A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for ...

This disturbing and blatantly Christian nationalist video captioned “Here I am, send me 🇺🇸” wasn’t posted by some right-wing grifter on Truth Social, but rather by the Department of Homeland ...

This article first appeared in The Sword and the Sandwich, Lavin’s newsletter about deadly serious extremism and serious sandwiches. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration ...

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It’s the moment when we learn that the ...

The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to this well-rehearsed narrative, articulated by Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and countless others, evangelical ...

This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes ...

That’s why, says retired Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, despite his best-selling controversial books and popular speeches, his position on Jesus and the Christian church will never be the ...

Over the past six decades, rock ‘n’ roll music has played a central role in American popular culture. Armed with a fun-loving and rebellious ethos, rock has had a liberating effect on generations of ...

OF MONKEYS AND MEN — 100 YEARS SINCE THE SCOPES TRIAL AND STILL MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE ON SCIENCE V. RELIGION Donovan O. Schaefer ...

Julie Ingersoll is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Her most recent book is Building God's Kingdom: Inside the ...

Whether or not anyone recognizes it by name, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is hitting its stride. These aren’t merely the efforts of some of the more brazen Christian Right warriors. Walters and ...

What inspired you to write If God Meant to Interfere: American Literature and the Rise of the Christian Right? I really wanted to figure something out: what the surprising, strange, unexpected return ...