Laura Harbert Allen
12 posts
Protestant Leaders Balance Cultural Divides as LGBTQ Issues Split Appalachian Statehouses
On a cloudy March evening, Roxy von Teddy stands in front of what used to be the altar…
May 18, 2023
Food and Faith: Church Dinners Have Served as Places to Build Community for Generations
For years, Roberta Lee Levine has baked noodle kugel – a traditional Jewish egg noodle casserole made with…
March 2, 2023
White Supremacy and White Christianity, An Interview with Author Robert P. Jones
In his book “White Too Long,” Robert P. Jones, president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute,…
October 18, 2022
White Supremacy in White American Christianity, Explained
The phrase “White Christian Nationalism” may well be the religious term of 2022. Since the House Subcommittee hearings…
September 15, 2022
Why the Religion Beat? Reporting on Faith Can Protect Our Democracy
I’ve been asked the same question for a few months now. It goes something like this: “Why the…
August 16, 2022
Kentucky Flooding Tests Faith-based Disaster Response in Appalachia as Church Membership Declines
In eastern Kentucky, they waited for the rain to stop. “I’ve never heard that much rain that hard…
August 4, 2022