In Hacks and Mare of Easttown, it’s thrilling to watch an aging woman on screen.
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What do fertility rates have to do with secularization?
A lot, says Philip Jenkins—but it’s not as simple as cause and effect.
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
A memoir of hardship and gratitude in Appalachia
Cassie Chambers tells family stories and considers the history of the people of Owsley County, Kentucky.
Years before Kandinsky, a Swedish woman created magnificent abstract paintings.
How American Muslim women are transcending barriers to leadership.
The coming-of-age novel comes of age
If old age is another country, three novelists are exploring not just the peaks and valleys but also the rough places in between.
We were no longer strong women facing messy situations. We became the mess.
Jagged, trustworthy joy
I've hungered this year for art that honors complexity.
The idea of a father God is extremely important in evangelical thought. They grasp that metaphor for God above all others. As a result, the evangelical understanding of the family is intimately connected to their understanding of God.
Muslim women’s clothing reveals—and shapes—culture, politics, and piety.
We have now heard Donald Trump’s words, literally ad nauseam, as he boasted about forcing himself on women, kissing them and grabbing them. Now, while the Republican Party implodes, many conservative evangelicals are brushing off the comments.
If it wasn’t for courageous women that dared to see beyond the lies.
“Do we lean in, or blame society?” We don’t need a solution that addresses either/or. With many structural inequities, injustices, and cruelty, the answer is both/and. Do we feed the homeless, or advocate for a society that no longer produces so many homeless people? Do we protest the death of one young black man, or do we work to change the brutal policing system? Do we send the people in Flint bottled water, or do we fix the pipes? The answer to all of these is yes and yes.