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      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
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    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
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      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
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Liesl Schwabe

Liesl Schwabe has written for Publishers Weekly, Salon, Creative Nonfiction, The Common, and The Writer's Chronicle, among other journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and currently directs the Writing Program at Yeshiva College.

(A)theologies, Archive, Books, CultureApril 5, 2017

Bright Lights, Big Bible: A Liberal, Literary Evangelical Keeps the Faith

By Liesl Schwabe

Raised in an evangelical family in Texas, Macy Halford has been reading My Utmost for His…

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