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      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
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      Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
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      Have White Evangelicals Finally Lost Control of the Narrative?
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      Do Catholic Responses to Stem Cell-Derived Covid-19 Vaccines Open a Door to a New Era in Health Care for LGBTQ+ and Others?
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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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      Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
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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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      How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture
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Linda Woodhead

Linda Woodhead [@LindaWoodhead] is professor of sociology of religion at Lancaster University and director of the Westminster Faith Debates. www.faithdebates.org.uk

(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesJuly 21, 2014

Right Wing Morality is Costing the Church of England Dearly

By Linda Woodhead

At last. The Church of England’s General Synod has voted to allow women bishops. A…

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawDecember 12, 2013

Note From Across The Pond: Church-State Separation Isn’t For Everyone

By Linda Woodhead

The State Department’s new office for religious engagement should resist the temptation to impose a US model of religious freedom on the world. Church-state separation may work well in the US, but in other contexts, not so much. 

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Culture, Sexuality/GenderDecember 12, 2013

New Poll: ‘Faithful Catholics’ an Endangered Species

By Linda Woodhead

As Pope Francis launches a survey of Catholic opinion, a new survey reveals a yawning gap between the leadership and British Catholics.   

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