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Hurt by the church? It’s time to talk about it
By Jonathan Merritt — February 6, 2017
Critiquing the church has become taboo among many, but sharing our suffering may help you heal from spiritual wounds.
Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting transgender boys
By Reuters — January 31, 2017
(Reuters) The move bucks a more-than-century-old practice of using the gender stated on a birth certificate to determine eligibility.
InterVarsity Press responds to authors’ protest of controversial gay marriage termination policy
By Jonathan Merritt — October 14, 2016
InterVarsity says authors will be exempt from their controversial gay marriage termination policy. Why, then, can't the same grace be extended to their accountants, assistants, and executives?
How the Christian ‘masculinity’ movement is ruining men
By Jonathan Merritt — August 30, 2016
(RNS) Many Christians have accepted secular standards of masculinity that are harmful to men, says Chandler Epp.
The Gospel Coalition and how (not) to engage culture
By Jonathan Merritt — June 6, 2016
The ministry blocks dissenters and ignores journalists who might ask difficult questions. This is not engaging culture, but evading culture.
Why the culture wars rage on
By Trevin Wax — May 24, 2016
(RNS) Transgender rights are the latest flare-up, pitting those who view freedom as flourishing within the body we’ve received, and those who view freedom as overcoming and redefining the body.
3 reasons conservative Christians will lose the transgender debate
By Jonathan Merritt — May 14, 2016
Conservative Christians are repeating the same mistakes they once made in the fight over LGBT rights and marriage. As a result, they are doomed to lose gender debates.
The book that revolutionized ‘Christian manhood’: 15 years after ‘Wild at Heart’
By Jonathan Merritt — April 22, 2016
John Elderege's 2001 book, "Wild at Heart", set off a national conversation about masculinity among Christians. Fifteen years later, the author reflects on its lasting legacy.
Evangelical leaders denounce Selective Service for women
By Aysha Khan — February 12, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) They argue it would weaken America's military readiness and is at odds with traditional male-female relationships.
Twitter’s new rules ban ‘hateful conduct,’ may thwart ISIS propaganda
By Reuters — December 30, 2015
The social media site has been faulted for failing to ban accounts that promote violence or make threats based on religion, race, ethnicity and six other categories.
Thomas Page McBee on his brush with death, transgender stories, and his agnostic mother
By Chris Stedman — October 23, 2014
Author Thomas Page McBee tells RNS about the religious themes of "Man Alive," the influence of his agnostic mother, religion and the transgender community, and how men can address their own privilege.
Seeking greater equality, Indian women turn to unexpected source: Shariah courts
By Heather McIlvaine — May 6, 2014
MUMBAI, India (RNS) A group of Muslim women in India thinks the path to gender equality lies in the very thing that has been used to oppress them: Shariah. It’s not as much of a paradox as it seems.
Transgender student denied on-campus male housing at Christian university
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — April 9, 2014
(RNS) A transgender student at George Fox University has filed a formal complaint after being denied all-male housing on campus.
Faith and feminism: Excerpt from ‘Talking Taboo’ examines sexual temptation
By Enuma Okoro — November 20, 2013
(RNS) Excerpt from "Talking Taboo": Then it happened. I didn’t mean it to. But at some point I started getting flutters at the “dink” of my iPhone. A text or phone message from him could easily redeem the halfheartedness of an otherwise mediocre day. At some point I started crushing on him.
Their names are lost to history, but their stories endure
By Shona Crabtree — May 22, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Lot’s wife and daughters. The two thieves crucified with Jesus. The three wise men. They’re all iconic figures with well-known stories from the Bible, yet they all have one thing in common _ officially, they have no names. Both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are riddled with […]
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