author interviews
The spiritual gift of growing older (yes, really)
By Jana Riess — December 16, 2021
(RNS) — Author Alice Fryling says aging is an opportunity to jettison the false self and finally discover spiritual freedom.
New Mormon YA novel explores both faith and feminism
By Jana Riess — August 23, 2021
(RNS) — ‘I wanted to write a story that allowed for some degree of comfort with having questions,’ said novelist Rosalyn Eves.
Brian McLaren says there’s a good reason your beliefs stopped working
By Jana Riess — January 5, 2021
People who doubt their faith often get the “you are not wanted here” message from their religion, says author Brian McLaren. After the anger and loss, is there room for them to build a different kind of faith?
Mormonism’s surprising gender fluidity
By Jana Riess — May 29, 2020
Taylor Petrey's new book argues that gender identity in Mormonism is not fixed, but fluid and changeable. It only *looks* like gender essentialism.
Barbara Brown Taylor has holy envy — and it’s changed her Christian life
By Jana Riess — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — When Barbara Brown Taylor began teaching world religions 20 years ago, she expected she would learn more about the subject matter. She didn't expect it would deepen her own Christian faith.
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