Hundreds of clergy in the creepy, patriarchal independent fundamentalist Baptist movement have been accused of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. Who are these people? Read more
Hundreds of clergy in the creepy, patriarchal independent fundamentalist Baptist movement have been accused of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. Who are these people? Read more
"For nothing can be sole or whole / That has not been rent." Read more
The fact that Left Behind and its sequels are set in the same Chicago suburbs as the seminal study on When Prophecy Fails might lead someone unfamiliar with the former books to suspect that this was a deliberate literary choice. Read more
This promise of a coming Jubilee isn’t for everyone. Alongside that promise there’s also a repeated warning, almost a threat — “You better watch out.” Read more
Much Christian fiction offers awkwardly stilted two-way conversations to illustrate proper and successful evangelism. These scripts tend to feature the unsaved character exhibiting the ingratiating enthusiasm of an infomercial host. Read more
The American holiday of Christmas is, among many other things, a season of excess, extravagance, and indulgence. Those things do not always go hand in hand with refined good taste. Read more
Here again is my two-part list of Christmas movie picks -- 10 nice, 10 naughty. Read more
The election-fraud story out of North Carolina is a doozy. The cast of characters seems to have stepped out of the pages of a novel by Carl Hiassen or Elmore Leonard. And the candidate at the center of the story is a right-wing Southern Baptist pastor turned politician. Read more
Once again, as happens every year around this time, our national culture slap-fight is briefly focused on a weird, popular, and utterly dishonest urban legend about the sectarian origins and "true meaning" of candy canes. Read more
Here is a Politico piece by Brandon Ambrosino from August of last year: “My Weekend at the Falwells’ South Beach Flophouse.” It seems that Jerry Falwell III owns the Miami Hostel, a seedy dorm-style outfit which “Trey” Falwell borrowed $4.65 million to buy. In addition to his day job as vice president for university operations at the college his grandfather founded, Trey Falwell co-manages this tourist hostel along with his business partner, a man named Giancarlo Granda. It’s a decidedly... Read more
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