Bonnie Kristian is an experienced journalist skilled in compelling opinion writing, concise news delivery, and meticulous editing.
Bonnie is the deputy editor at Christianity Today and a fellow at Defense Priorities. Her next book, forthcoming in 2026, is In Defense of Evangelicalism: A Response to Its Cultured Despisers. She's also the author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing on religion, foreign policy, the modern American right, civil liberties, electoral politics, and more has been published at outlets including The New York Times, The Week, USA Today, CNN, Politico, The New Atlantis, Reason, and The Daily Beast. A graduate of Bethel Seminary, she lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and three children.
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