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Alana Massey

Alana Massey is a writer covering culture, identity, and labor for publications like Elle, The Guardian, and The Atlantic. She is the author of two non-fiction books, All The Lives I Want and Worth Less, both forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing. She is a graduate of New York University and Yale Divinity School and she lives in New York.

Alana Massey, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 3, 2014

Homophobia Chases Millennials From Church

By Alana Massey

For good.

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Alana Massey, RD BlogFebruary 27, 2014

Religious Belief = Mental Illness: A More Venomous Response

By Alana Massey

Remember: Armchair diagnosis never cured anyone.

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Alana Massey, RD BlogFebruary 17, 2014

Episcopal Church Trades Cross for Seashell

By Alana Massey

You’re a church, start decorating like one.

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Alana Massey, Guest Bloggers, RD BlogJanuary 31, 2014

The Super-Blah Billboard From American Atheists

By Alana Massey

Because it’s high time someone stood up to prayer, that nefarious act that’s reaped so much destruction in our world. Oh wait.

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, RD Blog, ScienceJanuary 14, 2014

In Defense of Richard Dawkins, Awe-Full Scientist

By Alana Massey

Rather than having fights online my hope is that his new memoir will bring out more of the Dawkins that so many came to respect and admire before he was made most famous for his atheism.

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, RD BlogDecember 12, 2013

Want To Know How 84% of the World Sees Itself: Study Theology

By Alana Massey

Individual and group understandings of their ontological positions are ignored to everyone’s peril when we relegate theology to historical study. 

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