Christianity

PRINCE OF MONKEYSBy Nnamdi Ehirim Prince of Monkeys speaks in constant hyperbolic language; the kind where characters use adages like, Every problem has its own man of God ascribed to it, and chapters close with phrases such as, Always pay attention to the s…

Posted May 31, 2019 07:30:32 An election-eve email urging Pentecostal church members to vote for Scott Morrison because his opponents represented anti-Christian rhetoric was based on "factually dubious claims", a religious commentator says, claiming it pre…

Illinois State Rep. Darren Bailey has a long list of horrible legislative accomplishments. He’s opposed a plan to allow the state’s Medicaid program to cover sex reassignment surgeries for transgender citizens. He agreed that if the contributions of LGBTQ peo…

Relevance to culture is not optional. That statement is one of five of Mosaics Core Values, along with tenets such as, Love is the context for all mission and Structure must submit to spirit. Mosaic is a non-denominational Christian church headquartered in…

Doesn’t Christianity crush diversity? Isn’t it another example of Western imperialism? Rebecca McLaughlin, Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion, suggests that we’ve got it backwards. Christianity isn’t a Western relig…

Historian Deepra Dandekars recent book, The subedars son: A narrative of Brahmin Christian conversion in nineteenth century Maharasthra, explores the experience of Christian conversions among Brahmins. The mid-19th century in Bombay presidency saw the rise o…

Throughout his life, the American writer Russell Hoban produced a number of startlingly original novels. Perhaps the most startling of them all is Riddley Walker, first published in 1980. (Hoban died in 2011.) The book belongs to the dystopian genre that has…

This Vic Berger montage strings together several of his previous videos with televangelist Jim Bakker… which means you’re in store for nearly 40 minutes of wondering why so many people take Christianity seriously. (Take some Tylenol first. You’ll need it.) I…

David Costello and Rivkah Weber look every bit a young Orthodox Jewish couple. Costello sports a yarmulke and sidelocks and Weber dresses modestly and covers her head. They keep kosher and never miss Sabbath at the synagogue. But they do share one little o…

Evangelical Christianity as public policy, an ongoing saga More viciousness towards transgender people from the religious fanatics surrounding Trump.