[This is a column I wrote for the New York Review of Books that published on Friday. Inasmuch as I’m allowed to, I’m publishing things I’ve written that are firewalled by other publications here, so you can get my writing in one place without paying for several different subs. So the below is reprinted, with permission.]

Southern Baptists’ Losing Faith

Hardliners want to take over the convention and impose their ultra-conservative values—but they’re fighting over a shrinking franchise. Prosperity gospel megachurches are winning market share.