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      One Year After 1/6, Media Still Refuse to Recognize Authoritarian Christianity
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      Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection
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      Novak Djokovic, Extraordinary Tennis Player, Ordinary Orthodox Anti-Vaxxer
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      Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause
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      As US Reaches a 1940s Fork in the Road — Which Path Will We Choose?
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      Scolding Those Who Choose Pets But No Children Pope Misses the Rainforest for the Trees
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      This Isn’t a Split, It’s a Tiny Sliver of Conservatives Walking Out the Door — Introducing A New Media Criticism Column
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      ‘Theological Porn’: The Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 is a Tie
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    • Do Make Trouble: The Complex World of Radical Jewish ‘Revenge Theologian,’ Meir Kahane
      Do Make Trouble: The Complex World of Radical Jewish ‘Revenge Theologian,’ Meir Kahane
    • ‘We Remember a United States That Fought the Nazis’: A German Scholar of Fascism Weighs in on Christian Nationalism in the U.S.
      ‘We Remember a United States That Fought the Nazis’: A German Scholar of Fascism Weighs in on Christian Nationalism in the U.S.
    • In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
      In a New Manifesto Framing ‘Wokeness’ as Religion John McWhorter Sounds Like Moses Condemning Israel for Worshipping Golden Calf of Black Power
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    • Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause
      Praying for a Victory: Packed Supreme Court Takes Up Yet Another Christian Nationalist Cause
    • The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      The Uses and Abuses of the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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      Is Proselytizing Ever Okay? Are We All Proselytizing All The Time?

Evan Derkacz

Evan Derkacz, editor of Religion Dispatches, was previously an editor and writer at the award-winning web magazine AlterNet.org from 2003-2007. Before that, he worked for Tikkun magazine. His writing has appeared in McSweeney's, AlterNet, The Huffington Post and Start Making Sense (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004). He has been interviewed on Air America and Pacifica Radio.

The EditorsDecember 19, 2012

John Lennon + New York City vs. Qur’an-Burning Pastor

By Evan Derkacz

No contest.

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Tweet of the Day: If You Think Newtown Was God’s Will…
The EditorsDecember 17, 2012

Tweet of the Day: If You Think Newtown Was God’s Will…

By Evan Derkacz

Diana Butler Bass has a message for you. 

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The EditorsOctober 26, 2012

God Responds to Mourdock Comment

By Evan Derkacz

Hint: He’s not happy.

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Election 2012, The EditorsOctober 15, 2012

Did Billy Graham Really Tell Romney He’d ‘Help’?

By Evan Derkacz

It’s being widely reported, but there’s just one problem… okay, two. There are at least two problems…  

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The EditorsOctober 1, 2012

Is Yoga ‘Incompatible with Catholic Faith’?

By Evan Derkacz

Fear of a yoga planet, part MMCXVII.

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The EditorsSeptember 5, 2012

Bill Nye Video Riles Creationists

By Evan Derkacz

Really? Are we having this discussion?

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The EditorsAugust 20, 2012

What Religious “Hostility” Looks Like

By Evan Derkacz

Tony Perkins’ sudden survey paints a picture of Christians under siege. 

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Guest Bloggers, The EditorsAugust 19, 2012

Family Research Council is Attacked—Tony Perkins is Quick to Blame SPLC

By Evan Derkacz

The FRC prez argues that his org’s designation as a hate group is what drove the shooter.

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The EditorsJuly 17, 2012

The Corrections: Douthat Edition

By Evan Derkacz

Yes, Episcopal priests have embraced other traditions. But Ross, the Church didn’t embrace those priests.

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Sexuality/Gender, The EditorsJuly 2, 2012

Laura Ingraham Hangs Up on Rev. Over Jesus/Abortion Comments

By Evan Derkacz

WWJD about abortion? Well, we sort of know.

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