Kickstarter
Why do people leave the LDS Church? Let’s drill down further and find out.
By Jana Riess — December 8, 2021
In 2016, we got some excellent starting data about why people leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now it's time to learn even more through a fresh wave of research--donate today to the Kickstarter campaign that will make it happen.
An animated film to chronicle life of ‘Sikh Captain America’ in aftermath of 9/11
By Alejandra Molina — September 13, 2021
(RNS) — 'There is not a lot of representation of people who look like me in the American entertainment landscape. Because that story hasn’t been told, it leads to a persistent level of ignorance,' Vishavjit Singh said.
‘The Deconstructionists Playbook’ outlines ways forward for questioning Christians
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 15, 2021
(RNS) — Our Bible App launched a Kickstarter campaign earlier this month to raise money to create a devotional book for not only deconstructing faith but also reconstructing and 'liberating' it.
A new book for progressive Christian families aims to fill a kid-lit gap
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 27, 2018
(RNS) — A lack of books and other resources for progressive Christian families is why Daneen Akers recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to write a children’s book of her own, 'Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints.'
Good news! Faith motivates Kickstarter for newspaper to print hopeful headlines
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 12, 2017
(RNS) By Wednesday (April 12), with hours left to donate in the project ending Thursday morning, it has raised more than $50,800.
Christian photographer tries Kickstarter campaign for a hotel with a purpose
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 30, 2016
(RNS) What if a hotel could do more? That's the idea behind Jeremy Cowart's Kickstarter for the Purpose Hotel in Nashville, ending Friday (Sept. 2).
Mormon Kickstarter campaign places women at “center stage” in LDS history
By Jana Riess — May 28, 2015
Where are the women in LDS church history? Their achievements are recounted as the history of women in the Church, but not as the history of the Church. Ardis Parshall's project aims to change that.
Will Mormon missionaries lead the way out of racism?
By Jana Riess — February 13, 2015
“'My' missionaries were part of an experiment," says guest blogger Margaret Blair Young. "Previously, Anglo missionaries had been paired with Anglos. Now, they were paired with Congolese and other Africans. How would they all fare?"
Why Mormon writers are the luckiest
By Jana Riess — November 12, 2013
Guest blogger Stephen Carter says every writer's dream is to find "an unexplored mine of myth and metaphor that you can dig in to forever." His suggestion? Try the Book of Mormon.
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