Why is Islamophobia so common in the United States? Dr. Caleb Elfenbein, author of the book Fear in Our Hearts: What Islamophobia Tells Us about America, joins us to discuss what Islamophobia reveals about life in America today. We explore…
“A Focus on Religion and Multiple Forms of Media” – The Revealer’s November 2021 Issue
Last month, the Religion News Association, the largest professional organization for religion journalism in the United States, honored the Revealer with “Excellence in Magazine Overall Religion Coverage,” the highest award for a print or online magazine. Amidst this excitement, the November…
“Religion and the Climate Crisis” – The Revealer’s October 2021 Special Issue
This special issue of the Revealer offers up contemplations by several contributors on how the climate crisis could be the most important issue of our time. In his letter to readers, editor Brett Krutzsch considers how religion fits into the…
Virtual Event! White Evangelical Racism
Join us on Wednesday, October 27th at 7 pm EST for a conversation about American evangelicals, racism, and white supremacy. Ann Neumann will sit down with Anthea Butler, author of White Evangelical Racism, to discuss the role racism plays in white evangelical communities, how racism shapes evangelicals’ political involvement, and…
Virtual Event! Broadway and Belief
Join us on Wednesday, October 6th at 7 pm EST for a conversation about Broadway, belief, and America. Jacob Johnson, author of Lying in the Middle: Musical Theater and Belief in the Heart of America, and Stacy Wolf, author of…
The Revealer Podcast – Evangelical Masculinity
What are evangelical men taught about gender and their place in the world? Dr. Bradley Onishi, a scholar of religion and host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast, joins us to discuss why evangelical men valorize aggressive masculinity. We…
The Revealer Podcast – San Francisco’s “AIDS Church” and the 40th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS
June 2021 marks forty years since the first identified cases of what came to be known as HIV/AIDS. In this episode we chat with Dr. Lynne Gerber about a predominantly gay church in San Francisco and how it responded to…
The Revealer Podcast — Faith-Based Prisons in the United States
What are faith-based prisons and why are they legal in the United States? Dr. Brad Stoddard, author of Spiritual Entrepreneurs: Florida’s Faith-Based Prisons and the American Carceral State, joins us to discuss why several states operate “faith and character-based correctional…
“The Problems Facing the U.S. and the Pressure to Act” – The Revealer’s April 2021 Issue
This month’s issue of the Revealer feels like a grab bag of all the most urgent crises facing our nation. First up, Bradley Onishi‘s “God is Ultimate Masculinity: Evangelical Visions of Manhood in the Wake of the Atlanta Massacre.” In this deeply…
The Revealer Podcast – Mormons and Changing Ideas about Gender and Sexuality
Dr. Taylor Petrey, author of Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism, joins host Dr. Brett Krutzsch to discuss the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ current positions on gender and the place of LGBTQ Mormons. We…