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Review
Behind the Rise of Evangelical Women “Influencers”
A new book sheds light on the two most powerful forces behind female Bible teachers like Beth Moore.
By Katelyn Beaty![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hicks-Pearson-780-x-508-257x208.jpg)
Review
“American Heretics”: Blue Christians in a Red State
A biblical scholar reviews “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel,” a new documentary that celebrates religious progressives in Oklahoma—and underestimates their savvy rivals.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Webp.net-resizeimage-1-257x208.jpg)
Review
The Private Faith of Black Public Figures, from Ethel Waters to Muhammad Ali
A review of Randal Maurice Jelks’ new book, “Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans:
Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali.”
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Review
Revisiting the Legacy of Howard Thurman, the Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement
A review of Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary, “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story.”
By Gene Zubovich![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Cone-3-257x208.jpg)
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A Text That Preaches: The Late James Cone’s Final Book Arrives
The black liberation theologian’s autobiography, “Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody,” was published posthumously.
By Yolanda Pierce![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Russia-GettyImages-635963777-780-x-508-257x208.jpg)
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Russia’s Journey from Orthodoxy to Atheism, and Back Again
A review of Victoria Smolkin’s new book, “A Sacred Space is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism.”
By Gene Zubovich![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Social-Gospel-AP_18174732275677-780-x-508-257x208.jpg)
Review
The Social Gospel Roots of the American Religious Left
A review of Gary Dorrien’s new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel”
By Vaneesa Cook![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Abortion-Rights-GettyImages-907234574-780-x-508-257x208.jpg)
Review
Christian Ethicist Says to Trust Women on Abortion
A review of Rebecca Todd Peters’ new book, “Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice.”
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Christian-Zionism-GettyImages-91499246-cropped-257x208.jpg)
Review
What’s so American about Christian Zionism?
A review of Samuel Goldman’s new book, “God’s Country: Christian Zionism in America.”
By Dan Hummel![](https://religionandpolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wrinkle3-crop-257x208.jpg)
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The Persistent Christian Essence of “A Wrinkle in Time”
With or without the book’s biblical quotations, the story’s theology is embedded in the plot.
By Donald Hettinga