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      Times’ Link of NOI With Capitol Killer is Based on Flawed Comparison Between Rightwing Christian Nationalism and Black Religious Nationalism
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      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
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      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
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      Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
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      Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
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      As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
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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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      It’s Time for Democrats to Read the Bible Verses on the Wall and Stop Courting White Evangelicals
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      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
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Jonathan Malesic

Jonathan Malesic is a writer in Dallas. He is the author of Secret Faith in the Public Square: An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity (Brazos Press, 2009). His essays on religion, work, and education have appeared in The New Republic, America, the Washington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications. He has a Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Virginia and is currently writing a book about the spiritual costs of the American work ethic. Subscribe to his newsletter at http://tinyletter.com/jonmalesic.

OMFGOctober 16, 2018

Why Dallas Republicans Skipped an Interfaith Forum

By Jonathan Malesic

The Republicans’ absence challenges stereotypes about Dallas and reveals something about how they want to frame the relationship between religion and politics.

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History/Theology, OMFG, Politics/LawSeptember 11, 2018

The Bible Passage at the Root of the House’s Punitive Farm Bill

By Jonathan Malesic

More often, the point is that you don’t have any dignity if you aren’t working for wages. It’s not about honor. It’s about shame.

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Politics/LawDecember 20, 2017

“You’re F*cked”: How Pouncing on Mistakes Helps the Right Escape Moral Accountability

By Jonathan Malesic

“If you make a mistake, another mistake, there is a very severe possibility that you’re…

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(A)theologies, OMFGNovember 8, 2017

The Trumpocalypse: One Year Down, 999 to Go

By Jonathan Malesic

The Trumpocalypse began a year ago today. That means it’s time to check in with…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Culture, Politics/LawOctober 23, 2017

Opting for Lucy Over Linus: Watching The Great Pumpkin in the Age of Trump

By Jonathan Malesic

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveOctober 3, 2017

Time to Reject the “We’re All Sinners” Defense of Religious Conservatives

By Jonathan Malesic

Nobody’s perfect. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Paul wrote…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveApril 18, 2017

Douthat’s Wager: Go to Church, Even If You Don’t Believe

By Jonathan Malesic

If you are a secular liberal who made your twice-yearly trip to church on Easter…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawJanuary 10, 2017

Right Wing Suspicion of Experts is Martin Luther’s Fault

By Jonathan Malesic

One hopes that we can together strike a wise balance between suspicion and deference with respect to expertise.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesOctober 19, 2016

When Being “Christian” Means Supporting Trump: An Argument For Hiding Your Faith

By Jonathan Malesic

I am not arguing that Clinton is the obvious choice for Christian voters, just that Trump is obviously not.

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