"She championed the voices and experiences of people who often were ignored or marginalized in the church," Bessey told NPR. Rachel Held Evans, a progressive Christian author whose writing challenged traditional evangelical views on politics and the role of women and LGBTQ members of the church, died on Saturday. "The hospital team worked to diagnose the primary cause of her seizures and proactively treated for some known possible causes for which diagnostics were not immediately available due to physical limitations," he wrote. Rachel Held Evans was a heretic. Daniel Evans via Chaffee Management On Saturday, he wrote that she had been weaned from coma medication, but seizures had continued and severe swelling of her brain had been found, which he wrote caused severe damage that "ultimately was not survivable. Rachel Held Evans amassed a loyal following over more than a decade of reflecting on faith issues. © 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. 'Remember that you are dust and to dust you will return.' How Did Rachel Held Evans Die? ", While Evans was hospitalized, fans and friends took to Twitter, using the hashtag #prayforRHE to share what she meant to them. How do I vote in my state in the 2020 election? Her popular writing and views on Christianity often enraged traditional evangelicals. ", We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020. To everyone who has prayed, called, texted, driven, flown, given of themselves physically and financially to help ease this burden: Thank you. "It strikes me today that the liturgy of Ash Wednesday teaches something that nearly everyone can agree on," she wrote. " She was 37. Death is a part of life. Rachel Held Evans, a popular, progressive Christian writer who challenged the traditional evangelical views, died Saturday, her husband confirmed in a blog post. Rachel's presence in this world was a gift to us all and her work will long survive her. She served on former President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. "I cannot express how much the support means to me and our kids. Rachel Held Evans amassed a loyal following over more than a decade of reflecting on faith issues. "That was a challenge because my husband and I have a very egalitarian relationship," Evans told NPR's Guy Raz ahead of the book's release, "so it was kind of weird trying to impose a hierarchy onto that relationship.". She died on Saturday. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. Evans was the author of several books, including "Faith Unraveled," "The Year of Biblical Womanhood," "Searching for Sunday" and "Inspired." I feel like I'm telling someone else's story," he wrote. Tributes to her poured out online with the hashtags #BecauseOfRHE and #PrayForRHE. The Dayton, Tennessee, native wrote books that examined faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt, her website states. We are privileged. In 2012 she published a second book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, about her experience trying to follow the Bible's standards for women, which included submitting to her husband's authority. Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballots, What we know – and don't know – about Hunter Biden's alleged laptop, "I know nothing about QAnon": Trump doesn't denounce conspiracy, New details emerge after mayor's resignation, reporter's arrest, Trump files Supreme Court request to stop release of his tax records. Evans was born in Alabama in 1981 and moved to Dayton, Tenn., as a teenager according to Slate. Over the next 10 days and transfers between three facilities, Evans was comatose. "This swelling event caused severe damage and ultimately was not survivable. Rachel Held Evans, a progressive Christian author whose writing challenged traditional evangelical views on politics and the role of women and LGBTQ members of the church, died … Christian writer Rachel Held Evans dies at 37 01:37 (CNN) Rachel Held Evans, a New York Times best-selling author, died Saturday morning at age 37, according to a … Evans’ Husband Dan Evans Described His Wife’s Passing as ‘Surreal’ & ‘a Nightmare’ Dan Evans had … ", "This entire experience is surreal," Daniel Evans wrote. He said that during treatment for an infection, doctors found she was having constant seizures. rachelheldevans.com "But I … (I’m totally going to miss GOT! ", Christian writer Rachel Held Evans dies at 37, LGBTQ culture and its relationship with evangelicals. "This entire experience is surreal," he wrote. Later that year she wrote an article for Vox justifying her decision to vote for Hillary Clinton as an anti-abortion Christian. hide caption. She was 37. