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May 2014

May 01, 2014

Barack Obama And The Paradoxes Of Progressive Christianity

Keynote lecture by James T. Kloppenberg on March 27, 2014, for the conference "Beyond the...

May 01, 2014

The Rev. Shively Smith Joins the Wesley Faculty as Professor of New Testament

On July 1, the Rev. Shively T. J. Smith will join the Wesley Theological Seminary faculty to...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Institutions need to be Born Again (a theology of institutional inclusion)

I suppose it’s easier to focus on the “goodness” and “preservation” of institutions when they...

April 30, 2014

The Creepy Way Fathers Across the Country Are Controlling Their Daughters’ Virginity

At this point, you're married to the Lord, and your father is your boyfriend." So...

April 30, 2014

What Now? Pregnancy Criminalization and Christian Leadership

by Alaenor LondonR3 ContributorDear Fellow Christian Faith Leaders in Tennessee: Yesterday, TN Governor Bill Haslam became...

April 30, 2014

Welcome to R3: Alaenor London

Alaenor London is a native of Memphis, TN. After completing undergraduate studies at the University...

April 30, 2014

#Race, #Racism and the Power of #Boycotts

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorIn what would become his last public speech, Rev. Dr. Martin...

April 30, 2014

Sex, Millennials, and the Church: Five Implications

My son, Jess Rainer, and I conducted an extensive study of the Millennials, those persons...

April 30, 2014

God and Gays: A Conversation with Albert Mohler and Matthew Vines

It’s among the hottest of the hot button issues in American culture, but increasingly same-sex...

April 29, 2014

Taking Refuge in the Shadow of God’s Wings

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorThis morning brought thunderstorms with heavy rain, thunder, and lightening. We opened...

April 29, 2014

Historic Riverside Church Recommends First Woman as Senior Minister

The famed Riverside Church in Manhattan has recommended the Rev. Amy Butler as its seventh...

April 27, 2014

Unleashing the Word: Freeing the Church from Biblical Studies

When I was in undergrad, one of the first courses I took in religious studies...

April 27, 2014

Tennessee Death Row Inmates Invite Governor to Pray with Them

Yesterday the men on Tennessee’s death row, four of whom have scheduled execution dates in...

April 27, 2014

Creationist Battle With Neil deGrasse Tyson of Cosmos Is Humiliating For America

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a premise to be true....

April 26, 2014

Searching for Common Ground in the Study of Religion

"My family thinks it is hilarious. My view hasn't changed since the early 1990s!" laughed...

April 26, 2014

Celebration Honoring Leo Davis

April 26, 2014

“Color-blinded-ness” IS racism

There’s been a lot of conversation about the Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action...

April 26, 2014

Five Sentences That Contain the Entire History and Explanation of White Evangelicalism in America

Here is a single paragraph from Peter G. Heltzel’s Jesus & Justice: Evangelicals, Race & American...

April 26, 2014

The Difference Between Cliven Bundy and Phil Robertson Is That Bundy Didn’t Invoke Religion

The outrage at Cliven Bundy's comments about "the Negro" is bipartisan in way that the outrage at Duck Dynasty's Phil...

April 26, 2014

The Growing Power of Godly Progressives?

Is religion the most important thing in your life? This is one of the questions...

April 25, 2014

Losing My Religion: Clergy Who No Longer Believe Gather Online

Catherine Dunphy came to seminary in her mid-20s, full of passion to work in the...

April 24, 2014

My Father and My Religion

I was on a conference call one evening last week when my call waiting beeped...

April 24, 2014

Public Theology and the Public Square

Following on from my previous two blogs posts (here and here), in this post I would like...

April 24, 2014

We Formed a New Religion”: The Attempt at Authentic Consumerist Revolution in Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild”

Hip hop has served as active voice against oppression ever since it's conception in the...

April 23, 2014

The Real Problem With Female Masturbation

It's refreshing to finally hear women talking about female masturbation. Given the social stigma around...

April 23, 2014

The Global Reach of Religious Liberty Rhetoric

For the past 16 years, the U.S.-affiliated and Kampala, Uganda-based Makerere University Walter Reed Project...

April 23, 2014

Talking to God: On Losing Religion But Not Faith

The closest I ever come to any kind of bad touching is when I am...

April 23, 2014

God Goes to the Movies: Unholy Trinity!

The Christian Crusade has hit the multiplex in force this Spring. No sooner did Darren...

April 22, 2014

“You Need to Check this Place Out”

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorA guest this morning asked me how long I had known him....

April 22, 2014

Between Two Worlds: Black Christian Men and Purity Culture

by Verdell WrightR3 Contributor*First Published at No Shame MovementThere’s something peculiar about being a black...

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