A Millennial Weighs in on the Pew Religious Landscape Study

Last updated on: May 19, 2015 at 12:32 pm By Alicia de los Reyes

America is not a “Christian nation.” It is a nation full of people who were raised Christian. Read more

Beer + Star Wars = Modern-day Church?

Last updated on: May 21, 2015 at 10:03 am By Alicia de los Reyes

Writer Craig Brown of The Sound, a weekly based in Seacoast New Hampshire, sat in on a “Pub Theology” meet-up in Newburyport, MA. On the screen the Red Sox are losing their match-up against the Toronto Blue Jays. But those gathered aren’t the usual baseball devotees there for the game. This is a bimonthly meeting of Pub Theology Newburyport, and the group is there to discuss religion, spirituality, “Star Wars,” the riots in Baltimore, and everything in between. Pub Theology... Read more

Dear Graduate: The economy still sucks. Thank God.

Last updated on: May 13, 2015 at 8:42 am By Alicia de los Reyes

An easy career path can kill your passion--luckily, in today's economy, there are very few easy career paths. Read more

Christian Tinder?

Last updated on: May 13, 2015 at 8:42 am By Alicia de los Reyes

A new dating app called Collide works like Tinder...for Christians. Read more

Christianity Commodified?

Last updated on: May 4, 2015 at 9:02 am By Alicia de los Reyes

Faithbox founders Willie Morris and Cory Maxwell-Coghlan are quite literally selling Christianity--it costs about $25 a month. I try to figure out what a Christian subscription service that includes chocolate bars and inspirational cards says about modern-day faith. Read more

One woman’s modern-day Anorexia Mirabilis

Last updated on: April 28, 2015 at 8:51 am By Alicia de los Reyes

Anorexia mirabilis--miraculous anorexia--as experienced by a modern-day, non-Catholic woman. Read more

We can’t help ourselves: What does it mean to be Catholic?

Last updated on: April 30, 2015 at 1:02 pm By Alicia de los Reyes

Eve Tushnet and I finish a three-part conversation on Catholicism from a former Catholic and converted Catholic's perspectives. This round: what it means to be Catholic. Read more

White Christians a Minority in 19 States

Last updated on: April 20, 2015 at 8:32 am By Alicia de los Reyes

In 19 US states, white Christians are a minority thanks to more "nones" and rising numbers of Hispanic Catholics. Read more

We can’t help ourselves: Why a former Catholic and a current Catholic don’t like Catholicism

Last updated on: April 28, 2015 at 7:37 am By Alicia de los Reyes

Eve Tushnet, a Catholic convert, and me, a lapsed Catholic, talk about why we *don't* love every piece of Catholicism. The second in a series. Read more

Modern-day Moneychangers?: How Seattle Church Leaders Turned Tables

Last updated on: April 13, 2015 at 8:59 am By Alicia de los Reyes

On the Monday of Holy Week this year, several church leaders and members got together to stage a strange protest: they flipped over a table in the lobby of prison builder Howard S. Wright's offices. Read more