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Rachel Held Evans, a popular, progressive Christian writer who challenged the traditional evangelical views, died Saturday, her husband confirmed in a blog post. Evans was hospitalized in mid-April for what she described in a tweet as "a flu + UTI combo and a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotics they gave me." I'm grateful to you all for your words of comfort and love. Evans was placed in a medically-induced coma in April 2019 following an allergic reaction to medication for an infection. She eventually left the evangelical church, writing in 2016 that "church universal is so much bigger than white American evangelicalism, and that's going to become ever more apparent in the months and years to come.". ", First published on May 4, 2019 / 10:12 PM. Thursday, Evans had "sudden and extreme" changes in her vitals. Her first book, originally titled Evolving in Monkey Town and later republished as Faith Unraveled, charted the evolution of her faith and her struggle with questions around Christianity. She spent more than a decade writing about what she described as "faith, doubt and life in the Bible Belt" on her blog. Seeing how deeply and widely she was loved blesses us," wrote writer Sarah Blessey. "I keep hoping it's a nightmare from which I'll awake. She was 37. I feel like I'm telling someone else's story.". 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In her last post, on March 6, Evans wrote about the beginning of Lent and the frustration and grief that readers of faith might have over their own churches, citing recent divisions in the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ inclusion. At age 37, Evan’s has died as a result of severe swelling on the brain. ). In 2016 she gave birth to the first of her two children and wrote about becoming a new parent. "Even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it," she wrote, "I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place. On Saturday, he wrote that she had experienced extensive brain swelling after being weaned out of the coma. "I keep hoping it's a nightmare from which I'll awake. My prayer for you this season is that you make time to celebrate that reality, and to grieve that reality, and that you will know you are not alone. Evans amassed a loyal following over more than a decade of reflecting on faith issues. "The team worked until Friday afternoon to the best of their ability to save her," Daniel wrote. An Episcopalian, she was a popular and sometimes divisive figure among evangelicals. An Episcopalian, she became a popular — and sometimes divisive — figure among evangelicals. Seminarian Becky Castle Miller wrote that she'd seen many women who said they wouldn't have pursued the ministry if not for Evans, adding, "I'm one of them.". Her writing pushed theological boundaries and sparked debates, as she challenged traditional evangelical interpretations of the Bible, including those on the role of LGBTQ people in the church, for whom she was a vocal advocate. In 2015, The Washington Post called her the "most polarizing woman in evangelicalism." As of Saturday she had about 163,000 followers on Twitter. On April 19, Evans' husband, Daniel, began posting updates about her health on her blog. Being with her to the end is one of the greatest honors of my life. The 37-year-old Christian Writer Was Hospitalized Mid-April For An Allergic Reaction, But Passed Away On May 4th Due To Brain Swelling. She was also a featured contributor to the CNN Belief Blog where she wrote articles discussing, "This is a dream come true for any writer, of course, but even more meaningful than making the elusive 'list' has been hearing the stories of readers impacted by the book," Evans wrote in. She died on Saturday. My prayer for you this season is that you make time to celebrate that reality, and to grieve that reality, and that you will know you are not alone. "We plan to raise him Christian, despite of our own persistent doubts about God and struggles with the Church," she wrote. Her husband, Daniel Evans, had been updating on her blog about her health, writing that she had been placed in a medically-induced coma. She is survived by her husband and two children. Doctors began weaning Evans off coma medication Tuesday, but she "did not return to an alert state during this process," her husband wrote. "I thought God wanted to use me to show gay people how to be straight. Her husband wrote, "This gaping raw wound in my life isn’t something I can fix." Instead God used gay people to show me how to be Christian.". It is appointed once a man to die, and then the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). An Episcopalian, she was a popular and sometimes divisive figure among evangelicals. ", He thanked everyone who had prayed, offered the family support and donated money. "I thought I was called to challenge the atheists, but the atheists ended up challenging me," she wrote in a 2016 post detailing her college graduation years earlier. By May 2, "severe swelling of the brain" worsened her condition, and she died on May 4. In late 2007, she started her own blog, calling it a "traveler's forum" for faith journeys. Battleground Tracker: Biden leads in Michigan and Nevada, race tied in Iowa, A behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed, With more mail-in ballots, officials urge patience on election night, Americans and the right to vote: Why it's not easy for everyone, Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts.

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