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    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
      Please Stop Using Islam to Critique the Abortion Ban: It Only Excuses the Very Christian, Very White Roots of Anti-Choice Movements
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
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    • A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
      A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
    • Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
      Strange Bedfellows: The American Far-Right and Today’s Jihad Do Have Something in Common — Just Not What You Think
    • The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
      The Biggest Lesson Learned From the US War in Afghanistan is How Little We’ve Learned
  • Religious Liberty
    • As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
      As White Evangelical Vaccine Refusal Reminds Us, Sometimes Religion is the Problem
    • UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
      UPDATED: Turning Catholic School’s Anti-Mask Theology Into a Faith Argument is Just Fine With Religious Right (Even if it is Based on Garbage Theology)
    • Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
      Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Religious Freedom: A Flood of Mask and Vaccine Lawsuits are Warping ‘Religious Freedom’
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
      Why #FreeBritney is an #Exvangelical Cause
    • The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
      The Gutting of ‘Roe’ isn’t About Religion, it’s a Product of White Terror
    • The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
      The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster
  • New Books
    • The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
      The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’
    • ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
      ‘Bad Faith’ Reveals This isn’t First Rodeo for Racism and Religious Right
    • A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture
      A New Book Argues That This ‘Divine Institution’ is the Key to Understanding White Evangelical Culture

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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