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Award-winning online magazine about religion, society, and media published by NYU's Center for Religion & Media. https://therevealer.org/
Conservative Christian groups are turning to the courts to bring conversion therapy back to the brink of legitimacy. How will it impact our legal system?

Check out Tom Sayers' (@tomatoslayers.bsky.social) "We Need to Talk About Conversion Therapy."

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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Our November issue is here!

With articles on public school students & religious education during the school day, conversion therapy, anti-MAGA evangelicals, interfaith couples in India, democracy & religion in Zimbabwe, addressing Jewish shame, trans readings of the Bible, & more! therevealer.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"We need our representatives in Congress to know that we are passionate about the cause of Palestinian dignity and freedom, that we are not going away, and that the organizations that claim to represent all Jews do not represent us."

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October 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
How did religious spaces provide care and community during the AIDS crisis? Lynne Gerber looks at the Metropolitan Community Church of SF, a queer church that became a center for activism during the AIDS epidemic.

Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis."

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October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Barbara Sostaita compares how ICE is currently disappearing people with tactics similar to those used in Argentina and how, then and now, religious leaders work to protect people from abduction.

Check out "Can Anyone Be Against Us?" from our October special issue!

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October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here!

Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Miguel Petrosky (@miguelpetrosky.bsky.social) explores why Gen Z men are moving further to the political right than Millennials, and possibly becoming more religious as well.

Check out "TikTok Masculinity" from our September issue!

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October 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What role does the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank responsible for Project 2025, play in the Trump administration’s targeting of colleges and universities?

Check out Andrew Monteith's "The Attacks on Higher Education Have Religious Roots"!

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October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@neiljyoung.bsky.social reviews Sister, Sinner about the preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, and considers similarities between McPherson’s fans and Trump’s—and why fans don't care when their idol lies.

Don't miss “American Trinity: Faith, Fame, and Fanaticism”!

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September 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Andrew Monteith investigates the role the Heritage Foundation, the think tank responsible for Project 2025, plays in Trump’s targeting of universities and their strategies to make schools comply.

Don't miss "“The Attacks on Higher Education Have Religious Roots”!

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September 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our September issue is here!

With articles on the religious roots behind the attack on higher education, Gen Z men moving to the Right, Pakistani Hindus unable to immigrate to India, Black Catholics, Aimee McPherson & Donald Trump's fans, religion and ecological distress, & more! therevealer.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our Summer issue is here!

With articles on Stephen Miller, Carl Lentz's scandal & rehabilitation, Sydney Sweeney's bathwater, Ivan Illich, religious conversion, & white Christian nationalist teens from @nberlat.bsky.social, @suzzzanna.bsky.social, @angeladenker.bsky.social & more! therevealer.org
August 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our June issue is here!

Articles on authoritarian Christianity in the U.S., bulldozing Muslim homes in India, the film Sabbath Queen, Latinx environmentalism, & borders & religion from @nberlat.bsky.social, @anujbehal.bsky.social, @helenemeyers.bsky.social, & @bethhurd.bsky.social. therevealer.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our May issue is here! With articles on religion & reproductive health providers, Russian religious literature supporting Putin, anti-migrant activity in Punjab, a Turkish food custom, a gay Catholic activist, racial justice spiritual wellness, people leaving religion, & more! (1/2) therevealer.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Our April issue is here!

Articles on Jewish identity without Zionism, Buddhism & social justice, Charismatic Christians and their role in MAGA, immigration + religion, the religion of mass criminalization, & more from @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social, @andrewkrinks.bsky.social, & others! therevealer.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Our March issue is here!

With articles on religion in the fossil fuel industry, India's anti-queer housing discrimination, progressive Christians' response to MAGA, a review of a comedic novel about ISIS brides, & more from @nberlat.bsky.social, @anujbehal.bsky.social, & others: therevealer.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Now could be a good time to check out our award-winning special issue "Trans Lives and Religion."

It features articles on trans and nonbinary people paving paths of support in diverse religious communities, including Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, & more. therevealer.org/issue/octobe...
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Our February issue is here!

With great articles on adoption as a religious industry, Hindu divorce, student protests, ecstatic dance, a scandalous Charismatic Christian televangelist, & more from @mpgphd.bsky.social, @profirmf.bsky.social, @elenactrueba.bsky.social, & others! therevealer.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our December issue is here!

Articles on the future of reproductive rights, evangelicals supporting immigrants, religion to combat consumerism, horror movies & evil today, recommended books, our favorite holiday articles, & more from @gillianfrank.bsky.social & others not on here! therevealer.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
We're excited to be here! And we're even more excited to share our November issue!

With articles on priest migration to save Italy's churches, AI & religion, Netflix's Nobody Wants This, the Black church today, dogs & Islam, Emma Lazarus & immigration, election reflections, & more: therevealer.org
November 14, 2024 at 8:02 PM