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      We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
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      ‘Remigration’ is American for ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
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      Since You’ve Been Gone: The Politics of Hysterectomy and the Impossibility of ‘Choice’
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    • Why Don’t White People Show Up For Juneteenth The Way They Showed Up For George Floyd?
      Why Don’t White People Show Up For Juneteenth The Way They Showed Up For George Floyd?
    • We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
      We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
    • On the ‘Violent-Prayer-a-Day’ Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter, Alleged Killer of Minnesota Democrats
      On the ‘Violent-Prayer-a-Day’ Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter, Alleged Killer of Minnesota Democrats
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    • We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
      We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
    • On the ‘Violent-Prayer-a-Day’ Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter, Alleged Killer of Minnesota Democrats
      On the ‘Violent-Prayer-a-Day’ Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter, Alleged Killer of Minnesota Democrats
    • Praying for God to Snuff Out Judges in the Name of Revival 
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Rebecca Moore

Rebecca Moore is Emerita Professor of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. She is currently Reviews Editor for Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, published by University of California Press.

Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sex/Gender/JusticeFebruary 26, 2019

Where Is American Christian Outrage on Russia’s Treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

By Rebecca Moore

It seems like American Christians might be alarmed to learn that the nation they hold in regard is confiscating Bibles, criminalizing evangelization, and torturing believers.

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Culture, History/TheologyNovember 16, 2018

Jonestown at 40: The Real Conspiracy Is More Disturbing Than the Theories

By Rebecca Moore

Rather than parse the definition of murder, or deconstruct the hearts of people long expecting to die, it seems most appropriate to conclude that murder and suicide occurred on that day.

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Culture, Politics/Law, Religious LibertyOctober 17, 2018

Does Religious Freedom Extend to Child Endangerment? It’s Not as Simple as It Seems

By Rebecca Moore

There must be some middle ground—not between right and wrong, but between different understandings of what constitutes abuse.

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Culture, History/TheologySeptember 25, 2018

Cue the Kool-Aid: Watching Jonestown Docs in the ‘Fake News’ Era

By Rebecca Moore

Documentaries have always been artificial constructs blurring the line between fact and fiction, but new developments have changed the stakes.

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