Religion UnpluggedDuring the Holocaust, concealment was a condition of survival under persecution. Survivors’ testimony illuminates both the ingenuity required to endure such pressure and the emotional costs of erasing parts of oneself. In a moment of rising...
Religion UnpluggedIndia recorded 1,318 in-person hate speech incidents in 2025, averaging more than three each day and overwhelmingly led by Hindu nationalist groups affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The report supports the inference that a...
Religion UnpluggedViolence against Christians has reached an all-time high in 15 countries, with 388 million people facing severe persecution worldwide, Open Doors reported. Nigeria remains the deadliest nation, while Syria saw the largest single-year rise amid...
Political TheologyWhat does it mean to chant “No Kings”, as so many did over the summer of 2025? At the most basic level, to utter “No Kings” is to say that one does not want a king or a monarch. In the context of the 2025 summer protests, this slogan referred to...
Grief can inspire concrete acts of loyalty and generosity.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) It’s the most important feature of American religion and politics that I wish more people understood: The God Gap.
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Philip Yancey, a bestselling evangelical author known for emphasizing grace and compassion, retired after confessing to an eight-year adulterous relationship. His fall has sparked renewed debate within evangelical Christianity about...
Religion in United States HistoryThe Western History Association invites applications for the Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award, honoring the late Walter Rundell, Jr.’s dedication to graduate education in Western History.
Good Faith MediaThe Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC) and Christians Against Christian Nationalism (CACN) are confronting the rise of Christian nationalism by offering “Faith-Rooted Organizing for Clergy.” The post The Baptist Joint Committee for...
Good Faith MediaLike the midwives, we may not know how the story will unfold before us, but we can still have the courage to do the next faithful thing. The post Courage Over Compliance: Praying for More Shiphrah and Puah Energy appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaA Buddhist “Walk for Peace” through South Carolina drew thousands across religious and political lines—and offered Christian communities a powerful lesson about peace and public witness. The post How a Buddhist Walk for Peace Gave Me Hope for the...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Religious freedom in Hong Kong and Macau seems to be at the mercy of the ruling authoritarian Chinese Communist Party in People's Republic of China. Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that was banned by the People’s Republic of China...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) When protests began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar in December, authorities misjudged them as limited economic unrest. Instead, demonstrations spread nationwide, killing thousands and drawing in ethnic minorities. The uprising exposed deep...
Religion in United States HistoryOnline and in-person at BYU (National Museum of American Religion)
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraIn 2006, Samuel Menashe won a prize for not winning prizes—and, for a brief downtown moment, his tiny, holy poems threaded through New York’s seemingly reemergent Jewish literary scene. Then it all came to an end. The post The Neglected Master...
In 2006, Samuel Menashe won a prize for not winning prizes—and, for a brief downtown moment, his tiny, holy poems threaded through New York’s seemingly reemergent Jewish literary scene. Then it all came to an end. The post The Neglected Master...
Ancient Jew ReviewA forum in celebration of Robin Darling Young and Joseph Wilson Trigg’s The Contra Celsum of Origen: English Translation and Facing Greek text (Washington and Cambridge: Harvard University Press/Dumbarton Oaks, 2026).
Political TheologyJoin the Political Theology Network for the first in a series of webinars on African Political Theology, constructed as dialogues between scholars and practitioners around a theme. Statecraft: Thursday, January 22, 2026 Noon (Eastern US / 5pm UK /...
Some women adopted non-Jewish identities to support the resistance. For most, though, it was simply a strategy for survival – one with constant risk of exposure and execution.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh shared a vision of ‘beloved community’ that shows how democracy begins not with power, but with how we live together.
Religion UnpluggedA Nigerian minister and humanitarian urged the U.S. government to use peaceful methods to address religious persecution during a Jan. 13 USCIRF hearing in Washington. Rebecca Dali said bombing worsened trauma for communities and encouraged...
Ancient Jew ReviewCelsus’ views about empire and cult, whether they were pagan or Christian, were far from dead in the fourth century; they appear in Christian sermons and treatises – not just in their pagan echoes in Porphyry and Julian.
Religion UnpluggedLifeway Research estimates 3,800 new Protestant churches were started in the U.S., while 4,000 churches were closed. This is based on analysis of congregational information provided by 35 denominations or faith groups, representing 58% of all...
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaThe 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm)” is Grant’s statement that justice and protest are not separate categories from the good news of Jesus. The post A Song Someone is Dying to Hear: Did Amy Grant Just Join the Resistance? appeared first on Good...
Good Faith MediaWhat I’ve discovered is learning from other traditions has not weakened my Christian faith; it has clarified it. The post No one has a Monopoly on God: Embracing Interfaith Wisdom appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaFor the sake of whatever sliver of genuine Christ-follower, or just decent human being, might be buried deep within the recesses of every ICE agent’s soul, we must continue to make the moral appeals. The post ‘ICE, Get the Fk Out’: Prophetic Anger...
Religion Unplugged(ANALYSIS) Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to have embraced a renewed interest in “warrior culture.” Debate about these concepts actually traces back for...
ReligionProfI was going to include “My Year With ChatGPT” at the end of my previous post, but in the end decided that that post was long enough and this should be a post of its own. “My Year With ChatGPT” is a summary that that chatbot generates. Here are a...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraHow Pope Leo XIV is extending his consensus-based approach (which made him Pope) to international relations The post A New Direction in Vatican Diplomacy? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
How Pope Leo XIV is extending his consensus-based approach (which made him Pope) to international relations The post A New Direction in Vatican Diplomacy? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia PaleoJudaicia Good Faith MediaOur goal is to provide level-headed, proactive commentary and resources so that we can engage in public conversation from a place that’s well-informed of the nuances of the topic and affirming of our trans siblings. The post Faithful Pride...
Good Faith MediaWhen the annals of history look back and shine its spotlight on me, I want it known that I chose a side and acted accordingly. The post Does Love Still Work? Shaky Faith, Parenthood, and Lament in Violent Times appeared first on Good Faith Media.
Good Faith MediaAs Texas faith leaders oppose SB 11’s prayer mandate in public schools, a YouGov poll highlights sharp partisan divides over religion in education. The post Americans Split on Role of Religion in Public Schools appeared first on Good Faith Media.
The Domination ChroniclesThe Founding of an American Imperium"—a dominion, state or sovereignty that would expand in population and territory, and increase in strength and power.”
Christian Reconstructionism, a little-known movement to rebuild society on biblical law, can often shape US debates over religion, politics and education.
Ancient Jew ReviewByzantium preserved Contra Celsum because it demonstrated that Christianity was compatible with Hellenism. Renaissance humanism welcomed it because, in doing so, Origen demonstrated that Hellenism was compatible with Christianity.
PaleoJudaicia Political TheologyEventually, we all need others, leaving cooperation, humility, and patience the only lasting realities of human access to power. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that power can abandon any of us, at any moment - even and...
Good Faith MediaThe Trump administration is actively trying to erase African American history and make the present insufferable for persons who are marginalized, criminalized, and dehumanizingly categorized as “illegal” and “alien.” So, I work for a future I can...
Contending ModernitiesTargeting Jews for the way they express themselves as Jews is very clearly not part of a struggle against antisemitism, but antisemitic itself. The post Letter from Scholars of the Holocaust, Jewish History, and Antisemitism Against the Adoption of...
ReligionProfI have been wondering for a while, but especially in the past couple of days, about what to call those who tend to be labeled as “conservative Christians” and yet are neither conservative nor Christian in any meaningful sense. As a scholar of...