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Eric C. Miller

Eric C. Miller is a Professor of Communication Studies at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is editor of The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States (Lexington, 2017).

Archive, Books, Eric C. Miller, RD Blog, Remapping American ChristianitiesMay 31, 2017

The Origin Story of the Evangelical Mindset: A Conversation with Frances FitzGerald

By Eric C. Miller

For anyone who thought they could safely ignore the role of white evangelicals in American…

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Archive, Books, Eric C. Miller, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesNovember 15, 2016

Rising to Heaven in a Secular Rapture: Trump’s Golden Promises

By Eric C. Miller

An interview with sociologist Arlie Hochschild on her years in Tea Party territory.

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Books, Eric C. Miller, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesOctober 31, 2016

Before Breitbart: How Right Wing Media Transformed American Politics

By Eric C. Miller

It didn’t all start with Glenn Beck.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitSeptember 7, 2016

How a Group of Catholic Pacifists Took on the Nuclear State

By Eric C. Miller

These activists have made headlines—and, in many cases, served prison sentences.

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Eric C. Miller, Politics/LawAugust 1, 2016

The Moral Case for Trump?

By Eric C. Miller

In recent weeks, as the reality of Donald Trump’s nomination has continued to settle, op-eds…

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Archive, Books, Eric C. MillerJuly 31, 2016

The “Southern Cage”: How the Myth of the Redemptive Depression Keeps Blacks at the Margins

By Eric C. Miller

An interview with Alison Collis Greene, author of No Depression in Heaven: the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta

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Books, Remapping American Christianities, Special FeaturesApril 21, 2016

Is There Hope for a Truly Progressive Evangelicalism? An Interview with Deborah Jian Lee

By Eric C. Miller

Journalist Deborah Jian Lee is a few months into a book tour for Rescuing Jesus: How…

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Archive, Books, Eric C. Miller, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/Gender, UncategorizedJanuary 28, 2016

Why “Family Values” Defined Conservative Christianity (and Why “Religious Liberty” Has Replaced it)

By Eric C. Miller

From about 1970 until about 2000, American politics was largely driven by concern about the…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Books, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesDecember 1, 2015

Will “Religious Freedom” Be the Issue That Finally Unites the Religious Right?

By Eric C. Miller

It is by now widely accepted that the second half of the 20th century witnessed…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Books, Eric C. Miller, Remapping American Christianities, StoriesOctober 1, 2015

Workers Once Forced the Social Gospel Into Churches—Can It Happen Again?

By Eric C. Miller

Churchly opposition to the early labor movement is a relatively familiar tale, but a new book tells a different story.

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