Ex-Vangelical YouTuber Brenda Marie Davies Preaches Progressive Faith To Next Generation
Plus targeted killing of civilians in Kashmir, "The Jim Bakker Show" and more headlines
Hi ReligionUnplugged readers,
Brenda Marie Davies, a 38-year-old former model, is a leading voice of progressive Christianity and represents the way that the Internet is changing the choices available to spiritual seekers.
“I always told people, ‘I’m a Christian but not like that,’ and I always meant ‘I’m a Christian, but I don’t hate gay people,’ or ‘I’m not going to judge you for x, y and z,’” she said in an interview with Paige Hagy for ReligionUnplugged.
Davies runs a YouTube channel called “God is Grey,” where she stirs conversation about Christian theology and discusses her views on the harms of purity culture and more.
Meanwhile our correspondent in India, Zaffar Iqbal, reports on recent conflict in Kashmir, the worst violence in more than a year.
“The killing of at least five civilians in Kashmir in less than 48 hours has plunged India’s Himalayan territory into grief and anger,” Zaffar reports. He writes on the conflict that led to these deaths and the future ramifications of the violence.
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Ex-Vangelical YouTuber Brenda Marie Davies Preaches Progressive Faith To Next Generation
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