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AdvertisementSupported byFor many performers, drag is not only a cultural phenomenon, but also a political statement promoting social justice and gay rights.By Camille ElemiaPhotographs by Jes AznarReporting from San Juan, Quezon City and Manila in the PhilippinesBefore he put on the glittery neon yellow tasseled jumpsuit, donned the yellow wig, and lip synced and danced onstage under colorful spotlights, Paul Hidacan went through his preshow routine in a busy dressing […]

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In February, I preached one of the Black History Month sermons at Zion Baptist Church, a traditional Black church in Cincinnati. After the service, Judge Cheryl Grant, a longtime congregant, thanked me for delving into the legacy of civil rights advocate Fred Shuttlesworth.Grant had been very close with the Shuttlesworth family after they moved from Birmingham to Cincinnati in 1961, and she was working on a documentary about him with […]

“I’m never going to fit in here.” That’s what I was saying to myself during church the other morning in our small hometown.Dwight KealyWe attended a half-hour gathering before the service where we could have donuts and get to know people. They had us read Galatians 5:22-23 and discuss why the fruits of the spirit are referred to as fruit, which fruits we are most “drawn to,” and which we […]

The rate of religious conversion in East Asia is among the highest in the world: Half of adults in Hong Kong and South Korea have left the religion they were brought up in for another religion or no religion. Among Christians, substantially more adults in those two places left the faith than those who converted to Christianity. The region also has the highest levels of deconversion. More than a third […]

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here.In his New York Times column this week, my friend David French wrote about what it was like to be “canceled” by his denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America. He later told me how stunned he was by how many people responded immediately—grieving their own “cancellations” from churches or ministries they’d loved and served.I was not surprised at all.Most people, of […]

Premier Christianity uses cookies Read our cookie policy.By Tony Wilson2024-06-14T14:11:00+01:00The former Muslim turned atheist says she “chooses to believe” the claims of Christianity. Tony Wilson agrees that reason often has a part to play in a journey towards faith. But it isn’t everything.Source: Aayan Hirsi AliIn a recent discussion at the Dissident Dialogues festival in New York, Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed her conversion to Christianity with Richard Dawkins.During the discussion, […]

In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has been formational in their own discipleship and continues to speak to them today.I had just finished a class lecture on the theology of sin in the New Testament, and a student wanted to continue the conversation after class. Her pensive expression gave me some alarm. My mind began to race through all […]

Debie Thomas Broadleaf Books, 184 pages Published March 19, 2024Debie Thomas writes, “Christianity is no longer America’s cultural default … Finding a viable way forward … requires a courageous willingness to reexamine and re-vision the religion of our pasts.” In A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity, she does exactly that. Thomas weaves biblical narratives together with her experiences as ”a second-generation, Asian-American,” evangelical pastor’s daughter who […]