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What Churches Lose When They Fight like the World Fights
A journalist counts the cost of prolonged cultural conflict in the life of one fractured congregation.
‘Rattlesnakes Don’t Commit Suicide’
This Juneteenth, the life of unsung civil rights hero Fred Shuttlesworth should be a clarion call to the biblical activism we still need to advance racial justice in America.
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Died: Beverly LaHaye, Pastor’s Wife Who Led Religious Right
The founder of Concerned Women for America was credited by President Ronald Reagan with “changing the face of American politics.”
Review
Your Politics May Be Less Bible-Based than You Think
Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles is a bracing call to return to Scripture, but some of his specific political applications are dubious.
Review
Tim Alberta Is More Sad Than Angry at His American Evangelical Family
The Atlantic journalist’s portrait of a fractured movement chooses lament over axe-grinding.
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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun: Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
Christian activism isn’t just for the loud and outspoken. There’s room for quiet and introverted personalities too.
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Sojourner Truth Was a ‘Double Woman’ in More Ways than One
She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause.
Where Ya From?
‘Speaking Up and Seeing the Good’ with Ally Henny
How the pain of bigotry and marginalization turned up the volume on Ally Henny’s ministry of faith and activism.
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A Virtuous Pagan’s (Accidental) Guide to Building a Healthier Evangelicalism
Fredrik deBoer’s indictment of his fellow progressives is surprisingly relevant to a very different movement.
Where Ya From?
The Origins of a Humble Beast with Propaganda
How the rapper and spoken-word artist blends art and activism as an expression of faith.