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      We Can Finally Put the Lie to Trumpism: 5 Myths Debunked By a Biden Victory
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      Pulitzer-Prize Winning Historian’s Latest Reveals the Problem with Today’s ‘Religious Freedom’
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Megan Goodwin

Megan Goodwin is the Program Director of Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion, a Henry Luce-funded project hosted by Northeastern University. With Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, she is the co-host of Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast. Her first book, Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions is now available through Rutgers. Find her on twitter @mpgphd.

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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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, 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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