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David R. Brockman

David R. Brockman, a religious studies scholar and Christian theologian, is a nonresident scholar in Religion and Public Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. He also serves as an adjunct lecturer in religion at Texas Christian University. He is the author of No Longer the Same: Religious Others and the Liberation of Christian Theology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Dialectical Democracy through Christian Thought: Individualism, Relationalism, and American Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and he is co-editor, with Ruben L. F. Habito, of The Gospel Among Religions: Christian Ministry, Theology, and Spirituality in a Multifaith World (Orbis Books, 2010).

(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyApril 20, 2020

Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)

By David R. Brockman

UPDATE April 21: On April 20, after this article appeared, the 5th Circuit Court of…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeApril 2, 2020

New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should be a Warning for the Whole Country

By David R. Brockman

“Our [Founding] Fathers intended that this nation should be a Christian nation, not because all…

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Archive, History/TheologyNovember 19, 2018

Despite Reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ Bias Remains in Texas Curriculum

By David R. Brockman

This year’s streamlining process managed to nudge the standards in the direction of less biased coverage of the world’s religions, but much work remains if Texas students are to receive balanced instruction.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawSeptember 29, 2015

Why We Should Stop Trying to Pigeonhole This Pope

By David R. Brockman

Throughout Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit, people talked about him in terms of a sharply polarized American politics….

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(A)theologies, Archive, Books, Politics/Law, StoriesDecember 17, 2014

6 Overlooked Takeaways From a Reviewer of Controversial Texas Textbooks

By David R. Brockman

In September 2014, I found myself standing before a mostly hostile Texas State Board of…

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