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10/10/2025

Check out our fresh roundup of the week's important religion news:

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we celebrated the launch of a new book, highlighted a podcast conversation with Angela Parker, and reported on an upcoming ex*****on of a man ministering behind bars.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. You will find a new book launch celebration, a podcast conversation wit...
10/10/2025

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness.

You will find a new book launch celebration, a podcast conversation with Angela Parker, a report on the upcoming ex*****on of a man ministering behind bars, and much more.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week we celebrated the launch of a new book, highlighted a podcast conversation with Angela Parker, and reported on an upcoming ex*****on of a man ministering behind bars.

State and federal courts have denied nearly all paths for relief or even the use of modern DNA testing for Lance Shockle...
10/09/2025

State and federal courts have denied nearly all paths for relief or even the use of modern DNA testing for Lance Shockley’s strong innocence claim, leaving intervention from Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe as likely the only option.

Elected last November, this is the first ex*****on scheduled during his term. The Republican, who is Catholic, has often called himself “pro-life.”

Imagine that through a series of harrowing life events, you find yourself sent to a maximum security prison.

Today’s issue of A Public Witness looks at Lance Shockley’s extensive history of Christian leadership while in prison, a...
10/09/2025

Today’s issue of A Public Witness looks at Lance Shockley’s extensive history of Christian leadership while in prison, as well as the role restorative justice should play in our criminal legal system.

Imagine that through a series of harrowing life events, you find yourself sent to a maximum security prison.

While Brian Kaylor's previous book, “Baptizing America,” explored the origins of Christian Nationalism, “The Bible Accor...
10/09/2025

While Brian Kaylor's previous book, “Baptizing America,” explored the origins of Christian Nationalism, “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists” explores how certain political figures twist scripture to serve as a political tool and their own agendas, from misapplying passages to promoting violence.

On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.

In the midst of political weaponization of Scripture, “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scriptu...
10/08/2025

In the midst of political weaponization of Scripture, “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power” was officially released yesterday to point to better ways of reading and applying the Bible.

It’s also “Banned Book Week,” so hopefully that’s not an omen!

On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.

Some Christians today argue that empathy is wrong, even calling it a sin and unbiblical. For Angela Parker, an associate...
10/08/2025

Some Christians today argue that empathy is wrong, even calling it a sin and unbiblical. For Angela Parker, an associate professor of New Testament and Greek at the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, this idea is absurd.

Parker spoke with Brian Kaylor for the second of a three-part special podcast series produced in partnership with Moravian Theological Seminary.

Some Christians today argue that empathy is wrong, even calling it a sin and unbiblical.

Get your copy of the newly released “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political P...
10/08/2025

Get your copy of the newly released “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power” today!

It takes seriously the threat Christian Nationalism poses to minorities, to civil liberties, especially the freedom of religion, and to democracy itself.

On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.

“The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power” (Chalice Press) is officially ...
10/08/2025

“The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power” (Chalice Press) is officially out now!

This book unpacks the techniques behind the misuse of biblical texts like numerology, selective key words, and rewriting scripture, showing how these misinterpretations distort the teachings of Jesus.

Exploiting Scripture for Political Power

As the news demonstrates pretty much every day, Christian Nationalism is a threat to democracy and the Christian witness...
10/07/2025

As the news demonstrates pretty much every day, Christian Nationalism is a threat to democracy and the Christian witness. And the Bible is too often being exploited for political power.

Those of us seeking to follow the teachings and example of Jesus should not stand quietly by and allow Christian Nationalists to profane our sacred texts.

On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.

The latest review from Bob Cornwall covers the new book “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scrip...
10/07/2025

The latest review from Bob Cornwall covers the new book “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power” (Chalice Press) by our own Brian Kaylor.

“[Brian] suggests that knowing the Bible can aid in resistance to Christian Nationalism, which will benefit both church and state.”

In this new book, Brian Kaylor exposes the ways Christian Nationalism distorts scripture through seven different problematic approaches to interpreting and applying the biblical text.

With the weaponization of Scripture regularly making headline news, “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists” offi...
10/07/2025

With the weaponization of Scripture regularly making headline news, “The Bible According to Christian Nationalists” officially releases today to point to better ways of reading and applying sacred texts.

On Friday, a group of Anglican men declared they would gather “for such a time as this” to oppose the selection of Sarah Mullally as the first female head of the Anglican Communion.

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