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      Manslaughter Conviction of Brittney Poolaw Represents Pattern of White Christian Policing of Black and Brown Women’s Bodies
    • America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
      America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
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      The Last Licks of Liberal Zionism in America
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      “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
    • North America Has a Hindu Nationalist Problem, and Scholars are On the Frontlines of These Right-Wing Attacks
      North America Has a Hindu Nationalist Problem, and Scholars are On the Frontlines of These Right-Wing Attacks
    • America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
      America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
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    • Manslaughter Conviction of Brittney Poolaw Represents Pattern of White Christian Policing of Black and Brown Women’s Bodies
      Manslaughter Conviction of Brittney Poolaw Represents Pattern of White Christian Policing of Black and Brown Women’s Bodies
    • America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
      America’s ‘Jesus Problem’ is Making Progressive Christians Complicit in Christian Supremacy
    • The Quiet Passing of Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Lynn A. Thompson Suggests Polygamy Recognition Remains a Distant Hope
      The Quiet Passing of Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Lynn A. Thompson Suggests Polygamy Recognition Remains a Distant Hope
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      Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’
    • A New Book By Esteemed Sociologist Robert Wuthnow Struggles to Show ‘Why Religion is Good for American Democracy’
      A New Book By Esteemed Sociologist Robert Wuthnow Struggles to Show ‘Why Religion is Good for American Democracy’
    • Pittsburgh Paradox: A City Haunted by God and Steel
      Pittsburgh Paradox: A City Haunted by God and Steel
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    • “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
      “If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local
    • Manslaughter Conviction of Brittney Poolaw Represents Pattern of White Christian Policing of Black and Brown Women’s Bodies
      Manslaughter Conviction of Brittney Poolaw Represents Pattern of White Christian Policing of Black and Brown Women’s Bodies
    • North America Has a Hindu Nationalist Problem, and Scholars are On the Frontlines of These Right-Wing Attacks
      North America Has a Hindu Nationalist Problem, and Scholars are On the Frontlines of These Right-Wing Attacks

Anne Grant

Anne Grant and her spouse of 52 years were retired United Methodist ministers when they discovered they no longer believed in a supernatural being. An Emmy Award-winning writer, she has begun recounting that story on a Facebook page called “FaithfullySecular.”

(A)theologies, Archive, CultureDecember 21, 2017

I Always Knew Santa Was Make-Believe: A Retired Pastor on Losing Her Faith

By Anne Grant

I always knew Santa was make-believe. My parents taught me Jesus was the reason for…

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