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      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
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      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
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      Alabama Yoga Debate Focusing on the Wrong Question
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      Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
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Galen Watts

Galen Watts is a PhD Candidate in the Cultural Studies Graduate Program at Queen’s University. He researches the basic values, belief-systems, and practices that inform contemporary spirituality among millennials in Canada in order to discern its social and political implications, broadly understood.

History/TheologyMay 18, 2018

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

By Galen Watts

Attempts to criticize the efficacy of AA on the basis of its scientific credibility, or its degree of rationality (not to mention attempts to defend it on these bases) reflect a grave misunderstanding.

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(A)theologies, Archive, CultureMay 18, 2018

Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Religion?

By Galen Watts

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was established in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, American…

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