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      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
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      Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
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      As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
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      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
    • As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
      As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
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    • Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
      Progressive Christians: Don’t Look to the Bible For Abortion Rights Arguments — Women’s Autonomy is Not a Biblical Value
    • Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
      Americans Must Stop Thinking of the United States Supreme Court as a Court of Law
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      Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family
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Kate Blanchard

Kate Blanchard is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Alma College in central Michigan. She is the author of The Protestant Ethic or The Spirit of Capitalism: Christians, Freedom, and Free Markets (Cascade 2010) and co-author of An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics (Baylor 2014).

(A)theologies, Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawOctober 13, 2020

The Religious Reason Many Americans Refuse to Wear Masks

By Kate Blanchard

Even in the most evangelical phase of my life, when I was a college student…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveOctober 4, 2017

First Things First: Sexual Equality Just Is

By Kate Blanchard

I am a liberal Christian, but I generally think well of First Things as a…

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Kate Blanchard, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American ChristianitiesFebruary 16, 2017

Why “Religion or Politics?” Is the Wrong Question

By Kate Blanchard

No wonder Americans are so unhappy—we have made a virtue of denying ourselves integrity in favor of psycho-somatic division.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Kate Blanchard, RD BlogDecember 27, 2016

Teaching World Religion in the Dumpster Fire

By Kate Blanchard

How different might this election cycle have been had more voters been willing to be curious about, understand, accept, or even embrace a pluralist nation, rather than panic in the face of the other?

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(A)theologies, Archive, Remapping American ChristianitiesJuly 3, 2016

The Sacred Myths of My People: A 4th of July Reflection

By Kate Blanchard

I recently had the great pleasure of visiting Washington, DC with my tween. With its…

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(A)theologies, Kate Blanchard, Remapping American ChristianitiesMay 31, 2016

Cafeteria Christianity in the Age of Social Media: What’s Old Is New Again

By Kate Blanchard

When people ask questions like “Why do we pick and choose our religious beliefs?” they…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Kate Blanchard, RD BlogOctober 23, 2014

Maher vs. Aslan: Is Religion an All-Powerful Force or Mere Window Dressing?

By Kate Blanchard

I have been following, with some glee, the verbal spankings that Bill Maher and other…

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(A)theologies, Kate Blanchard, OMFG, RD BlogJune 12, 2014

Note to David Brat: Free Markets Are Not Calvinist

By Kate Blanchard

On the occasion of Dave Brat’s rise to (perhaps short-lived) fame, I wish to take…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesFebruary 13, 2014

[This Valentine’s Day] Less Sex is Good Sex!

By Kate Blanchard

A recent article connecting marital equality with a less active sex life set off a firestorm… but is everyone asking the wrong questions?

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Kate Blanchard, Sexuality/GenderMay 1, 2013

To All Abortion Purists:

By Kate Blanchard

The ‘morning after’ Gosnell: Can we agree on some of the basics? 

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