The Revealer

27/10/2025

Join us for an event in NYC: The Revealer's editor Brett Krutzsch will be in conversation with Lynne Ge**er about her remarkable podcast series When We All Get to Heaven about one of the first queer-friendly churches and how it faced the AIDS epidemic. Wednesday, 10/29 at 6pm. More info & register here: https://wp.nyu.edu/crm/events/

07/10/2025

Our 2025 special issue is here: "Religion, Activism, and Community Action." The special issue's articles focus on groups coming together to promote change during difficult times. Don't miss it! https://therevealer.org/

04/09/2025

Our September issue is here!

Featuring articles on higher education, Gen Z men, fame in America, Black Catholics, Pakistani Hindus, and much more! Check it out today: https://therevealer.org/

14/08/2025

Some of Sydney Sweeney's bathwater is now available for purchase in bars of soap.

Corey Wozniak explores what this says about modern-day relics, celebrity veneration, and the desire for physical connection in a world full of virtual connections.

In a world of disembodiment and loneliness, what can we learn about a new type of relic that offers connection to a celebrity?

05/08/2025

Our Summer 2025 issue is here! Featuring articles on Sydney Sweeney's bathwater soap as a relic, Carl Lentz's new podcast, Stephen Miller, and much more! Check it out today: https://therevealer.org/

26/06/2025

The 60th episode of The Revealer podcast is here! We're thrilled and grateful for the podcast's popularity. You can check out our full catalog of episodes on religion, media, and culture on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

As an extension of our online magazine, the Revealer podcast explores how religion shapes communities and people throughout the world. Each month, host Brett Krutzsch sits down with experts to discuss religion’s influence on politics, culture, and people’s everyday lives. We release one new epis...

24/06/2025

Father Bryan Massingale is a Black and openly gay Catholic priest. In June 2020, writer Olga Segura profiled him. Five year later, his story offers several important lessons for us in 2025.

A profile of a progressive leader in the Catholic Church working for racial and LGBTQ justice

18/06/2025

In 2021, Lynne Ge**er profiled Reverend Jim Mitulski, who was the minister of a predominantly gay congregation during the worst years of the AIDS epidemic. The now award-winning article offers important lessons for all of us today.

How the minister of a predominantly gay congregation responded to the AIDS epidemic

10/06/2025

Our June issue is here! Featuring articles on religion, politics, and activism you need right now! Check it out here: https://therevealer.org/

14/05/2025

In Turkey, food trucks regularly distribute sweet, fried balls of dough -- for free. The treats are typically handed out when someone has died and on special occasions. Lisa Morrow investigates this custom and how it became so popular today.

The Turkish tradition of giving lokma, sweet fried dough, for free to honor the dead and on special occasions

07/05/2025

Our May issue is here! Featuring articles on religion in the United States, India, Russia, and Turkey, as well as articles on religion and activism, religion and food, and so much more! https://therevealer.org/

16/04/2025

Big congrats to Gillian Frank! The Religion News Association awarded him with the 2nd place prize for "Excellence in Commentary" for his column in The Revealer, which explores gender and religion. Check out the award-winning column here:

Column More than Missionary: The Mourning AfterFebruary 6, 2024Gillian FrankThe Arkansas legislature approved plans for a memorial to “unborn children” terminated “during the era of Roe v Wade”