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      Texas Faith Leaders Say Governor’s Use of Pandemic to Ban Abortion is an Attack on Religious Freedom (Updated)
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      Whether it’s Celebrated by CT or Denied in NYC, Evangelical Proselytizing Isn’t in Quarantine
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      How Do Evangelical Missionaries in Brazil Justify Risking Indigenous Lives During a Pandemic?
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      Why Defacing Confederate Monuments is Morally Justified
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      If Something About Trump’s Bible Photo-Op Felt Familiar There’s a Good Reason
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      Hope & Change in a Racist Nation: A Necessary Disillusion
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      A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
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      Books to Give this Holiday Season to Help Understand the World We’ve Found Ourselves in (and to Help Reimagine a Better One)
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      Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom
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      Whatever COVID-19 Brings, This Chaplain Wants You to Remember That the Death Rate is Ultimately 100%
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      How a Powerful ‘Ex-Gay’ Pastor is Chasing the Latino Vote
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      Religious Leaders Need ‘Empty the Pews’ Which Chronicles the Darker Side of the ‘Nones’ Phenomenon
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      White Evangelical Leaders Still Too Preoccupied With ‘Order’ to Listen to Black Truth
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      If Something About Trump’s Bible Photo-Op Felt Familiar There’s a Good Reason

Marcia Pally

Marcia Pally teaches Multilingual Multicultural Studies at New York University and is a regular guest professor in the theology department at Humboldt University. She is the author of The New Evangelicals, and her upcoming book, Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics , Politics and Theologies of Relationally, will be out in early 2016.

(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawMarch 1, 2016

Clinton vs. Sanders isn’t About Policy, it’s About Power

By Marcia Pally

On Super Tuesday, while commentators, coworkers, friends and family may debate the policies, pasts and perceptions of…

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(A)theologies, Guest Bloggers**, OMFG, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesJanuary 11, 2016

Roy Moore’s Order To Stop Gay Marriage Licenses: A Case of Flawed Theology

By Marcia Pally

The order by Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore that judges stop issuing marriage licenses…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveDecember 18, 2015

False Saviors: Trump, Cruz, and the Gospel of the Quick Fix

By Marcia Pally

Trump, long up in the polls, stays up; Cruz is rising. What do they have…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, StoriesDecember 4, 2015

Act, Pray, Tweet: What the H*ll To Do About Gun Violence?

By Marcia Pally

We’re now averaging more than one mass shooting per day, The Washington Post reported last…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveDecember 2, 2015

“Love Them As Yourself”: God’s Words or IKEA Instructions?

By Marcia Pally

Since the Paris attacks, the right’s response to refugees crisis has been martial: we’re at…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawNovember 16, 2015

Note to GOP Voters: “Political Freedom” Comes With Social Responsibility

By Marcia Pally

The Republican contest in this presidential election, as in many before, is between degrees of…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawNovember 11, 2015

GOP Debate Invokes Lincoln-Roosevelt Gospel, Candidates Take Turns Trampling It

By Marcia Pally

This week’s Republican presidential debate began with a visual homage to Abraham Lincoln and Theodore…

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