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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
    • Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>
      Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade
    • Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
      Has American Conservatism Abandoned the Christian Right?
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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
    • 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
  • The End of Roe
    • Episcopal Church Assault Data Reveals the Dark Side of Inclusive Christianity
      Episcopal Church Assault Data Reveals the Dark Side of Inclusive Christianity
    • 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
    • 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
  • Christian Nationalism
    • 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
    • Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family
      Racialization Meets Purity Culture: Abortion Criminalization Cases Confirm That It’s Always Been About Controlling Women’s Bodies And Protecting the ‘Ideal’ American Family
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
      With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No
    • Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
      Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
    • Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
      Putin Theo-Propaganda Minister Kirill Invokes 600 Years of History to Lay Claim to Ukraine — Here’s What it Means
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Mark Juergensmeyer

Mark Juergensmeyer is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies at UCSB, and his latest book is God at War: A Meditation on Religion and Warfare (Oxford University Press).

Archive, Politics/LawMay 24, 2017

Manchester—Last Gasp of a Failing Terror Movement?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

The suicide attack by Salman Abedi outside the Manchester arena that killed 22 young people…

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Archive, Culture, Politics/LawJanuary 12, 2017

Talking With the “Religious Terrorist” that Turkey Wants Trump to Extradite

By Mark Juergensmeyer

Turkey wants Fethullah Gulen extradited to face charges that he was involved in the failed coup attempt against the Turkish strong man, Recip Erdogan, several months ago.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawNovember 10, 2016

Right-Wing Religion, Anti-Globalism, Authoritarian Rule: America Catches Up With the Rest of the World

By Mark Juergensmeyer

The rise of ISIS has some parallels to the rise of Donald Trump.

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Politics/LawSeptember 15, 2016

Weeks After Turkey’s Failed Coup, Thousands Have Been Arrested Over a Book

By Mark Juergensmeyer

The futures of tens of thousands of Turkish people still remain uncertain.

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Archive, StoriesJuly 15, 2016

What Did ISIS Have to Do With Nice?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

“He was more into women than religion,” remarked one of the neighbors of Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel,…

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(A)theologies, ArchiveJune 13, 2016

Orlando Massacre and ISIS: The Illusion of Power

By Mark Juergensmeyer

Omar Mateen’s vicious assault on a Saturday night crowd in an Orlando gay bar either had…

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Archive, Politics/Law, StoriesNovember 15, 2015

Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success

By Mark Juergensmeyer

Update: According to CNN, “the French air force carried out bombing missions on ISIS targets…

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Guest Bloggers, OMFG, RD BlogOctober 7, 2015

Why I Boycotted a Conference at Brigham Young University

By Mark Juergensmeyer

A university is a public institution. It is not a Sunday school.

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(A)theologiesSeptember 4, 2015

“What Kind of Islam Is That?”: Talking With Refugees From ISIS

By Mark Juergensmeyer

“They believe in some strange religion, not Islam,” a Muslim refugee from the Iraq city…

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesFebruary 17, 2015

Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”

By Mark Juergensmeyer

“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would…

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