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When someone says your story "makes them feel sad."
It made us sad, too!
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White Evangelicalism Does Not Want to Be Reformed.
A response to the CT article stating “The Church Needs Reformation, Not Deconstruction.”
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Minisode: Funding the Next Chapter of Exvangelical
This past July marked 5 years of publishing Exvangelical. In this minisode, I describe my new funding/listener support model. Read the full post here. When you support the show via Substack, I will donate 25% of net revenue to organizations that serve populations harmed by white evangelicalism. Those organizations
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The Next Chapter for The Post-Evangelical Post, Exvangelical, and Beyond
TL;DR: I’m introducing a new funding model, and donating 25% of net revenue to organizations that serve populations harmed by white evangelicalism.
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Update for paid supporters
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New episode: The Religious Exemption Accountability Project
Last week, I published an interview with Paul Southwick & Erin Green of The Religious Exemption Accountability Project. CW: this conversation includes discussion of sexual and gender discrimination and other forms of abuse. REAP has filed a landmark class action lawsuit, Elizabeth Hunter, et al. v. U.S. Department of
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The Religious Exemption Accountability Project
In this episode, I chat with Paul Southwick & Erin Green of The Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP). Paul Southwick (he/him) is Director of REAP, and Erin Green (she/they) is REAP's Campus & Alumni Organizer. REAP has filed a landmark class action lawsuit, Elizabeth Hunter, et
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Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of "God, Human, Animal, Machine"
On 9/9/21, I spoke with Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of the new book God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning. We talked about her time at Moody Bible Institute, experiencing 9/11 on a Christian campus, the similarities between Christian prophecy & secular
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New feature on Exvangelicals in Axios
& Exvangelical enters the Religion & Spirituality Top 200 in the US!
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Peterson Toscano On Activism, Trauma, and Curiosity
Recorded on 9/1/2021, I spoke with Peterson Toscano all the way in South Africa. Peterson is podcaster, performer, climate activist, and biblical scholar. In this conversation, Peterson talks about activism, trauma, and recognizing when to move on to other projects. We also talk about curiosity, the role of
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A Timely Reminder About the Religious Right, in light of TX SB8
Abortion wasn't the animating force behind the formation of the Religious Right. It was segregation.
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Christian Nationalist Political Tactics with Katherine Stewart (Re-Release)
In light of the TX SB8 law going into effect, and SCOTUS' refusal to strike it down, I am re-releasing this episode I recorded with Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism. This book is extremely helpful in detailing the strategies