University of Southern California
USC Annenberg
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • FAQ
Religion Dispatches - Religion Dispatches Religion Dispatches
  • Racial Justice
    • In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
      In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
    • As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
      As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
    • Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
      Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
  • Politics/Law
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
      In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
      Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
    • In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
      In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
      Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
    • Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
      Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream

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…

Read More
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.”

Read More
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.

Read More
(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.

Read More
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.

Read More
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

Read More
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.

Read More
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…

Read More
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…

Read More
(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…

Read More
1 2 … 5 Next

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches is your independent, non-profit, award-winning source for the best writing on critical and timely issues at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture.

© Religion Dispatches
Back to top