Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian is an experienced journalist skilled in compelling opinion writing, concise news delivery, and meticulous editing.

Her writing on religion, foreign policy, the modern American right, civil liberties, electoral politics, and more has been widely published at outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Week, Christianity Today, Politico, The New Atlantis, Reason, and The Dispatch.

Her most recent book is In Defense of Evangelicalism: A Response to Its Cultured Despisers (2026). She’s also the author of Untrustworthy (2022) and A Flexible Faith (2018).

A fellow at Defense Priorities and a graduate of Bethel Seminary, she lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and three children.

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