.