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  • Israel’s War on Gaza
    • War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
      War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
    • Flagship Biblical Studies Group Faces Bitter Divide Over Statements on Israel/Palestine
      Flagship Biblical Studies Group Faces Bitter Divide Over Statements on Israel/Palestine
    • Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
      Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
  • Racial Justice
    • War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
      War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
    • Flagship Biblical Studies Group Faces Bitter Divide Over Statements on Israel/Palestine
      Flagship Biblical Studies Group Faces Bitter Divide Over Statements on Israel/Palestine
    • Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
      Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
  • Politics/Law
    • The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
      The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
    • Hail Santa! War-on-Christmas Outrage Over Satanic Tree Reveals the Self-Serving Ambiguity of ‘Religion’
      Hail Santa! War-on-Christmas Outrage Over Satanic Tree Reveals the Self-Serving Ambiguity of ‘Religion’
    • War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
      War Criminal Henry Kissinger, First Jewish Secretary of State, Had a Lengthy History of Antisemitism
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
      The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
    • Documenting the Struggle and Suicide of a Young Woman, ‘Dear Alana’ Podcast Raises Questions About Queer Identity and the Catholic Church
      Documenting the Struggle and Suicide of a Young Woman, ‘Dear Alana’ Podcast Raises Questions About Queer Identity and the Catholic Church
    • Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power
      Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
      Netanyahu’s Genocidal Religious Rhetoric isn’t Just an Appeal to the Israeli Right — He Has Another Constituency in Mind
    • With ‘Vermin’ Remark Trump Crosses Fully into Nazi Territory
      With ‘Vermin’ Remark Trump Crosses Fully into Nazi Territory
    • Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power
      Mike Johnson’s Porn-Monitoring isn’t Just ‘Creepy’ — it’s a Window to the Fascist Desire Driving the White Evangelical Will to Power
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Megan Goodwin

Megan Goodwin is the author of Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions (Rutgers 2020). With Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, she cohosts Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast; they are currently at work on Religion Is Not Done with You (Beacon 2024). Goodwin is the media consultant and technologist for The Crossroads Project. Her next project is tentatively entitled Cults Incorporated: The Business of Bad Religion. Find her on twitter @mpgPhD.

Archive, Culture, Media Analysis, OMFG, Racial JusticeAugust 25, 2022

However Dull or Ham-Fisted, TV is not Oppressing Mormons — In Fact, We Have a Duty to Scrutinize Religious Institutions That Endanger Vulnerable People

By Megan Goodwin

Jana Reiss, a senior columnist for Religion News Service, recently surveyed a number of recent…

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Archive, Books, OMFG, Science & Technology, Sex/Gender/JusticeJuly 5, 2022

What Role do Feelings Play in Conspiracy, Racism and Climate Denial? Welcome to Phoning It In, Episode 1

By Megan Goodwin

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and…

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Activism and the Academy, Archive, Culture, OMFGDecember 7, 2020

The University of Vermont Might Be Done With Religion, But Religion Isn’t Done With Us

By Megan Goodwin

In case you missed it: Religion has had quite a year. The Muslim Ban celebrated…

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Christian Nationalism, OMFGJuly 11, 2018

Trump Pardons the Hammonds, Arsonists Who Inspired Bundy Standoff

By Megan Goodwin

Both this administration and this Supreme Court have proved all too willing, in recent months, to prioritize the individual entitlements and business interests of white Christian men.

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Archive, Remapping American ChristianitiesJanuary 7, 2016

#VanillaISIS, White Tears and the Adventures of Captain Moroni

By Megan Goodwin

Reading between the hashtags as Twitter responds to the Oregon standoff.

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OMFG, RD Blog, Science & Technology, The CubitApril 3, 2015

Don’t Be Tooken In by Kimmy Schmidt‘s Cult

By Megan Goodwin

For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race,…

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