Articles
Five possible vice-presidents and what they might say about the Democrat ticket
Article for The Conversation
With President Biden’s announcement that he will not run for re-election in November, all eyes have turned to his replacement. Many top Democrats, including Biden, have endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris, leading to increased scrutiny over who she might pick as a running mate.
Elise Stefanik is being underrated as a Trump VP pick
Article for The Hill
As the national conversation around former President Trump’s vice presidential pick intensifies, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) stands out as the only woman left on the reported shortlist. A pro-Israel, anti-abortion congresswoman representing New York’s 21st district, Stefanik is also a Catholic.
Politics used to be the evangelical man’s domain. Not anymore
Article for San Francisco Chronicle.
Jill Boswell never used to be political. Like many other suburban moms in her small California town 40 minutes outside Sacramento, her family attended a nondenominational evangelical church, her husband worked a middle-class job and her three children attended the local public school. When it came to politics, Boswell’s engagement was limited to praying for candidates and voting in major elections.
The Rise and Fall of Evangelical Influencers
Article for Religion & Politics on the evangelical influencers, exploring how social media has changed the way that evangelical women live out their faith.
Apostate Women: The Sacrifice Doubt Demands
Essay on leaving religion in relation to Ayala Fader’s Hidden Heretics for the Marginalia Review of Books.
My body betrayed me. It committed treason, until my mind stumbled after it and grabbed hold of it as if to say, “We don’t do that anymore!”
Fault Lines: Beth Moore and Gender Politics within Evangelical Christianity
In response to ‘The Future of U.S Evangelical Christianity’.
Evangelicals and Their Politics: Dispatches from the Field
In the 2016 and 2020 US Presidential elections, evangelical Christians voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. Katie Gaddini unpicks the political relationship this type of Christianity had with Donald Trump, how it changed in 2020, and what it means for American politics moving forward.
Why are so many single women leaving the Church?
Article for famous faith magazine Relevant on the challenges facing single women in the church.
The Women Who Hang in There: Church Times Interview
Interviewed by Madeleine Davies for Church Times, the largest Anglican news source.
In Defense of the Unsayable
In a post for the Infrastructures of Gendered Violence website, I question what can and cannot be said about rape.
Brexit shines light on Church of England rift between leadership and Anglican majority
Article for The Conversation.
Starting Over: On Amber Scorah’s “Leaving the Witness”
Review of Amber Scorah’s new book, detailing her exit from the Jehovah’s Witness.
British Evangelicals Brace for Brexit
Interviewed by Christianity Today about how Evangelicals opposed Brexit.
A Day in the Life: Combatting Gender Violence in Refugee Camps
Interview with Gretchen Emick of the International Rescue Committee.
Academic
Practising Purity: How Single Evangelical Women Negotiate Sexuality
Intersecting Religion and Sexuality: Sociological Perspectives (Chapter 6)
Identities in Flux: British Evangelical Identity in the Time of Brexit and Trump
Journal of Contemporary Religion (January 2022)
Between Pain and Hope: Examining Women’s Marginality in the Evangelical Context
European Journal of Women’s Studies (April 2019)
Book Review of Aliens and Strangers: The Struggle for Coherence in the Everyday Lives of Evangelicals by Anna Strhan.
British Journal of Sociology (February 2016)