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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
    • In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
      In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
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    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
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    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
      Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
    • Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
      Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
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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
      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
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
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    • 2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
      2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
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Alana Massey

Alana Massey is a writer covering culture, identity, and labor for publications like Elle, The Guardian, and The Atlantic. She is the author of two non-fiction books, All The Lives I Want and Worth Less, both forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing. She is a graduate of New York University and Yale Divinity School and she lives in New York.

(A)theologies, Christian Nationalism, History/Theology, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeOctober 11, 2018

Trump’s Pathological Devotion to Border Walls Isn’t Political, It’s Theological

By Alana Massey

His hollow performances of Christian piety are so illegible because Trump’s object of worship isn’t the God of Abraham, or even the United States. To Trump, land borders themselves are holy, worth honoring with menacing shrines and protecting with the blood of innocents.

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Alana Massey, Archive, Culture, Science & Technology, The CubitOctober 14, 2016

Will a New Dawkins Foundation-Sponsored App Help Atheists Talk to Believers?

By Alana Massey

The most outspoken non-believers have been antagonistic, bombastic, and sometimes profoundly embarrassing older white men.

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, Archive, Culture, Remapping American Christianities, Special FeaturesAugust 7, 2016

Jesus Christ and Super Stars: How The Holy Rolled Mainstream in Pop Music

By Alana Massey

Those panicking over the rise of the Nones have been looking for the youth in the wrong places and asking them the wrong questions when they do find them. Christianity, and a very orthodox Christianity at that, is hiding in plain sight.

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, Archive, Books, RD Blog, StoriesJanuary 27, 2015

As Long As There’s Fear, We Aren’t Ready for Atheism: A Conversation with Theologian and Ex-Priest Daniel Maguire

By Alana Massey

Professor Daniel C. Maguire’s latest book, Christianity Without God: Moving beyond the Dogmas and Retrieving…

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, RD BlogSeptember 9, 2014

Must James Foley and Steven Sotloff Be Martyrs to Not Have Died in Vain?

By Alana Massey

The recent arrival of ISIS in the international spotlight has demonstrated once again that there…

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(A)theologies, Alana Massey, Archive, RD Blog, UncategorizedAugust 21, 2014

James Foley Prayed, But He Was Not a Martyr

By Alana Massey

One of many of the unbecoming habits of career non-believers is the mockery of prayer….

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Alana Massey, RD Blog, StoriesMarch 19, 2014

For Love or Threat: Pro-Life Prayer Includes Names, Photos of Abortion-Rights Advocates

By Alana Massey

Is it believable that the Pro-Life Action League, a group with a spotty past, has published identifying information of abortion-rights activists in order to help supporters pray for individuals?   

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Alana Massey, RD Blog, StoriesMarch 18, 2014

You Can’t be the Face of Religious Liberty and Spew Hatred of Religion

By Alana Massey

Note to atheist champions of religious liberty.

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Alana Massey, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 17, 2014

Does God Hate the Terminally Ill Fred Phelps?

By Alana Massey

The ugliness (and irony) of rejoicing in Fred Phelps’ death.

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Alana Massey, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 7, 2014

Who Threatens Marriage More: Gays Who Value the Sacrament or Atheists Who Don’t?

By Alana Massey

Go on, ask the Church of England.

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