Evangelicals
The New Yorker Radio Hour
“Giselle,” and What to Do with the Problematic Past
What should we do with the traditions—in culture, religion, or the workplace—that no longer reflect our values? Three stories of change from the producer Ngofeen Mputubwele.
The Political Scene Podcast
The Theologian Russell Moore on Christian Nationalism
The evangelical theologian reflects on his split from the Southern Baptist Convention and the politicization of religion. Christian nationalism, he says, is a danger to Christians.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Life and Legacy of Rachel Held Evans
The late author of Christian best-sellers gave voice to a movement of disaffected evangelicals. Will her message outlive her? Plus, Cal Newport on the four-hour workweek.
On Religion
The Afterlife of Rachel Held Evans
When the beloved Christian thinker died, at thirty-seven, she left behind a legacy of constant spiritual questioning—and an unfinished memoir.
Daily Comment
The Unlikely Rebound of Mainline Protestantism
For the first time in decades, a study finds that white mainline Protestants outnumber white evangelicals in the U.S.
On Religion
The Fight for the Heart of the Southern Baptist Convention
How the Convention’s battle over race reveals an emerging evangelical schism.
A Reporter at Large
The Murder Scandalizing Brazil’s Evangelical Church
Flordelis became famous as a gospel singer, a pastor, and a politician. Then her husband was killed.
Daily Comment
The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind
The peculiarities of how American Christianity took shape help explain believers’ vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking and misinformation.
Books
Does Knowing God Just Take Practice?
For both the faithful and the doubtful, the source of religious experience can seem mysterious. One anthropologist explores belief in more mundane terms—as a form of expertise.
Daily Comment
Donald Trump and Uses and Misuses of the Bible
Imagine that, in previous struggles, only the wrong side—the demonstrably wrong side, as revealed by history—had been loudly and avowedly Christian.
Under Review
Is There a Religious Left?
Why progressive activism rooted in faith is so often misconstrued.
On Religion
What It Would Take for Evangelicals to Turn on President Trump
Christians concerned about Trumpism may need to turn their focus inward to counter the corrosive influence of Fox News and other forces permeating evangelical culture.
Q. & A.
Why the Editor of Christianity Today Decided to Rebuke Trump
By writing an editorial titled “Trump Should Be Removed from Office,” Mark Galli joined the cohort of evangelical leaders and commentators who have been critical of the President.
Letter from Indiana
The New Front Line of the Anti-Abortion Movement
As rural health care flounders, crisis pregnancy centers are gaining ground.
Q. & A.
Ross Douthat on the Crisis of the Conservative Coalition
The Times columnist and Trump critic discussed whether the compromises religious conservatives have made will come back to haunt them and why he believes liberals are becoming less tolerant of Christianity.
Postscript
The Radically Inclusive Christianity of Rachel Held Evans
The formidable figure in contemporary Christianity called for an intersectional approach that embraced people of color, L.G.B.T.Q. people, and women in all roles in the church.
On Religion
God, Guns, and Country: The Evangelical Fight Over Firearms
Shane Claiborne is part of a wave of millennial evangelicals who are distancing themselves from American conservatism, especially when it comes to gun culture.
On Religion
Evangelicals of Color Fight Back Against the Religious Right
The community is working to gain more influence in the church to counter racist and xenophobic Trump-era rhetoric.
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