Matthew Bowman: How the religious right fueled what the media get wrong about Christians

Believers are too often stereotyped as hypocrites obsessed with sex — and the political battles have helped propel that thinking.

(Alan Gwizdowski | Focus Features) Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown play a preaching couple who have to start over after a scandal at their Baptist megachurch in "Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul," directed by Adamma Ebo, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Matthew Bowman: How the religious right fueled what the media get wrong about Christians

Believers are too often stereotyped as hypocrites obsessed with sex — and the political battles have helped propel that thinking.

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