Turn on the News: Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Faith Doesn’t Matter (But Amy Coney Barrett’s Did)
By the time you read this, Ketanji Brown Jackson will almost certainly have been confirmed…
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‘Russkii Mir,’ the Russian Equivalent of ‘Blood & Soil’ Ideology at the Heart of Putin’s War, Explained and Rejected by Theologians in New Statement
A new statement by Orthodox Christian theologians—some of whom sign from Russia—dramatically illustrates what’s at…
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Kirill’s Sermon May Be Bad Preaching and Even Worse Theology — But it’s a Top-Notch Rejection of Liberal Democracy
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, gave a sermon on forgiveness this…
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Turn on the News: Some Abortion Opponents May Opt For a New Vaccine, But Behind Their Skepticism it’s Often a Different Story — of Disinformation, Conspiratorial Thinking, and White Nationalism
In my younger, snottier days, I would have made short work of this piece by…
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Satanic Harmonies and Zoom Church: Readers Respond
I promised from the outset of this column that it would feature feedback from readers,…
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Turn On The News: Ending Zoom Church is a Great Idea for a Column — Provided You Completely Ignore the Disability Perspective
In a New York Times opinion piece released over the weekend, Tish Harrison Warren argues…
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Turn On The News: The Times Has to Make a Choice: It Can’t Laugh at Satanic Claims and Take the Christian Right at Face Value
Allow me to play devil’s advocate for a moment, so to speak. Have you ever…
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Turn On The News: This Isn’t a Split, It’s a Tiny Sliver of Conservatives Walking Out the Door — Introducing A New Media Criticism Column
It’s hard to imagine a news article less challenging to the cultural hegemony of conservative…
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UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
UPDATE, July 27: The Catholic journalist Tony Spence points out that the Diocese of Lansing…
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Confronting the Rise in Conspiracy Thinking … With Wisdom Literature
Oh, dear. The fringes are coming together. As reported by the Washington Post, a new…
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