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      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
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      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
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Charlotte Gordon

Charlotte Gordon is a professor at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. Her new book is The Woman Who Named God: Abraham?s Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths(Little, Brown). It is a nonfiction retelling of the biblical story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar from a tri-faith perspective.

(A)theologies, Books, RD10Q, Sexuality/GenderMay 12, 2010

Revisiting Hagar, The Woman Who Named God

By Charlotte Gordon

An interview with the author of a new book that takes a critical look at the biblical tale of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar and sons, claiming that this story at the core of anxiety between religions isn’t exactly as it seems.

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(A)theologiesAugust 12, 2009

“Not a Christian Book”: The Perils of the Amazon Book Review

By Charlotte Gordon

In which the author is particularly irritated by a review of her latest book, and explains why.

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(A)theologies, Culture, Politics/LawJuly 2, 2009

Misreading Neda and Judges 19: Death of Young Iranian Woman Is Not a Rallying Cry for War

By Charlotte Gordon

Some, like Paul Wolfowitz, have criticized Obama for not responding to the Iranian election violence, symbolized by Neda, more aggressively.

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Politics/LawJuly 1, 2009

The Double Blessing: Obama, the Bible, and Outreach to Muslims

By Charlotte Gordon

From a religious and biblical perspective, the sons of Isaac have long viewed the sons of Ishmael as potential enemies, and vice versa. Each side sees the other as the opponent in a battle for God’s single blessing. But—in fact—God invented the two-state solution in Genesis 21.

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