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The Only Thing Evangelicals Will Never Forgive Is Not Hating the “Other”

In this excerpt from Patience With God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism), the son of influential evangelicals asks whether anyone who remains a “professional Christian” in the...

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Addressing Homophobic Rhetoric, and Not Just the Anti-Gay Initiatives in Africa

Warren condemns the punishment but not inflammatory rhetoric.

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Rick Warren Urges Ugandan Pastors to Speak Out Against Proposed Anti-Gay Law

Following lead of others, Warren finally issues a statement.

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‘Calling’ Rick Warren to Task on Anti-Gay Ugandan Law

RD speaks with filmmaker Lisa Darden who helped to alert Pastor Rick Warren to the dangers of remaining silent. 

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Uganda Isn’t Alone in Persecuting Gays

Rwanda, Nigeria, Iran: Uganda is just the tip of the iceberg. 

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Rick Warren Starts 2010 in the Black… $2.4M Worth

Having been $900,000 shy of their church budget Rick Warren asked his flock for donations. It worked. 

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The Peril of Criticizing Rick Warren

Does speculation about Rick Warren's fundraising "success" hit too close to home?

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To the Editor: It Took a Village to Change Rick Warren’s Mind

A response to a recent RD article/interview with filmmaker Lisa Darden.

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Joyce Meyer Joins Condemnation of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

A welcome, albeit late condemnation of the bill now languishing in the Ugandan parliament.

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The Anti-Gay Highway

A new report documents the trend of evangelicals like Rick Warren exporting sexuality issues to Africa, whose clergy, in turn, support the minority antigay view in mainline denominations, weakening...

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Another Book Burner Lusts for Attention

Only this time it's the Bible and the Heretics include Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Rick Warren.

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The US Religious Right and the LGBT Crisis In Uganda

RD talks to a Ugandan LGBT-rights activist about the effect of the US religious right on Ugandan attitudes toward LGBT people.

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Gays Attacked in Uganda After Mag Publishes Info

American evangelicals have helped cultivate the homophobic atmosphere in Uganda that has begun to translate into violence.

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Anti-Gay Comments Change MD Lawmaker’s Vote

More uncomfortable with vilification of gays than the word ‘marriage.’

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Evangelicals and “Orphan Care”

How well do evangelical advocates for adoption and foster care prepare families for what lies ahead?

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Rick Warren’s Illiteracy Problem

The mega-pastor's views on evolution don't seem to be evolving.

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That Not-So-Mystifying Rick Warren

The legacy of Christian anti-liberalism/anti-communism/anti-social gospel.

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Will Religion Solve the Obesity Crisis?

Rick Warren and the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex.

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Decoding Rick Warren’s Appreciation for Chick-fil-A

When you call me “unbiblical,” “unnatural,” and say I’m bent on destroying society with my “sinful lifestyle” and then complain that you’re being judged unfairly because I call that “hate” and I call...

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The Bible Is Not a Diet Plan

Rather than approach stories on their own uncomfortable terms, Rick Warren’s new diet plan pulls exiled, bewildered Daniel away from the king’s table and demands, “Tell me the secret to controlling...

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