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    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
      Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
  • Politics/Law
    • Pew Finds Trump-Era Increase in the ‘Evangelical’ Label — And Yes, They’re ‘Real’ Evangelicals
      Pew Finds Trump-Era Increase in the ‘Evangelical’ Label — And Yes, They’re ‘Real’ Evangelicals
    • A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
      A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
    • Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
      Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
  • Religious Liberty
    • As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
      As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
    • 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)
      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)
    • Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
      Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
      Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
      The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
  • New Books
    • The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
      The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
    • A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
      A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture

Michael Schulson

Michael Schulson is a freelance writer and an associate editor at Religion Dispatches, where he co-produces The Cubit, RD's religion and science portal.

(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Michael SchulsonMarch 31, 2017

Maybe The Question Is: *Should* Shabbat Be The New Yoga?

By Michael Schulson

In a recent article at Bloomberg Businessweek, Jennifer Miller examines the budding Jewish wellness-and-lifestyle scene—think…

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Archive, Michael Schulson, New BooksMarch 21, 2017

You Are What You Eat: New Book on Cannibalism Reimagines What It Means to Be Made of Flesh

By Michael Schulson

Bill Schutt’s new book, Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History, is a startling reminder of how strange…

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UncategorizedFebruary 16, 2017

Going Beyond “No Duh”: Michael Schulson Responds to Kate Blanchard

By Michael Schulson

What is obvious to a religion scholar may not be obvious to a citizen who has never taken a religious studies class, met a Muslim, or thought about either Islam or religious liberty outside the frames offered by cable news.

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Archive, Science, The CubitJanuary 9, 2017

Trickle-Down Metaphysics and the Dawn of a Trumpian New Age

By Michael Schulson

The complex of American individualism and optimism encompasses both prosperity gospel Christians and California yogis, who may often have more in common than they realize.

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(A)theologies, New BooksDecember 6, 2016

When Religious Disagreement Seems the Least of Our Problems: The Future for “Interfaith” in a Divided Society

By Michael Schulson

A review of Eboo Patel’s new book, “Interfaith Leadership: a Primer.”

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Culture, Michael Schulson, Politics/LawNovember 14, 2016

Revisiting Philip Roth’s 2004 Novel that Predicted the Trump Election

By Michael Schulson

It’s difficult to think of a better example of the rigorous, imaginative work that will be necessary to prepare for a Trump presidency.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Science, The CubitNovember 7, 2016

The Islamophobia Election: How “Muslim” Became a Racial Identity

By Michael Schulson

A Q&A with sociologist Saher Selod.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Michael Schulson, Politics/LawNovember 6, 2016

“Reason to Worry”: An Anti-Semitism Scholar Opens Up on Trump, Misogyny and the Future of Anti-Judaism

By Michael Schulson

David Nirenberg, historian of Judaism, spoke with RD about Twitter, Trump, and the parallels between anti-Semitism and misogyny.

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Have White Evangelicals Become More Accepting of Candidates’ Personal Immorality, as New Data Suggests?
Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Science, The CubitOctober 20, 2016

Have White Evangelicals Become More Accepting of Candidates’ Personal Immorality, as New Data Suggests?

By Michael Schulson

In a recent survey, 72 percent of white evangelicals said immorality wasn’t a detriment to being a good public servant.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Science, The CubitOctober 19, 2016

Politics in a Fallen World: Lying, Fact-Checkers, and the Future of Civilization

By Michael Schulson

When, if ever, is it acceptable to lie?

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