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Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey teaches history at the University of Colorado. He is the author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A History, and other books.

Archive, Books, Culture, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American ChristianitiesDecember 26, 2016

Year-End Best Books in Race and Religion in American History

By Paul Harvey

With all the memes wishing a good riddance to 2016, and John Oliver’s epic send-off…

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesNovember 11, 2016

Did the “Real America” Elect Trump?

By Paul Harvey

“We, as a culture, have to stop infantilizing and deifying rural and white working-class Americans.”

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/LawNovember 9, 2016

The Morning After in Colorado

By Paul Harvey

White evangelicalism and white nationalist theology remain a potent brew, provided their voters can be mobilized in large numbers.

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderOctober 10, 2016

Why the Lewd Trump Tapes Won’t Matter (As Much As You Think) in White Christian America

By Paul Harvey

“Killary” must be stopped or the Republic will cease to exist.

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Archive, Books, Paul Harvey, Remapping American ChristianitiesSeptember 20, 2016

New History Finally Recognizes Afro-Creole Spiritualists

By Paul Harvey

To the Afro-Creole Spiritualists of New Orleans, spirits were important, raced bodies were not.

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Remapping American ChristianitiesSeptember 12, 2016

Trump Doesn’t Need to “Pivot” if Evangelicals Do it For Him

By Paul Harvey

Gaining ground in the “Flight 93 Election” at the Values Voters Summit

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 6, 2016

Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) Paved the Way for Trump

By Paul Harvey

In the end, the empire she created struck back.

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesJuly 28, 2016

Trump In Colorado: When the “Facts” Are No Longer Checkable

By Paul Harvey

You know your summer is not going well when Donald Trump chooses your birthday to…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesJuly 19, 2016

Kafkaesque Reality Show Known as the RNC Kicks Off

By Paul Harvey

The kickoff to the reality show known as the Republican National Convention went off as…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Paul Harvey, Politics/Law, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderJuly 14, 2016

White Conservative Christian America Not Going Down Without a Fight

By Paul Harvey

A vortex of news stories concerning the upcoming GOP convention, platform, and Trump coronation—placed together…

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