Jana Riess

Jana Riess

On Joss Whedon, cancel culture, and the Bible

I won’t be torching my Harry Potter books or throwing my Buffy DVDs on a bonfire. I’d have to throw my Bible to the flames as well. by Jana Riess…

Jana Riess

I am appalled by America

by Jana Riess; Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/12/04/i-am-appalled-by-america/

Jana Riess

White evangelicals courted Trump’s toxic masculinity for decades

by Jana Riess in Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/22/white-evangelicals-didnt-hold-their-noses-to-vote-for-trump-his-toxic-masculinity-is-what-theyve-been-defending-for-decades/ Jana speaks with Kristin Du Mez about her new book, “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured…

Jana Riess

Learning (again) to walk in the dark

by Jana Riess A reflection on the pandemic, being a Christian, and Barbara Brown Taylor's book. https://religionnews.com/2020/04/28/learning-again-to-walk-in-the-dark/

Jana Riess

If we’re reimagining church, let’s take it outside

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2020/04/22/if-were-reimagining-church-lets-take-it-outside/

Jana Riess

Two strangers just saved my dog’s life

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2020/03/27/two-strangers-just-saved-my-dogs-life/

Jana Riess

Who rescued whom?

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2020/02/18/who-rescued-whom/

Jana Riess

It’s time for me to fast. It may be time for you, too.

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2020/01/22/its-time-for-me-to-fast-it-may-be-time-for-you-too/

Jana Riess

Postcards from the Protestant decline in America

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2019/12/10/postcards-from-the-protestant-decline-in-america/

Jana Riess, Religion News Service

Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics

by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2019/10/15/billy-graham-franklin-graham-and-the-dangers-of-mixing-religion-and-politics/

Jana Riess

5 tips for churches on how to hold onto millennials and GenZ

https://religionnews.com/2019/09/13/5-tips-for-holding-on-to-millennial-and-genz-christians/

Jana Riess

Mormon men are groomed not to listen to women

I've postponed writing this for nearly a week because it is rarely helpful to lash out in anger. I like to take time to reflect. But I am so very…

Jana Riess

Mormonism and LGBT rights: Some progress, even more questions

https://religionnews.com/2019/04/18/mormonism-and-lgbt-rights-some-progress-even-more-questions/

Jana Riess

What’s crazy about religion on Game of Thrones

https://religionnews.com/2019/04/13/whats-crazy-about-religion-on-game-of-thrones/

Jana Riess

Why journalists will keep using the word “Mormon”

https://religionnews.com/2019/03/07/why-journalists-will-keep-using-the-word-mormon/