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Jana Riess

Jana Riess is the author of "The Twible: All the Chapters of the Bible in 140 Characters or Less . . . Now with 68% More Humor!" and "Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor." She has a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University.

How Mormonism Can Save America

Jana Riess
August 2, 2021
Books, Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice
Mormonism teaches me that I don’t get to excommunicate folks from my world just because we disagree. And I am so, so glad of it.

“Which Church Is True?” Isn’t the Right Question Anymore

Jana Riess
July 13, 2019
Church Life, Interfaith
“Why do I even need religion? Like, at all?” Why, indeed?

The Religions in ‘Game of Thrones’

Jana Riess
April 13, 2019
General, Theology
These people are going to need some hope at the end of eight seasons of warfare.

Barbara Brown Taylor Has Holy Envy — and It’s Changed Her Christian Life

Jana Riess
March 18, 2019
Books, Interfaith, Theology
Is there any better way to learn something than to teach it?

Getting Through A Christmas of Grief

Jana Riess
December 3, 2018
Books, Family and Parenting, Theology
I wish I had had this book six years ago, when my mother was dying.

7 Thoughts on Christian Living from Eugene Peterson

Jana Riess
October 24, 2018
Books, Church Life, Theology
Rest in peace, Pastor Peterson, and thank you for your witness.

How the Democratic Party Lost Its Soul—and Can Regain It in the Age of Trump

Jana Riess
August 26, 2018
Books, Politics
When was the last time we saw a Democrat actively court religious leaders—not merely in a calculated way to achieve a political end, but because he or she sincerely tied that political end to sacred principles?

6 Gifts of Aging from Parker Palmer

Jana Riess
July 23, 2018
Books, General, Politics
There’s a whole existential crisis that many people feel when they come to the end of the road of whatever has brought them meaning and purpose.

Why White Evangelicals Voted for Trump: Fear, Power, and Nostalgia

Jana Riess
July 3, 2018
Books, Politics
I worry when evangelical ministers like Paula White, Jerry Falwell Jr., and Robert Jeffress praise Trump as the most Christian president we’ve ever had.

‘Gratitude is Not a Happy Pill’

Jana Riess
May 3, 2018
Books, Church Life, Theology
This is not your typical hearts-and-flowers gratitude book. This accounts for suffering and despair and unexpected election results...This is gratitude on the ground with the feet of people who are fighting and marching for a better world.
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