Earth to Planet Catholic: Francis Papacy is no Picnic

Will SCOTUS’s New Zeal for “Neutrality” Affect its Decision on the “Muslim Ban”?

The Town of Greece v. Galloway decision­­­ in 2014—also written by Justice Kennedy—upheld a town’s practice of holding legislative prayer during public meetings, even though these prayers were uniformly Christian. Where was neutrality on religion then?

Indiana Republicans Are Debating Gay Marriage… Amongst Themselves

SCOTUS’s Incoherent ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ Decision

SBC’s #MeToo Problem Isn’t a Rotten Apple, It’s a Rotten Theological Tree

While abuse exists in all circles and all faiths, there is a unique theological problem that creates a culture of apology for abuse within the SBC.

Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” Depicts Death Struggle Between Hope and Despair

A younger Paul Schrader might have chosen to end this film, which many critics are calling his masterpiece, in apocalyptic violence. But I don’t think it’s quite right to conclude that Schrader has simply mellowed in his eighth decade.

How “Gratitude” Underwrites Inequality, Power, and Exclusion

Gratitude operates like resentment. When we find ourselves in a position of owing—and people in a democratic society always owe something to other people—we may become vulnerable to control.

Without Judgement Day or Karma How Does a Humanist Confront ‘Trump Funk’?

For those confident in the coming of Judgment Day or in the frictionless workings out of karma, there is naught to be done but wait for history to unfold its glorious purposes.

Busting a Myth of Evangelical Glory Days … and More, in White Supremacy Quiz

If American evangelicals can no longer point to the "glory days" when they were on the right side of history with regard to race, then it becomes much more difficult to avoid a reckoning.

The Tense History Behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address

On Saturday the Liberty University community heard a commencement address from an evangelical Christian who disagrees with Trump and Falwell Jr. on almost every major policy issue of the age.