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    • Even if Voters ‘Get What They Asked For’ it’s More Likely to Cause a Fascist Death Spiral Than a Lesson Learned
      Even if Voters ‘Get What They Asked For’ it’s More Likely to Cause a Fascist Death Spiral Than a Lesson Learned
    • Loyalty and Chaos Play a Role in Trump’s Nominations, But This Schoolyard Tactic May Provide a Better Explanation
      Loyalty and Chaos Play a Role in Trump’s Nominations, But This Schoolyard Tactic May Provide a Better Explanation
    • Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle
      Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle
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    • Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
      Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
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      With no Viable Alternative on Ballot, Anti-immigrant Movement Claims Victory and Releases Wish Lists
    • New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With
      New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With
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    • With Election Takeaways Like ‘Too Transgender’ or ‘the US is Shifting Right,’ Dems are Determined to Learn the Wrong Lesson
      With Election Takeaways Like ‘Too Transgender’ or ‘the US is Shifting Right,’ Dems are Determined to Learn the Wrong Lesson
    • Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC
      Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC
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      New Doc Strives for Christian Unity—But What if Unity is the Problem?
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    • Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
      Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
    • Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations
      Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations
    • Meet Pete Hegseth, the Man Who Will Lead the Entire US Military — A Man Deemed an ‘Extremist’ by the US Military
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Michael Schulson

Michael Schulson is a freelance writer and an associate editor at Religion Dispatches, where he co-produces The Cubit, RD's religion and science portal.

(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Science & Technology, The CubitOctober 5, 2016

Among the Problems with Trump’s Proposed Ban: Who is a Muslim?

By Michael Schulson

Islamophobia is trending.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitSeptember 28, 2016

Holey Holey Holey: The Problem with a New Study Valuing Religion at $1.2 Trillion Per Year

By Michael Schulson

Does religious activity really account for 7 percent of the U.S. GDP?

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Michael Schulson, Politics/Law, Science & Technology, The CubitSeptember 15, 2016

It’s the Water! And Other Lowlights from Presidential Science Debate

By Michael Schulson

Jill Stein has gotten savvier on vaccines.

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawAugust 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton Feeds the Trolls

By Michael Schulson

When your opponents seem to exist for attention, how do you take a public moral stand against them?

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Science & Technology, The CubitAugust 19, 2016

Accused of Anti-Semitism, Trump Aide Makes Ancestry Appeal

By Michael Schulson

Anti-Semitism lurks around the Trump campaign, and every week seems to bring a new not-necessarily-a-scandal-but-it-sure-sounds-fishy…

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Archive, Science & Technology, Sexuality/Gender, The CubitAugust 10, 2016

Pope’s Comments on “Ideological Colonization” of Gender Signal Rupture With Scientific Community

By Michael Schulson

Late last month, two global authorities signaled their positions on gender, sex, and the rights of…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Michael Schulson, Politics/Law, Science & Technology, The CubitAugust 1, 2016

Green Candidate Jill Stein Maintains Anti-Vaxxer Cred

By Michael Schulson

Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presumptive presidential candidate, would like you to know that she…

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Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitJune 29, 2016

Should NASA Have Given $1.1 Million to a Theology Institute?

By Michael Schulson

In 2014, NASA gave $1.1 million to the Center of Theological Inquiry, an independent institution…

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Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitJune 10, 2016

The Tech-Christian Apologist Who Demolished Gawker

By Michael Schulson

Libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel takes his Christian faith seriously.

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(A)theologies, Archive, Science & Technology, The CubitMay 12, 2016

How Herbalife’s Gospel of Health and Wealth Fuels a Billion-Dollar Deception

By Michael Schulson

If Whole Foods and Joel Osteen got together and had a child, it would probably…

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