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Karen E. Park

Karen E. Park is a professor of Theology and Religious Studies at St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. She is the co-editor of American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism (Fordham, 2024).

(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawMay 6, 2025

Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism

By Karen E. Park

Last week, just days after Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome, Trump was…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawMarch 28, 2024

Step Right Up And Get Your Low-Priced ‘Pro-God Content’! Donald Trump Enters the Bible Business

By Karen E. Park

Nearly four years ago on June 1, 2020, Federal officers violently cleared peaceful protestors from…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Sex/Gender/JusticeJuly 20, 2022

Odd Comments by Michigan Football Coach Reveal Who Anti-Abortion Christians Think They’re Defending

By Karen E. Park

This past Sunday, at a “Right to Life dinner and auction” in a Detroit suburb,…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawAugust 26, 2021

Anti-Vaxx Cardinal Burke, Just Off the Ventilator, is Becoming a Living Anti-Abortion Martyr

By Karen E. Park

Earlier this month Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke announced to the world that he had contracted…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Religious LibertyDecember 22, 2020

Why Virginia Governor’s ‘God is Everywhere’ Statement isn’t a Simple Answer to Those Who Want to Worship Together

By Karen E. Park

On December 12, Bishop Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles founder…

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(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawJune 2, 2020

If Something About Trump’s Bible Photo-Op Felt Familiar There’s a Good Reason

By Karen E. Park

Along with many Americans, I watched with shock and fear as President Trump left the…

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Sex/Gender/JusticeApril 29, 2019

How a 15th Century Book on Witchcraft Helps Make Sense of Trump’s Bizarre Baby Execution Story

By Karen E. Park

When Trump claims that women and their doctors are wrapping, rocking, and then cruelly executing babies, he is engaging in a complex narrative rhetoric designed to both titillate and mobilize those in power against those whom they hate.

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History/Theology, Sex/Gender/JusticeJune 8, 2018

Is #MeToo Misogyny ‘Unbiblical’? Southern Baptist Women Test Limits of Biblical Inerrancy

By Karen E. Park

If conservative Christians want to challenge the misogyny in their institutions, they should be applauded and supported. But their call for change will remain problematic as long as they claim Biblical inerrancy as their reason for this call.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Politics/LawApril 5, 2018

Trump’s Easter Egg Roll: Inauthentic Christianity in a Bunny Suit

By Karen E. Park

On the Monday after Easter, the Trump White House hosted the annual Easter Egg Roll…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/LawDecember 13, 2017

The 17th Century Roots of Roy Moore’s Refusal to Concede the Election

By Karen E. Park

If we should change from a mixed aristocracy to mere democracy, first we should have…

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