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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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      The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication
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      At Launch Rally in Waco, Former President Sets the Stakes for Trump ’24 Campaign with Apocalyptic, Violent, Genocidal Rhetoric
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      Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
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    • Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
      Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
    • 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
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    • At Launch Rally in Waco, Former President Sets the Stakes for Trump ’24 Campaign with Apocalyptic, Violent, Genocidal Rhetoric
      At Launch Rally in Waco, Former President Sets the Stakes for Trump ’24 Campaign with Apocalyptic, Violent, Genocidal Rhetoric
    • Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
      Clues in the Data Suggest That Increase in LGBTQ Acceptance May Be Skewed By Conservative Desire For ‘Respectability’
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      Communicators for Christ: How Homeschool Debate Leagues Shaped the Rising Stars of the Christian 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
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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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David Krueger

David Krueger is an independent scholar, author, and educator based in Philadelphia who writes about American religious history, violence, myths of origin, and popular religious culture. He received a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD in religion from Temple University. He is the author of Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America (University of Minnesota Press, 2015). He is also a radio host with Marginalia Review of Books and serves as a deacon at the Arch Street United Methodist Church in Philadelphia.

Archive, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderAugust 12, 2016

Why Build a Mormon Complex in Philly?

By David Krueger

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in the midst of a massive…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016July 29, 2016

The Irony of Trumpism: A Turning Point for Muslims in American Politics

By David Krueger

The 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia came to an end last night with Hillary…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, StoriesMarch 17, 2016

History Channel’s “Vikings” Subverts and Supports the Violent Heathen Trope

By David Krueger

From Blood Eagle to Blood Libel to “Wilding,” myths of the violent Other have underwritten violence across centuries.

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Archive, Culture, Politics/LawDecember 11, 2015

Trump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident

By David Krueger

Shortly after November’s horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, Al-Aqsa mosque in Philadelphia received a phone…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, StoriesNovember 16, 2015

What Ben Carson’s Pyramid Theory Might Say About His Foreign Policy

By David Krueger

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s theory about the origins of the Egyptian pyramids has been…

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