Laura Turner

Laura Turner is a writer and editor living in San Francisco. In addition to being a regular contributor to Christianity Today’s “Her.meneutics” blog, she has also written for publications such as Books & Culture and The Bold Italic. She is interested in the intersection of church and culture.

All Stories by Laura Turner

The Meme-ification of Jesus

By Laura Turner — August 19, 2015
#ThingsJesusNeverSaid is trending on Twitter. It's a funny hashtag, but does it do more harm than good?

Does God bless America?

By Laura Turner — August 14, 2015
"God Bless America" is a pretty lousy political ideology.

Target is not trying to destroy gender

By Laura Turner — August 11, 2015
Why are some evangelicals upset by Target's decision to remove gender-based signs from the toy aisle?

Arian Foster: Can you be an atheist in the NFL? (COMMENTARY)

By Laura Turner — August 11, 2015
(RNS) The league will have to add religious diversity to its ever-increasing list of issues to tackle.

Arian Foster: Can you be an atheist in the NFL?

By Laura Turner — August 7, 2015
Houston Texans' running back Arian Foster has revealed that he's an atheist in a largely Christian NFL. That has a lot of implications, personally and professionally.

Rwanda genocide book might be the best book you’ll read this summer

By Laura Turner — August 5, 2015
If you're looking for a great book for your last few weeks of summer, look no further: This 15 year-old book deserves new attention.

A Christian case for “Magic Mike”

By Laura Turner — July 6, 2015
Some Christians have been outspoken against the "Magic Mike" movies. Is there room for fun in the Christian cultural experience?

Public eulogies for private lives: Barack Obama on Rev. Clementa Pinckney

By Laura Turner — June 25, 2015
What is it about a certain death that causes a President to halt his agenda and take the pulpit?

Dylann Roof was racist. Why is that so hard to understand?

By Laura Turner — June 19, 2015
Dylann Roof told the world he was motivated by race. Why do we have such a hard time accepting that?

Game of Thrones, real death edition: Jon Snow

By Laura Turner — June 15, 2015
"Game of Thrones" ended season 5 with the death of a major character. Some people think he's coming back, but they're wrong.

Instapray app puts our best (and worst) prayer impulses on display (COMMENTARY)

By Laura Turner — June 10, 2015
(RNS) A new app called Instapray, founded by Stanford grad Fryderyk Ovcaric and backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel among others, is billed as "a safe place that connects people around the world through prayers." But it also puts some of our worst impulses on display.

Instapray app features the best and worst of human impulses

By Laura Turner — June 9, 2015
Instapray is an app that lets you share prayers with people across the world--it's easy to judge, but is there anything good about it?

“Missoula,” Game of Thrones, and rape without rapists

By Laura Turner — May 20, 2015
Jon Krakauer's new book "Missoula" and an episode of "Game of Thrones" have brought the issue of rape to the forefront of pop culture.

Dinesh D’Souza’s year of magical thinking

By Laura Turner — May 7, 2015
Will Dinesh D'Souza ever escape his own exceptionalist mind?

“Godinterest” and the Christian theft of popular ideas

By Laura Turner — May 1, 2015
"Godinterest" is a Christian Pinterest, but for the love of God, can we stop with the Christian versions of popular products?
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