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      Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
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      Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I
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      AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
    • Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
      Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
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      Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?
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    • Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
      Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
    • 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
    • Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors
      Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors
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    • AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
      AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
    • Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
      Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
    • Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?
      Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?
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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
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      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
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      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
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Amy Fallas

Amy Fallas is a PhD student in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and specializes in Modern Middle East History. Her research and writing focuses on ecumenist movements, Anglo-American missionaries, and religious minorities in Egypt and Lebanon. She has lived and studied across the Middle East, including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman.

(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawMay 26, 2021

Unquestioned Support for Israel Wasn’t Always the Way for Conservative Christians

By Amy Fallas

As civilians in southern Lebanon fled an impending Israeli ground offensive, over three thousand Christian…

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Archive, CultureMay 22, 2020

Hulu’s ERA-Focused Mini-Series ‘Mrs. America’ Reveals an Ongoing Predicament of Progressive Politics

By Amy Fallas

In a key scene of Hulu’s new mini-series Mrs. America, an unexpected cadre of organized…

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History/TheologyFebruary 4, 2019

American Missionary Could Face Genocide Charges, But Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Have a Bigger Problem

By Amy Fallas

While second-generation missionary Steve Campbell faces potential genocide charges, it’s really Brazil’s new right wing president and his evangelical base that may be the target audience for these efforts.

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History/TheologyNovember 29, 2018

The Landmark 85-Year-Old Report Absent From Debates Over Missionary’s Death

By Amy Fallas

It’s not about what we can learn from Chau but what we’ve already learned from our foreign ventures in past.

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