Larycia Hawkins
Five years later, Larycia Hawkins’ canceling foreshadowed evangelicals under Trump
By Linda Midgett — December 16, 2020
(RNS) — In a 2015 Facebook post, the Wheaton professor announced her intent to wear a hijab as an act of ‘embodied solidarity’ with Muslim women, and lost nearly everything.
They made a mark on the religious scene this decade; some rose, others fell
By Yonat Shimron — January 2, 2020
(RNS) — This list of 12 — drawn from stories RNS has covered between 2010 and 2019 — offers a one-time retrospective of the personalities (and not a few of the issues) that dominated the religious scene this past decade.
Larycia Hawkins documentary shows the cost of embodied solidarity
By Dilshad Ali — November 7, 2019
(RNS) — Hawkins' story points to evangelical Christians' difficulties with Islam, but it also raises questions about what it means to be an ally and what exactly embodied solidarity means.
Religious scholars weigh risks, rewards of speaking out
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 26, 2018
DENVER (RNS) — It's become important for scholars to share their knowledge in an era of fake news and religious divisions. It's also become dangerous.
Controversy over Wheaton professor’s hijab captures evangelical rift in new film
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 4, 2018
(RNS) — 'Same God' premiered late last month at the LA Film Festival in Los Angeles, selling out so quickly the festival added a second screening. Several more screenings are planned, including showings this month in New Orleans and Chicago.
Did Bernie Sanders really flunk the religious test for office?
By Mark Silk — June 19, 2017
No he did not.
Top 5 ‘heresies’ of 2016: ‘One God,’ biblical authority and more
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 29, 2016
(RNS) As Christians prepared to mark 500 years since Martin Luther -- one of history's great heretics, or heroes, depending on your point of view -- 2016 found them debating theological questions most thought had been settled a millennium ago.
A columnist looks back and looks ahead
By David P. Gushee — December 27, 2016
(RNS) "After 30 years attempting to advocate for a particular kind of American public life," writes David Gushee, "I feel a deep sense of powerlessness in relation to where our culture and politics are going."
On God and heaven, Americans are all over the map
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 28, 2016
(RNS) A new study suggests Americans as a whole hold seemingly incompatible beliefs on the nature of God and heaven.
Filmmaker crowdfunding documentary about ‘Same God’ flap
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 1, 2016
(RNS) Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? One filmmaker is exploring the question raised by the controversy over a former Wheaton College professor's comments.
Wheaton prof gets new post named for Muslim leader
By Adelle M. Banks — March 3, 2016
(RNS) She will join the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
Wheaton professor who left college over ‘same God’ flap: ‘I would do it again’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 26, 2016
CHICAGO (RNS) Wearing the hijab, said Larycia Hawkins, was a way of “trying to position myself with my Muslim sisters.” That’s what solidarity is, said the former Wheaton College professor.
Whither Wheaton? An evangelical college ponders its future
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 12, 2016
(RNS) The conflict between the school and a professor who tried to show solidarity with Muslims is itself emblematic of where American evangelicalism is today.
Conservative and progressive US evangelicals head for divorce
By David P. Gushee — February 12, 2016
Conservative and progressive evangelicals need to let each other go, acknowledging that they have become two separate religious communities.
Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College offer gratitude, move on
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 10, 2016
CHICAGO (RNS) “My journey at Wheaton College is part of my journey,” said Hawkins. “It’s not the end of my journey. There are no goodbyes -- only good memories,” Hawkins said.
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