To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds
In February of this year, I wrote on RD that Fox News journalist Caleb Parke…
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RD Response to Fox Crit of White Supremacy in Yoga Engages in Victim Blaming
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing…
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“Reconciliation” With Indigenous People is Comforting For Many Canadians, But is a Christian Concept Up To The Task?
As in many other parts of the world, Canadian news is often filled with the…
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Fox News Controversy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion
A recent Fox News headline, “Americans who Practice Yoga Contribute to White Supremacy, Michigan State…
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Among the Problems with Trump’s Proposed Ban: Who is a Muslim?
Islamophobia is trending.
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The “Good Guy With a Gun” Myth
On the windy bluffs of Weehawken, New Jersey, overlooking Manhattan, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr…
Read MoreThe Risk of Teaching Theology in a Public University: A Response
A year ago, the University of California at Berkeley announced that it had been awarded…
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Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race
Speaking broadly, white supremacist ideas rest on two premises. One is about power. The other…
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Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps
Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god,…
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Serra’s Actions Aren’t the Only Reason to Lament His Canonization
The only good that I find in a St. Serra is that it could force us all to meditate on the ambivalence that haunts Christianity in this hemisphere.
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