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      Progressive Christian Election Response ‘Give us Barabbas’ May Be Well-Meaning — But Functions as Anti-Jewish Dogwhistle
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      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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    • 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
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      Trump’s Fervent Christian Zionists Poised to Lead the Military — And US-Israel Relations
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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.

Michael SchulsonSeptember 27, 2013

Fighting Terrorism Without Drones?

By Michael Schulson

Sure terrorism is a battle of arms and ideas. But the ideas must come from some context.

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(A)theologies, Culture, Michael Schulson, Science & TechnologySeptember 25, 2013

Katie Couric, Reincarnated

By Michael Schulson

As quack-ish doctors and bold religious repackaging goes, Couric’s reincarnation episode doesn’t seem so bad.

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Michael Schulson, Science & TechnologySeptember 17, 2013

Bill Nye Gets Religulous with Bill Maher

By Michael Schulson

America’s science teacher throws religion under the bus. 

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Michael SchulsonSeptember 10, 2013

Buddha as Scientist, Entrepreneur & Self-Improvement Guru

By Michael Schulson

4 (not especially noble) truths about “Buddhist Geeks.”

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Michael SchulsonSeptember 4, 2013

When the Steve Jobs/Apple/Religion Analogy Goes Too Far

By Michael Schulson

Sometimes an apple is just an apple.

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Michael Schulson, Science & TechnologySeptember 1, 2013

Creationists Portray New Science Standards As “Big Government”

By Michael Schulson

There are only two significant problems with that charge. 

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Michael SchulsonAugust 20, 2013

Is Stephen Pinker’s Controversial Polemic in Defense of Scientism As Bad As They Say?

By Michael Schulson

Well, yes and no.

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Books, Science & TechnologyAugust 20, 2013

Creationism 3.0: Meet Intelligent Design’s Huckster

By Michael Schulson

With a PhD in philosophy of science from Cambridge, the author of the latest argument for intelligent design isn’t your typical creationist hack, but he is something of a huckster; the flaw in his argument is difficult to spot because it is so blatantly obvious. 

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Michael Schulson, Science & TechnologyAugust 15, 2013

New Study Claims to ‘Explain’ Near-Death Religious Experiences

By Michael Schulson

And more importantly: do rats have souls?

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Michael Schulson, Science & TechnologyAugust 2, 2013

Pat Robertson Flip-Flops On Climate Change Denial

By Michael Schulson

“I understand the temperature on Mars is going up, and we don’t have any SUVs there.”

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