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Jon Pahl

Jon Pahl is the author of Empire of Sacrifice: The Religious Origins of American Violence, and is working on an English-language biography of Fethullah Gülen.

Archive, Politics/Law, StoriesJanuary 2, 2014

The Irony of the American Studies Israel Boycott

By Jon Pahl

In an effort to create “solidarity” with Palestinian suffering the ASA voted to support a boycott of a nation whose injustices are underwritten by the “A” in the ASA’s name. 

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(A)theologies, Culture, Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderMarch 16, 2009

The Religious Violence of Defending Marriage

By Jon Pahl

Defense of Marriage laws, now in place in over thirty-seven states, are actually a form of religious violence; they violate sacred texts, are idolatrous, and scapegoat a powerless group.

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